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Old 15-02-12, 22:19
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Maybe the dimensions match a modern vehicle's leaf springs? Start at the local junk yard...
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Old 15-02-12, 22:23
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Leaf spring work is cheap. Get the measurements and have a shop make them up. Those fancy rebound clips on them are another matter and will have to be hand made.

By what I know of spring work I have had done in the past, an attempt to salvage spring material off scrap truck's leaf springs will be way more work than it's worth.
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Old 16-02-12, 09:24
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I'd be straight down to a commercial truck spring shop and just get them made Shouldn't be too much, and you'd have an end result that worked.

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Old 16-02-12, 17:12
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Kevin, if you speak to Martyn he had a load made up a while ago and may still have the patterns he used (for the entire bracket).. it may help you a bit quicker matey
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