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Old 06-11-2018, 11:01 PM
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I'm pretty sure the 289 USRRC is a coil over chassis with 289 dimensions, but not positive on that. Might want to check with Chuck to see if he has those plans, otherwise you may need to go with the Cobra Restorers plans for a 427 (or an updated set by somebody without all the mistakes) and adapt to the wide hip 289 body.

Parts will be easier to find and adapt than the leaf spring suspension, which are rare as frog hair. Or, you could consider building one of the Factory Five 289 cars, which are pretty nice and reasonably close to the original USRRC shape and style. Kind of goes against the old scratch build idea, I know, but saves an awful lot of head aches.

Bob
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