Just re-arched, painted and hung the rear springs on my 54 3600. The spacer is definitely on the outside. The alignment with the spring perches is off significantly otherwise as you have stated.

Would have to dig deep into the rebuild archives for pics but i am fairly sure that before i pulled the springs of to restore them the spacer was on the outside as well (the truck was stock and untouched at that time). Hope this helps. If need pictures i can probably dig some up.

Chooglin


1954 3600
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