Hey guys , I am happy to be able to be tinkering on my tinker toy... the a.k.a. "babe the blue ox" 52 chevy panel. I needed a spring for underneath the locking bar of the parking brake rod so I was lucky enough to find one at the hardware store that was the same wire diameter and overall diameter. I trimmed it to length and installed it. but to my sadness it did not work sufficiently . I made the length as long as I could to be able to install the thing but I do not know if the hardware spring has the same heat treating as the 6$ spring from LMC truck .. I would be grateful for some help.