Lowering with or without bagging

Hi,
looking to lower my 65 a100 p/u. Any experts out there, or those that have done this?

Thanks,
KJ

Welcome Fireguy! Did you see the Truckin feature... a high school in Ontario bagged an early Ford Econoline pickup... similar suspension from what I can tell to the Mopar's... Good luck!

I've only ever seen an axle flip, but I'm sure there are other ways.

where was that school in ontario? I would like to find out how they did it and it could be close by. I'm in Barrie.

This sounds great!! I'd be interested in finding out how easy this was or NOT!!!! The earlies having a solid front axles poses a slight problem.........outside of flipping, of course.

I think it was in Oshawa, but I can't remember for sure... have to dig up the issue again. It has me thinking too!

Okay... Truckin vol 34 no 13 2008... green silverado on the cover.

It was made at Cornwall Collegiate.









story link

Enjoy... now you know what I know! The engine is reverse mounted in the bed, so I don't know if we could use the same suspension mods... basically removing leafs and adding bags...

Cheers!

VERY NICE PIX, I THINK I SEE HOW THIS CAN BE DONE!!!!!

What i find funny about that wheelie picture is why the front wheel is so flat...hmmmm photoshop much? or just a flat tire haha

the beltline chrome looks great on the econoline p/u, any idea where this can be sourced??????thanks

i have to agree with drew about the wheelie picture, looks fake, but still cool but im keeping the leaf springs in my A and going to coil overs in the back when i tub it

i have heard the easy way to lower the Dodge's is to remove springs from the packs..
i think there was a post on here about it..

I just read a article on this alls it said was to remove the 3rd and 5th spring on all sets, didn't mention how much it would drop though??

how did they bag it?

Skooby's PO removed a few leaves on both the front and back to drop it down a bit. Unfortunately, this resulted in the very nasty side-effect that it nosedives when braking hard. Combining this with the fact that braking on these vans is somewhat erratic at best and also with and the forward-control design... a panic stop is just terrifying. I haven't decided how best to remedy this yet, although I'm considering putting new oem-style springs back in. (I have a local vendor for them here.) Just my two cents, though... your mileage may vary.

DrewDay wrote:What i find funny about that wheelie picture is why the front wheel is so flat...hmmmm photoshop much? or just a flat tire haha

No doubt...also look at the shadows under the truck and the grass pattern. The shadow under the front wheels is the same as the rear and the grass has a pattern

Very cool truck tho

poolbutler wrote:where was that school in ontario? I would like to find out how they did it and it could be close by. I'm in Barrie.

Blimey! I am just outside Barrie!

Jeff