[Mike C]

Get some round u-bolts and spring plates from a 73 and up truck. Make some 2 1/4" spring mounts out of square tube and go to town.

If you have 2 1/2" springs then make the mounts that width. IME, Longhorns are the only 2 wheel drive with the wider spring. By making the housing mounts out of square tube, you can actually add more drop to the flip than with standard mounts, or less drop if that's what you need.

The mounts I have made in the past i cut the saddle using a 3" hole saw, but you could do it with a torch or plasma as well and clean it up with a grinder. The deeper you cut the notch, the less it will lower the truck. I would make the mounts 6" long or so and drill multiple spring centering holes so you can center the axle in the wheel well or get extension if the driveshaft looks like it might be too short.