rear coil to leaf

[plastercracker]

my blue c10 is back in black and on the road so its time to get this 71 2500 gmc done for winter ride. the trailing arms are beyond repair and i hate to spend 600.00 for new. does anyone have some pics of this coil to leaf conversion and era they used. i am sticking with the stock 4 speed and dana 60 rear. and my second question is i may go up to canfield next week to look for trailing arms and i wanted to no if the c10 and c2500 where the same other than some extra reinforcement. thanks for any info.

[plastercracker]

thanks for all the help. ended finding trailing arms on wtb craigslist. 60 miles south of me. what a find the guy had two buildings full of c10 parts doors, fenders, beds, trim, lenses, handles you name it. i even ended up buying a rust free 8 foot bed for 300.00. it was like going to a c10 flee market. still have to go back and pick up tailgate and some 8 lug 16 inch wheels. he had a stack of tailgates. trailing arms and nice blue bowtie for my grill for 60.00. i told him about this place, said he was going to check it out. try to get pics of my 72 c10 build this weekend.

[LongBox]

Sounds like "It's all good!" Wish I could find a parts place like that for the vehicles I have. My 98 could use a bit of love.

[Mike C]

Used arms was going to be my suggestion. WAY more parts/effort were going to be required for leaf conversion. Glad you found a relatively easy solution.