I have had the Early Classic 3.5/6 drop on my 70 for several years now, and have no problems carrying a reasonable amount of weight in the bed. I asked Stan at ECE if I should c-notch it and he showed me why you will not get the 3" claimed by the c-notch maker. My cousin and I took the rear springs all the way out and rested the frame on the axle tubes, which left 3/4" between the top of my rear end and the bottom of my wood floor. There was also only about a 1 1/4" before my rear end hit the shock crossmember. I couldn't tell for sure, but it looked like the driveshaft would hit the top of the center crossmember. I would imagine that the c-nothes work fine if you cut a hole in the bedfloor and used that new ECE center crossmember, but why bother?
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