Over-Axle Conversion?

attack tiger said
All good stuff. Thanks guys! I was more or less just thinking out loud...trying to get a different perspective.

I'll check the junkyard for shock overload springs. I guess the best way to do that would be to jack the rear up so the shocks are fully extended before I clamp them on?

If I can't locate any of them, I'll look into that Explorer kit. I appreciate the input.

Shock springs will be the cheapest, adding a leaf or two would be the next cheapest.. Back in the 80's I had a '70 GTX, wide tires and air shocks, I was out cruisin' one night and thought I need more air in these shocks, little did I know my shocks had more air in them then the gas station air machine, it let air out of my air shocks and the car sat down on the tires, I had to bum a ride home to get two spares to get my car home, after that I said screw air shocks, I found me 2 overload shock springs and never had shock problems again, a few years back I put some 245-50-15's on the rear of my elcamino, rub-rub-rub-, put on some shock springs, raised it acouple of inches, problem solved....