How can I achieve best ride

[mr48chev]

Originally Posted by HalfBrit

This is going to sound way beyond shade tree. Back in the 80's a friend of mine did a complete frame off restoration of a Cheyenne Super. Truck looked perfect in every way but he hated the ride quality. He picked up some elevator weights (aprox. 160lbs) at the scrap yard and bolted them to the rear of the frame. Transformed the unloaded ride of that truck.

My wife fusses about the ride in my 71 GMC 2500 but never complains about the ride in the 77 Chev 30 with ten foot flatbed and hoist that adds around 2 K to the empty weight of the truck.


For general street use on 67/72 I think a lot of guys still put heavier stiffer shocks on the truck thnking that they need heavy duty shocks rather than the ideal shock for what they want to do.

Other than that some times we might just expect too much because of what we drive as our daily driver as far as ride and handling go. That is anyone who drives a rig that is old enough to qualify for antique or classic plates though.