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Christmas came a few days early at my house. I got my new Hotckis parts in yesterday and I have to say the quality is top notch. I got torsion bars, rear leafs, sway bars and a few other small items. If you are in the market for suspension upgrades and on the fence about what to use, give Hotchkis a call. They have great customer service and the quality is awesome. Now I just have to get busy. Thanks Guys



Very cool car. I love that your hot rodding a '64 4-door Belvedere! I just checked the Hotchkis website again, and I don't see any parts listed for a 1964 Plymouth Belvedere. Are you using a later 1966-1970 style K-Frame? I'm very curious what specific part numbers your using from Hotchkis, as I also have a 1964 Plymouth B-Body. I have been waiting for Hotchkis to release the 1962-1965 B-Body suspension kits, but I have not heard of a complete kit available yet (sway bars, sub-frame connectors, torsion bars, upper control arms, leaf springs, shocks, strut rods, etc).



You wouldn't really need to go too fancy on swapping K-frames. For the installations I've done up until now on early B's has been using which ever bar works that retains the same rate, in most cases it is the early (pre-69) bar and adding out weld on brakets and tabs. The only thing that has been "left out" is the subframe connectors. I need more cars to build the database.



So are the 1966-1968 B-Body style front sway bar, and E-Body leaf springs going to be the parts specified for the full suspension upgrade kit from Hotchkis for 1962-1965 B-Bodies?

I do like the hotchkis design for frame connectors, and gathering a measurment data base for 1962-1965 B-Body frame connectors should not be that difficult.

To my knowledge, B-Body 1962 Dodges (Dart and Polara) have a 116 inch wheel base; 1963-1964 B-Body Dodges (Polara) have 119 inch wheelbase, and 1965 B-Body Dodge Coronets have a 117 inch wheel base.

Also, I believe all 1962 to 1965 B-body Plymouths (Savoy, Belvedere, Fury, Sport Fury, Satellite) have 116 inch wheelbase. Sway bars would be the same for all 1962 to 1965 B-bodies.

The upper control arms should be the same as later B-bodies. I would suggest asking here in the Moparts handling forum for R&D volunteers for your suspension kits. I would bet there are plenty of guys in Southern California that would be happy to help you. Please make a kit for the early B-bodies, as they are pretty neglected for handling parts.