1972 Monte Carlo Front Suspension

[Mully]

First of all I am a new guy to the Pro-Touring forum and a bit confused by all the modern front suspension options for the A-Body cars. I have done a fair amour of reading and searching but I think it is time to ask a few questions.

The car is a 1972 Monte Carlo with an original front end…I mean factory original front suspension..springs, ball joints, tie rod ends, shocks…everything is as it left GM. No joke! Might have 75K total miles on the car since new. I have had the car since 1973 or 1974 and it has been in the garage much more than it has been on the road. That said the bushings and what not are pretty dried out / tired out. To say the least it is time for a rebuild since it has been 40+ years since those factory parts went in there.

If I am going to redo the front suspension it seems to make sense to redo with better geometry parts that are available these days. I want to get better handling / breaking but I don't need to be able to totally defy gravity and the laws of physics with an all out cornering / breaking setup. This is more a budged upgrade that has been kicked off by the need to look at the front end parts that have been in there since 1972. I most likely will retain the original Rally wheels given that the goal is a more or less stock look with subtile internal improvements. I don't need to slam the car down onto the ground..stock ride height could work, I won't put really wide sticky tires on it. It is all about subtile improvements within a budget.



So with that said what are your thoughts…new upper and lower A-arms? New stock heigh spindles? Both spindles and A-arms? Coil overs? Y/N/ ? The issue is that I don't know enough to make decisions on the scope of replacement and make the call about what vendor parts will do what I want AND will play together in a simple bolt in during a weekend of work. I have outlined what I want to do with the car up above. I would appreciate any thoughts you might have or any questions that you have for me to answer so that you guys can help me out.

Thanks for taking the time to look this over.