05GTO

Problem # 1, your coil spring is upside-down. The pig tail goes on the bottom.
Problem # 2, there is a spacer that mounts on top of the spring and the car sits on the spacer .
Problem #3, The bottom item in the below picture sits on top of the pig tail and bolts to the plate on the axle.

The pig tail is the part of the spring that is smaller in diamete than the rest of the spring.



Coil spring spacer,

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jasin

1)Coil spring is same on top and bottem(called the company and they said install either way), I swapped it around anyway.
2)the insert/insulator is not reused, wrong size anyway, new coil not the same as oem coil(also called company and the guy said no need for it)
3)The coil spring clamp doesn't clamp down on the spring, the spring perches are not right for this spring annd clamp. Looks like they were welded on later, not oem I assume.

Rukee

The springs don`t seem right. What company made them and what`s the part #?

05GTO

Below are pictures of my 67 with a late 60s or early 70s type c 12 bolt rear end and pictures of the 66 with the correct rear end. The 67 has black springs and the 66 has gray springs.

Also, there is a picture of the rear original coil springs removed from the 66 which include the insulator-spacer.

Good luck,

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05GTO

Images of 67 service manual;

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jasin

Hotchkis is where springs are from
19930003 Rear coil, 67-72 A-body

not sure what the deal is on this thing, looks like the spring perchs were welded on the axle, think they are way different then the original

Also see there are 2 holes on the bottem shock mount, I went to move the shock up to the top one, perfect fit, but the angle didn't look right so I dropped it back down again

I just clamped the damn thing with both clamps for now, sitting on the upside down bowl of the spring perch....till I think of something else....

Thanks for the help