07-18-2017, 12:31 AM
(07-17-2017, 11:58 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Thought the thread was going a different direction. Thought it was going to be about lift kits. In that vein when I was running things in the Tri-County area we "jacked up" the back ends of out cars. Some folks used Air shocks however, those of us not on daddy's dime used things called shackles that we attached to the leaf springs.
As to the OP: we were able to do that an other modifications at a Gas Station at the Sharon Rd exit of 75. Old school gas station rented lift by the hour.
Do you know why many kids liked the rears jacked up on their cars back in the 70's and 80's, me being one of them?
Because of Moonshine and the guys who hauled the stuff.
Moonshine runners put heavy duty truck leaf springs on the rear axle so that the car would look normal when hauling a couple hundred gallons on moonshine across county and state lines. They also had bigger engines in them that could outrun the police while carrying that extra weight.
This is also how NASCAR got started as well. Drivers would get together and race to see who was the better driver and the rules back then were nonexistent.
EDIT: By the way, I hate NASCAR. It is the most boring sport next to tennis and baseball. Now Rallysport and drag, now that's fun.
