Source: ClassicCars.com
Heat treating serves a critical role in the restoration of street rod and classic cars, and a leading manufacturer of leaf and coil springs based in Detroit, Michigan, recently demonstrated the re-temper and re-arch process that brings renewal to first-generation Chevrolet Corvettes, which can be particularly difficult to restore due to the type of steel used in production only up until the mid-1960s.
Eaton Detroit Spring keeps 24,000 original manufacturer spring blueprints to aid in the manufacturing leaf and coil springs for the street rod and restoration industries.
An excerpt from the article at ClassicCars.com:
“Company president Mike Eaton — his grandparents founded the firm, explained, ‘We had a customer in this morning who happens to be the designer of the original Corvette suspension who I have known for years. He brought in a couple of sets of C1 rear springs to be reconditioned. Even though we do a lot of these, there are a lot of ’Vette owners who don’t know we offer it.'”
Read more: “A Little R&R Can Revitalize First-Gen Corvette Leaf Springs”
