Thanks for the help. I would think that I should be able to use 2 inch wide leaf spring perches because the center pin holds the springs centered in place along with the torque of tightening everything up.
The truck I got the front end from was a street rod. The guy had put a 500 horsepower power SB 350 in the truck and couldn't stand to drive it, he said because the handling was so poor. And the brakes were so bad for the power to weight ratio with a stock front end . That's why he went with the Mustang front end.
So changing the hubs to 5 lug makes sense because he probably had a 5 on 4.75 lug pattern in a more modern rear end installed. I didn't know the car and truck hubs would be interchangeable.
I don't post often because every question has been covered 5 times it seems (which is great). I can usually find my answer just searching the forums, these 2 questions had me stumped though.
Thanks again.
