This car has updated suspension. First lets talk about the front suspension. Its a Heidst mustang II suspension that was welded onto the stock boxed 1934 frame. When it was bought it was evendent that it had seen better times. The front coilover shocks were chrome, but the chrome was flaking off and rusting underneath. All of the bushings showed signs of cracking and needing replacement. We knew the car needed some work and it hadn’t been well taken care of over the years, but it was still very presentable and drivable.

Once some things were sorted out, I delved into the front suspension. The coilovers were the most obvious that needed looking into. We discovered the left shock was leaking pretty badly which and both coil springs were rusty and the chrome was heavily coming off. Although not a hug priority, it needed to get looked into. Once the shocks were pulled out we discovered the shock were QA1 shocks which have a lifetime warranty, but soon found out only for the original owner. We also found when they were installed, the bottom mount was not isolated properly with spacers. So the base was kinda floating over the bolt that held them in place. Once the new shocks arrived they were replace during the winter 2024. The rest of the front end was very solid.

The rear end is fairly common. A leaf spring setup with lakewood ladder bars (common in the 80’s). We found the emergency brake was wasn’t correctly wired up and used parts commonly found in a hardware store. This was all replaced with a Lokar kit. The rear end was found to be a heavy duty chevy 8.5 differential out of a chevy S-10. Plans are in the works for a chrome rear cover. In the meantime, we replaced the red shocks with chrome ones from Pete and Jakes. The differential u-joint on the driveshaft will need to be looked at as well, since there is some play, but nothing too bad.