Picked up a 1962 Lesabre need coil springs

HI all I PIcked up a pinkish 62 lesabre she had a frozen 401 it was swapped out today with a 65 401 and trans, we will be working on getting a new drive shaft . The car has all it interior but needs new carpet and the seats need some love.

the car is missing front and rear coil spring and after searching on line i have not been able to locate a set anyone know a good source for these ?

 

Rock Auto has several listed.

 

Sharp looking car, get some more pictures of that beauty up! :TU:

 

Jamco offers lowering springs as well.

 

thanks for the helps guys i just ordered a set from Jamco

 

I like that '62!

 

Neat car... Keep us posted on your progress...

 

401 and trans installed fabbing new mount for the longer trans postion.

soon as i get the springs they will be install, front aluminum drum intact rear drums good to go.

soon she runs

 

Hi all just dropped a 401 nailhead with st400 (less Yoke) into a 62 lesabre the tag says
b SUPER TURBINE 400 R


so the original non running 401 & dyna flow where yanked .
so here is my question will the yoke from the danya flow
work on the st400 i'm guessing no.


So I need a yoke to fit the st400 will any other yoke work ie tubro 400 etc


thanks in advance for any help


cheers Will

 

No, the Dynaflow yoke is totally different.

I sourced an original yoke from a Riv. It was unusable, however the driveshaft shop come up with an identical part, which I think cross referenced to a 70-80's Chevy 4x4 pickup.

I can look at what else I did for the swap if your interested. The original driveshaft also had to be shortened about 5in.

 

yes plz any info will help, yeah i thought there must be a yoke that would work from a chevy trans

 

Most important is to get a yoke that fits the ST400. Don't worry about what it goes to because you can get a universal to make it fit what ever you want on the driveshaft side.

 

For the driveshaft, I had my stock unit rebuilt, and had the front portion shortened a total of 5in.

I used a trans crossmember from a '64 Wildcat, although a crossmember from any fullsize x-framed ST400 equipped car should work. Another option would be to simply use the original Dynaflow crossmember, and just shorten it so it fits farther back in the frame.

I ended up switching to a Hurst floor shifter, so I can't comment on using the original column shifter. But I do know the stock linkage wouldn't work. And since I'm running a manual valve body, I didn't have to deal with the kickdown switch. And for the switch pitch, I just wired mine to a toggle switch.

Also, your going to have to get rid of the factory e-brake mechanism.

 

Thanks Andy this info helps. I saw trans mount from 65 Riv but I thought that the frame is different
the 65 wildcat makes sense

Cheers Will

 

The pink girl has been getting some love thanks to me mate Matt @blackdogcustoms.com
floor had a bit of rust not bad for a car thats been sitting in a field for nearly 20 years











she is now running with 65 riv 401 installed and st400 trans ,matt made a new trans mount. drive line was cut balanced and installed with the st400 yoke and 62 drive.

new dual exhaust is going on, spring and shock are new and installed. so going to bags

Upgrading the brakes
rather than trying to make some parts work from a later model I went with a new booster and dual master thats a bolt on set up for drum drum.
I was thinking of swaping out the front drum to disc but for now there staying.. fyi I live in the sf bay area at the top of a very long steep hill

 

Nice work !!! !

 

How did the springs from Jamco work out? What did they charge you for shipping? Thanks...

 

Nice patch work. Hope mine turns out half that good! My rust is on the same area (right front), but mine was caused by leaking heater core. What is that metallic material you used to line the entire floor with? Kind of looks like aluminum foil.

 

Looks good!

The stuff on the floor is a sound deadening material (http://www.fatmat.com/bulk/rattletrap/100.html).

 

yep its fat matt the black stuff is po15 you paint it on 2 coats and it will never rust again
http://www.por15.com

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guys having a alittle fitting issue with the classic exhaust system , did the factory exhaust system have some type or resonator before the tansverse muffler this system seem about a foot short. has anyone replaced theirs and if so can i just install a foot long pipe to takes its place