Look what I found when I disassembled my "stock" '57 front suspension!

[Bitchin'57]

Chevelle spindles????? How??? Why???

I purchased the '57 rolling project about 6 months ago. I had no reason to believe that the front end wasn't original. It had drum brakes, if that matters. I wonder what happened to the originals. Do the spindles interchange, or should I post pics of the control arms, too? This is my first old Chevy, so I'm new to GM front suspensions.

[chevynut]

Please post a pic of the front of the frame, a-arms, etc. Those are not tri5 spindles. Did your frame get clipped?

[Bitchin'57]

The A-arms are still attached. It's 11:30 pm here, I'll post pics tomorrow.

[Rick_L]

Just guessing, those look like Chevelle/Camaro/Nova spindles. They don't interchange with stock spindles.

Do the lower ball joint studs point down or up?

[Bitchin'57]

Rick_L, the lower ball joint studs point up.

Here is a pic of the front end.

[markm]

Early Camaro/Chevelle stuff is 9.5 inch drums instead of 10.00.

[chevynut]

Here's a stock 67-69 Camaro/68-72 Nova front suspension. Looks like with the right balljoints configuration you could bolt the spindles in like the PO did. Someone must have inverted the balljoints on the lower a-arms. Got a closeup pic of the lower a-arms after removal?

[Bitchin'57]

Here's a stock 67-69 Camaro/68-72 Nova front suspension. Looks like with the right balljoints configuration you could bolt the spindles in like the PO did. Someone must have inverted the balljoints on the lower a-arms. Got a closeup pic of the lower a-arms after removal?

I can post some pics of the lower arm ball joint tonight.

[Bitchin'57]

[markm]

That is stock 55-7 stuff, what hubs and drums did they use. Was this a running car or a roller.