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Originally Posted by 69GMCLonghorn
I have a question: What made you drop all the suspension from the '68 and replace it with the newer stuff? The design is essentially the same. I'm not being difficult here; I'm curious as to the advantages... Good luck, man! I hope you get it all worked out.
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It was the Previous Owner that swapped everything out. My best guess is that he had an 86 donor truck and wanted to use the spindles out of it to convert to 5 lug, and in the process he probably figured he may as well do the whole thing, control arms and all. I guess I would have done the same thing as well, if for nothing else, to have 18 year newer parts on instead of the originals. He swapped a lot of things out of that 86 truck. Tilt Steering column, Power Brakes with proportioning valve and all, control arms, springs, spindles, rotors, brakes..... It rides VERY VERY well, nice and smooth, not all shakey and rattley.