SWB spring plate /SC spring plates swap

[smedley]

Want to have some adjustability in the rear suspension of my '67S for corner weighting......don't want plastic squeaks and rattles.

Has anyone out there cut down later adjustable SC/Carrera spring plates to SWB dimensions??

I made a paper pattern off my original SWB plates and laid it up against the longer later spring plates....the holes etc can be matched up. I put SC plates on my '69. So I have a set to also compare. I checked the cut and hole clearance of the second pivot part on the SC plate and it looks like I would have room to shorten them and maintain all of the attachment and adjustment points.

Big question...I plan on 7R rims in the rear....will the 7Rs ( with the negative offset) interfere with the BIG adjustment nuts on the SC plates?? I'm keeping stock fenders so I'm limited as to spacers.

Has anyone done this??

[buddeman]

Hi Mark,
I did exactly as you described for my '67. Bought later adjustable spring plates, and had them cut on a CNC plasma cutting machine. Sized out almost perfectly - just had to weld up one little spot where the edge of a previous hole existed.

That said, the big adjustment nuts did cause some problems for me. I'm running standard deep 6 Fuchs and had a slight rub on the passenger rear tire but only during aggressive cornering (don't know why it didn't affect both tires) - a small spacer helped address this.