Jim,
My '62 TR4 with the original springs sat pretty high in back too.
Reminded me of a postal jeep. I think the problem is that the car was
fitted with springs to carry 2x 175 lb. passengers and 75-100 lbs. in
the trunk and a full tank of fuel for a road trip, and the springs were
built to that spec. I suspect if you added all that weight, it would
look just about right.
Since I usually ride alone sans baggage, I decided to lower the rear of
my TR. I fabricated a pair of lowering blocks from 1"x 2" aluminum
stock cut to about 4" in length. In the center of each block I drilled a
5/8" hole and inserted a stubby 5/8" pin about 1" long that stands proud
of the block 1/2" or so. The pin goes into a hole on axle and locates
the block there, while the space under the pin is occupied by a bolt
head in the center of the springs. I got 4 new, slightly longer u-bolts
from an outfit on the web that sold trailer and RV parts.
When it's all put together, the car looks just right IMO, and it still
carries two people without issues. Once or twice with two people and
some gear in the trunk I've gone through a dip in an intersection and
felt the axle bottom out, but that may have been aggravated by goosing
it through the intersection while hitting the dip.
Moss makes a very similar kit for the rubber bumper MGBs. If you wanted
to ferret around the Moss site, you could probably come up with a picture.
Anyway, hope that helps. It's one of the few projects I've done on the
car that I didn't have to revisit at least once to get right.
-jeffrey
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