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Old 01-04-2011, 08:14 AM   #1
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leave springs

did 69 chevy trucks come with leaf spring rear ends? if not what year did they start? mine is 69 short wheel base 2 wheel drive
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Old 01-04-2011, 08:34 AM   #2
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Re: leave springs

From what I understand, the Gmc came standard with leafs coils were optional. Chevrolets came standard with coils leafs wre optional. Jim
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Old 01-06-2011, 02:17 AM   #3
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Re: leave springs

as far as i know chevy didnt come standard with leaf springs untill 72, i have a 71 and a 72 both original and the 71 has coils while the 72 have leafs there both 2wd lwb
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Old 01-06-2011, 02:41 AM   #4
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Re: leave springs

In 67-72 you could get leaves or coil in GMC and Chevy in the 1/2 ton and 3/4 ton. All the 1 ton and up had leaves. Starting in 73 all the chevys and GMCs were leaf.
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