Replacing my original coil springs on my 68' Shelby

I have my engine out and think it's a good time to change and replace my coil springs. My springs are original to my car and my car tends to bottom out and hit the fenders while going around normal corners at normal speed which is obviously normal after 40 years.

It was suggested that I go through Eatonsprings regarding the correct coil springs for our cars.

I have searched questions regarding replacing coils on this forum and didn't see any and thought I would simply ask.

I have never taken a coil spring out of a car and looks pretty self explanatory with a spring compressor. I have read the Ford 68 manual and seems manageable. By chance are there any pointers that I should be aware of before doing this on my own. I should note that I did replace my shocks about a year ago which did help a bit.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

thanks,
brian-

 

Roy,
Great suggestions. I will buy a compressor that works from the inside. I was originally going to buy one that compresses the spring from the outside, but sounds like the inner compressor might be a bit better from your experience.

I also printed the Shadetree tip-1 from Branda. Great suggestion too.

brian-

 

Great point Coralsnake.
Looks like I will order the springs tomorrow. Don't laugh, but my neighbor changed his on his boss 302 and he said he wore a helmet while excuting this exchange! Probably overkill, but his point was well made. I still feel confident though especially with the weight out of the engine. If I am going to do it, now really is the best time.

Thanks again for the feedback,

brian-