[boodlefoof]

Hi everyone,

I managed to get an hour or two to crawl under the car tonight to start visualizing, planning, and measuring for the rear suspension build on my '63 Tempest. To get good measurements, I'm trying to first figure out what my ride height is going to be.

I'd be interested in seeing some side-view pictures from you '63 guys (show off your rides!) along with the measurement from ground to the frame rails and your tire height. If you know what the factory ride height (to the frame rail) is, I'd be interested in hearing that too.

Just as additional background, I bought the car with a Heidt's universal front suspension installed and no rear suspension. I pulled out the coils up front so that I could just set the body on blocks to simulate ride height. With the lower front control arms level to the ground, my frame rail height is right about 9''. This seems like a lot of ground clearance, but in the side-view, it looks like the car is sitting a little low to me... the 25'' tires on there up front are pretty close to the fender lip.

Thanks in advance!