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Ok just for clarity , the Packard service manual is saying to replace the front coil springs by in bolting the lower control arm from the frame and letting the jack down to release the spring . Has anyone actually replaced the coils like that ?

Yes...Doing this is very straight-forward and I use the floor jack with my two-pole lift in the workshop. I use the lift to raise the car slightly and then put the floor jack in place (raised almost to its maximum) and loosen the bolts with the jack in place. I wish you were here as I'm planning on doing this very thing in a couple days.