1949 Plymouth [SEDAN]

The good thing about the early Mopar coil springs is that you don't have to compress them to remove them. Just unbolt the lower control arms from the crossmember and the springs just drop out. (Don't try that with a Studebaker.)

Couple bad things about the early Dodge and Plymouth coil spring setups.

1. There is no center link, just one short and one long tie rod. So the geometry isn't super great. (Starting in 55, V8's got a center link and two equal length tie rods. Sixes kept the old short/long setup. And of course they went to torsion bars in 57, with a center link and equal length tie rods for all.)

2. The shock absorbers connect the upper and lower control arms instead of hooking to the lower control arms at bottom and the chassis at top. So the shocks aren't very efficient. (This set up was modernized I believe in 1955.)