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Old 12-17-2004, 10:26 AM   #3
BobS
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Like LUV2XCLR8 said, it's complicated, but the basic answer would be that trailing arm/coil spring rear suspensions were first available in 1960. 1 ton trucks never got them and not all 1/2 and 3/4 ton trucks had them either.

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