[Amc-list] Staggered Shocks on rear axle.

["John Elle" <johnelle@xxxxxxxxx>]

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Tom Jennings
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0john1> tomj at wps.com 
And I've read somewhere that AMC pioneered this technique; is this true?
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As far as factory goes, it was a pony or muscle car using rear leaf 
springs that drove the need for type of design and as AMC was rather 
late in this market and did not do it until 1970 leads me to believe 
that it was not first. Who ever was I do not know, but Mustangs,
Barracudas
and early Cameros and Firebirds all had leaf springs and I would be
willing to bet that each of them or all of them had them factory
installed
before AMC did it on the Javelins in 1970. 
Something that used a torque tube drive such as 64 Ramblers did not need
to control rear axle twist, as it couldn?t and neither would something 
with coil springs and a 3 or 4 bar rear suspension or using trailing 
arms with coils. 
I pick 64 as the first Mustang was 64 and ½. 
All conjecture on my part as to who was first, but my money goes on the 
guess that it was NOT AMC. 
John. 
 
 
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