Only mods I saw anywhere that was "out of character" were the Shock mount "Extra meat" that someone had welded in..looks the shock mount on the left side had started to rip and someone welded the gap and added the pieces.

http://flic.kr/p/8RTD6h
http://flic.kr/p/8RTD5L

that spring set just looks like a heavy, heavy duty set up...thought maybe it had been beefed up beyond "showroom"

thanks for the reply


Hank Flowers
Cut and Shoot Texas
1952 3/4 Ton 3600
http://flic.kr/p/8RQvKZ