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<blockquote data-quote="PBR Overall" data-source="post: 1853402" data-attributes="member: 3187">I've got a little experience with vintage chevy front ends.&nbsp; Currently I'm &quot;building&quot; a square body blazer that was raced back in the 90's so it's very race era correct.&nbsp; Originally it had 3 x 2&quot; body shocks per corner but the previous owner cut off the upper mounts so I'm going to be using a single 3&quot; bypass per corner.&nbsp; The upper arms are reinforced 1 Ton and the lowers are 1/2 or 3/4 ton, not sure (reinforced as well).&nbsp; The upper runs a Henry's style ball joint and on the lowers when I got it there were stock ball joints so I had Mark Newhan (as per his recommendation) install 1&quot; spherical bearings for more articulation.&nbsp; Also running Stock Car products hubs and spindles with corvette calipers.&nbsp; Springs are P30 motorhome from the late 70's or early 80's.&nbsp; If you don't want to go this crazy for only 10-12&quot; of travel I would suggest running the P30 spring with a Henry's upper ball joint for more angle.&nbsp; You can add a spacer to if you need a little more height and then run a stock lower 1 ton ball joint.&nbsp; If you can find spindles off a 79 Ambulance (I'm pretty sure that's the year but not 100%), these had a bigger snout / bearings but you could still run the 5 lug rotors.&nbsp; I may have some of these parts for sale in the near future if you're interested.As for the rear my set up is spring under Nationals with a single 3&quot; bypass King.&nbsp; Nothing super fancy.If you live in SoCal you're welcome to come by and check it out.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PBR Overall, post: 1853402, member: 3187"] I've got a little experience with vintage chevy front ends. Currently I'm "building" a square body blazer that was raced back in the 90's so it's very race era correct. Originally it had 3 x 2" body shocks per corner but the previous owner cut off the upper mounts so I'm going to be using a single 3" bypass per corner. The upper arms are reinforced 1 Ton and the lowers are 1/2 or 3/4 ton, not sure (reinforced as well). The upper runs a Henry's style ball joint and on the lowers when I got it there were stock ball joints so I had Mark Newhan (as per his recommendation) install 1" spherical bearings for more articulation. Also running Stock Car products hubs and spindles with corvette calipers. Springs are P30 motorhome from the late 70's or early 80's. If you don't want to go this crazy for only 10-12" of travel I would suggest running the P30 spring with a Henry's upper ball joint for more angle. You can add a spacer to if you need a little more height and then run a stock lower 1 ton ball joint. If you can find spindles off a 79 Ambulance (I'm pretty sure that's the year but not 100%), these had a bigger snout / bearings but you could still run the 5 lug rotors. I may have some of these parts for sale in the near future if you're interested. As for the rear my set up is spring under Nationals with a single 3" bypass King. Nothing super fancy. If you live in SoCal you're welcome to come by and check it out. [/QUOTE]

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