The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area Driveline 3600 to a 3100 long bed

Hi everyone, this is my first time posting on here.

I have a 1953 3600. I've changed out the 3600 Pittman arm & drag link & used a 3100 axle, with 54 car drums ect.Now I have 15" car rally wheels on it.

I dropped the 3/4 rear end & i'm using a 68 Chevelle 3.36 rear end complete to go back in it. Now,can I take out every other leaf, on the 3600 stock set of springs and get a decent ride?

Sounds familiar. I found taking out 2 leaves in the rear helped a little but my 3600 still is pretty stiff in the back. Going to 1/2 ton leaf springs in the front made a huge difference along with radials. It is still far from car like

What is the difference between the 1/2 ton and 3/4 ton front springs?

I was told there were the same except the 3/4 tons had additional overloads.

I thought the 3/4 were heavier but now that I look at my pics I kept the 3/4 front springs on olblu and just removed a couple. Memory must be going

What did you use for a driveshaft?