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Old Jun 11, 2011 | 07:05 PM
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A friend of mine had a tree fall on his 78 Vett willing to sell his complete rear suspension Trailing arms spindles rear end Will the trailing arms and spindles work on a C2 or are the specs different

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I believe they are the same. Places like Corvette Central, etc. list them as 65-82 with the same part numbers.
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Old Jun 11, 2011 | 07:27 PM
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yes the same, just bought a complete rear and front suspension for my '65 out of a '75 in good shape for $500., the diff is also the same, the diff. is all i needed but nice to have the spare parts ... Don't forget to grab the Power Steering parts also if you can, if you don't already have it, for when you old and feeble like me ...

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I know I put a 75 crossmember in mine, if that helps.
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Yes They most certainly will!
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Keep in mind difference in C2 drum vs disk brake setups - the spindles, etc. are different. Pretty sure ok if C2 Disk brake car you are doing the swap in.
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