If you've owned a Tri-Five Chevy you'll know that squeezing a wider wheel under the rear can be problematic, not only because of the low wheel arch lip, but because the leaf springs mount outboard ...

looked underneath a '55-57 Chevy and noticed the same thing. Those of you familiar with the rear suspension setup on a Tri-Five know that the stock leaf springs mount on the outside of the framerail.

In some respects the wooden bows and catapults used by medieval knights to bludgeon their adversaries into submission were very much the precursors to the modern leaf spring. In the days of the ...