At one time, pretty much the only modification hot rodders made to their rear suspension was to add longer shackles to lower the rear on a transverse leaf-sprung ... for the hot rod market ...

While on one hand the traditional Ford transverse leaf ... hot rod, it fails miserably. Both of these designs, however, lack the compact packaging and adjustability of a torsion bar suspension ...

A hot rod transverse mounted leaf spring and radius arms locate the beam front axle that uses closed knuckle Dana 25 outers and drum brakes. The whole thing is so wrong it is just right.

There are many types of leaf-spring suspension designs. Auto manufacturers have used them in transverse arrangements ... Horse-drawn buggies, classics, and hot rods, work trucks, Jeeps, and ...