Home made spring shackles

You wouldn't be the first to fab there own shackles. Getting the original hardware out wil be a challenge. Shackles look like crap too in my opinion.
JC Whitney offers a set of half leafs that lay on top of the rear part of the original spings. If you draw them all the way down and cut off the excess U bolt they are hardley noticable. They may set you a little above the stock heigth . I put a set under the 1st 67 notch we had. I'd bet they are still there today.