[WANTED] F body rear leaf spring mounts

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I have a 76 Aspen with a 7/14 rear and the plates that hold the rear to the leaf springs and shock is falling apart on both sides.Does anyone have a set to sell or know if I can adapt ones from a 65 A body to it.I have both 71/4 and 8 3/4 plates for early A bodies but would rather get the right stuff if I can.I need this car for work so i need to act on this quickly.Thanks ,valiantwagon guy (Ed)
 
I would think you could use your 7.25 plates IF you remove the whole "Iso-clamp" (or whatever that hideous mutation is called...) assembly from the Aspen springs. I don't know if the U bolts will be long enough for the Aspen spring pack, but they should. Be prepared to drill out the plate's center hole or to replace the spring bolt with one that will fit your shock plate. I do remember those iso-clamps/cushions are a pita once they get rusty. As a last resort check the FMJ site- but things are kinda slow over there... Good luck!
 
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You can do an ISO Delete many ways. Use a washer ( I believe 1 5/8” OD) under the spring pack bolt to center the axle perches.
 
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Thanks ,I'm leaning towards just bolting up the 7 1/4 piece and using 65 rear shocks. Wasn't sure if I could do that but have learned I can in the past 2 hours
 
Thanks for all the help with this problem .What I ended up doing is using mid 60's 8 3/4 bottom plates and u bolts.I made 8 1/4 in shims to take up the distance between the bolts and the axle housing to keep it tight. After tightening the bolts down those shims were tight in place and I put a small weld on each one to the pad on the rear to make sure they stay put.I used shocks from an old 66 valiant I had parted out and used a big flat washer to take up that step in the bottom locating bolt to the plate. The only parts I bought were the two washers at a cost of around 5 dollars and it's back in service and working as it should.Here are some photos of what I had,what I now have , and what came out

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