Now for rear squat. It's not much, but it's there. A little digging and found a pair of solid motor mounts from about 1975 built for the 340 Duster. Never put the studs in so they are now going to be rear blocks. At 1"x2"x3.5" solid steel they're almost the right size, just an 1" short on each end. Fix was to weld 1" square tube to the ends. This is mainly needed to make the blocks extend past the u-bolts. Drilled a 1/2" hole through each block and tacked a short piece of 1/2" round stock in one side (locating pin for the bottom) the top part of the hole is for the centering bolt head on the spring pack.
If I could have located a set of 1"X2" steel blocks, I'd have bought them, but it seems our trucks with their narrow 2" wide rear springs get no love from the aftermarket folks. With the old solid, unfinished motor mounts on hand it was only a hour or so to build a set so not too bad.
Last task after getting the new blocks in place was a test drive.
Better, much Better. Not only does it not drive and ride like a old, worn out truck you can feel the springs working on wavy road sections. A log truck beat up paved, potholed, deep rutted 15 mph section of road is now a 20 mph road. Not a huge improvement but it's a definite improvement. Yes, I'd do it again.
You've got to look close to see the difference in ride height with the new leaf in place but it's there. The Luckenbach image shows the stock stance.
