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Re: Tie plates
Eyeball these: https://www.classicparts.com/1947-54...info/93%2D317/ It's hard to argue with 20 for the pair plus the ride but if you study them a tad and figure out the spacing off center which I think is 1-3/4 inches but may be 1-1/2 you can figure out how to make your own. The only real issue is finding the 1-3/4 wide tubing or channel to make it out of.
The extra material between the cutout for the axle and the surface to mount on the spring is to match the distance between the spring and the axle on the stock setup to keep the ride height the same.
The original setup had to swivel at the spring to keep things from binding but you don't want the open drive axle to swivel on the spring. you would have to have some sort of ladder bars on it to keep it located if you did that.
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48 Chev 3100 that will run a 292 Six.
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