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Originally Posted by CG
I have a couple of C20 72's, one with leaf springs and one with coil springs. Curious why someone would want to order up leaf over what I assume is the normal for stock coil springs.
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I think it is similar to the more recent automotive debate of aluminum bodied F-150s vs more conventional steel bodies GMs and Dodges; there's pro's and con's to using either material and no clear winner. I'm guessing that trailing arm suspension was new in trucks at the time, so GM offered both and allowed the consumer (or more likely, the dealer) to select what they wanted.
To my knowledge there remains
no physical evidence that GMCs were standard with anything other than coils, and instead there is evidence that GMC dealerships did not fully understand the different suspension/tire options available and how those played into GVW calculations.