Steve340
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These are the springs fitted to my car I noticed you can buy new spring leaves but not with this part number.
What are they?
Anyone got any info?
What are they?
Anyone got any info?
Same as my car and I checked the broadcast sheet and right and left springs seem to have the same 044 designation. The right hand box is hard to read. One thing that may be different is they are 4 1/2 leaf springs ? Standard spring may only be 4 leaf ?I just swapped out the springs in my '71 383 4 bbl Challenger convertible for a nice pair that came off a '71 383 R/T Challenger. The springs that were on the car, I believe to be the originals, have part #3400045 on both of them. This was odd to me because I would have thought that the left and right should have part numbers that were one number off from each other, 1 odd and one even. Even more odd is that the springs from the hdtp were both numbered 3400044.
They are definitely original but one thing I forgot to add was on broadcast sheet the suspension section has code S13. The car is a 340 4 speed and it has the torque box reinforcement plates also. Maybe this was all part of S13?Checked the '70-'71 parts catalog for those numbers,...........they are NOT listed?
Aftermarket leafs?
Yes it is a 1971. It was imported to New Zealand in 1975 so the car has remained very original.Good to know that the 044s were original to your car. Is yours a '71 also? Interesting to me is that There is no visual difference between the 044 & the 045.
They are definitely original but one thing I forgot to add was on broadcast sheet the suspension section has code S13. The car is a 340 4 speed and it has the torque box reinforcement plates also. Maybe this was all part of S13?
I have 2 TA's & an A66 340's both the TA's have 4 + the small 1 at the bottom all have the 043 but the build sheet shows 048 all are the same length both sidesThese are the springs fitted to my car I noticed you can buy new spring leaves but not with this part number.
What are they?
Anyone got any info?
You are right they appear to be exactly the same. It seems from other posts the part numbers differ but the springs look the same.The 2 in the foreground are the 045s that came off my vert and the 1 in the back is 1 of the 044s I installed.
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Regarding Leaf Springs:
As I rebuild the suspension on my 70 A66 Challenger convertible, I'm looking at both original leaf springs that are numbered 3400044.
I also have the torque boxes welded in that all e body convertibles had.
I have old coil over shocks on the car that I added back in the 80's because the car sat low back then
Has anybody used the leaf additions that Tony Mopar sells to add to existing leaf springs? He offers two types:
1970-71 E-Body Heavy Duty Leaf Spring Lower Leafs,
with Numbers. Used on Hemis and 440s.
#3400024 & #3400034
AND
1970-1/2 AAR & T/A Leaf Spring Lower Leafs,
with Numbers. Used on All T/As and AARs.
#3400048
These could be added or replace a spring on your current units.
Anyone have thoughts on using these?
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