1965 riviera rear coil springs needed.

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Hi, I am in Australia so I can't just go to a wreckers for these, my car has hydraulic suspension and in our wonderful.....country its not legal so can anyone give me a contact for these. Moog 5035 spring are obsolete I believe so second hand would be fine as I need to consider shipping costs also.
thanks
 
circle track ( i know you guys run sprint cars on roundy rounds, Tony Stewart punched one of your track promoters a few years back ) parts suppliers will be happy to make any custom spring you want, for height, spring rate, diameter and number of coils.

since you're going to have to install spring buckets while you're doing this, you may as well make them adjustable. that way you can fine tune how much rake you want in the car or adjust for handling balance.

IF you can't find any joy Down Under

Speedway is in Lincoln Nebraska and ships to Canuckistan. i don't know if they ship overseas or not,
coil springs start at $25 USD.
https://www.speedwaymotors.com/shop/racing-coil-springs-and-accessories~65542-2-16-306


Racecar Engineering is in Lakeland Florida and DOES do International Shipping.
https://www.racecareng.com/item/1637704-gn-spring-bucket?keyword=spring+bucket
 
I have a front & rear pair from a '65 Riv GS I just removed to install new springs into. Funny thing is the replacement springs actually brought the front & rear ride height down instead of up. I tried to tell him that what was there were the original springs installed from the factory & they really didn't need replacing as the car ONLY has 50K miles on it/them. Problem is I won't ship overseas ONLY to a U.S. address.


Tom T.
 
You have done your homework -- 5035 IS the rear springs for 1963 - 1965 Rivieras -- and sadly, they have been Obsolete by every company for over a decade.
I had them N.O.S. up to about 2 years ago....
I know of one guy who has a couple sets -- but he wants $ 350.00 a set -- and then there is the matter of shipping...... Yours, Craig...
 
Shop around for a automotive spring builder/manufacturer in Australia. ( like, https://pohlsprings.com/ )

If you take your original springs into a spring builder/manufacturer, they would be able to build you a new set. You should measure how much lower your car is sitting than you want it, and they would coil the same diameter wire, at the same rate adjusted for the additional height.
 
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