Reference Details
- Availability
- standard
- Notes
- The September 1, 1964 AMA filing specifies independent short-long-arm front suspension with ball joints, SAE 5160 coil springs (8.62-inch design height, 3.87-inch inside diameter, 119 x .56-inch bar), direct-acting rebound-cutoff Ford/Gabriel shocks with 1.0-inch pistons, and a linked SAE 1090 front stabilizer. The regular stabilizer is .62 inch; the Model 71 schedule uses .69 inch. Listed front spring rates are 220/200 lb/in for 200-cid cars and 245/225 lb/in for 289-cid cars, with Model 76 rates of 245/225 and 280/260 respectively; Model 71 uses 220/200. Corresponding regular design loads are 1,250/1,220 lb and 1,475/1,415 lb, while Model 76 uses 1,475/1,415 and 1,635/1,565; Model 71 uses 1,280/1,220 and 1,405/1,345. The Hotchkiss rear uses 55 x 2.5-inch four-leaf SAE 5160 semi-elliptic springs with silent-bloc rubber bushings, no rear stabilizer or track bar, a 72 lb/in spring rate and 77 lb/in wheel rate; Model 76 uses 82 and 89, and Model 71 uses 112 and 119. The filing does not identify these model schedules as the brochure's special handling package.
- Type
- suspension
