back in the day, no one around here had the money for ss springs, so we hit the bone yards and got truck, station wagon springs, or extra main leaves and used a torch to cut to the length desired. we then shaped the cut ends with a grinder, added paint, then assembled the leaves we thought necessary to stiffen the front segment as was needed. no clamps on the rear segments, and however many as required on the front. i owned a yard from '73-84, so lots of springs were given away to friends for the purpose. it was up to them to remove what they wanted. may have been one of the original "pick your part" yards, but we didn't charge $2 to get in.