Reference Details
- Common issue
- A 427-style body or coil-spring replica represented as a leaf-spring 289, or the reverse
- Confidence
- documented
- Correct value
- Narrow leaf-spring Mk II hardware for the 289 or wider coil-spring Mk III hardware for the 427
- Where to check
- Frame dimensions and construction, suspension pickup points, springs, steering, rear drive layout, body mounting, and repair history