My mechanic removes the inside of the a arms...    he installed two new BB springs in my 71 Ventura in less than a hour   

Yes, the front springs on X frame cars are really long, and harder than most to install.

By the way, for anybody that wants to raise the ride height of one of these cars, you can usually get away with just buying new front springs. The old front springs will usually work fine in the rear suspension. The front and rear springs are the same except the fronts are stronger, so even if they're sagged a bit they're usually more than strong enough to raise the ride height in the rear. You might even have to cut a little off to get the ride height you want.
Of course this only works for springs that are just sagged from age. If they've already been cut down or heated with a torch,,, you'll have to buy four new springs.

427carl wrote:

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Jim   you forgot to mention how you raise the front of your front end ....

 

with 409 POWER   lol lol   

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Yeah, we raised the front end a little leaving the starting line.

This year we've got the bigger aluminum engine, so we built a set of wheelie bars. I can't wait for the track to open!