Factory Ride Height?

Anyone?

my hardtop sat 24" to the front fender lip and 22-3/4" to the rear fender lip with the factory suspension.

I don't know what kind of information you might receive that actually is correct/ or not correct, whose to say. They all will vary with what options the car has plus some members have incorrect springs in their vehicles because they didn't like the way they sat from the factory. Personally I think your liable to get a large variance in ride heights, should be interesting to see.

BRO... I think you're missing for what I'm going for here. At one point years ago I had adjusted the ride height by cutting the springs. I really like the ride height it has now, but the result also makes the car very difficult to get proper alignment, and the upper control arms require so many shims that I have issues with the control arms crushing into the headers.

So my thought is to use drop spindles and (hopefully) close to a factory height spring so that I can replicate the ride height I've got and remove the alignment issues.

And I also know that its better to get a spring made for a certain ride height instead of cutting coils. So I'm trying to figure out what the "stock" starting point is, so that I can seek out springs made to give me the drop I want without having to cut any coils.

Am I over-engineering this?

But you raise a good point. Perhaps I can call Eaton (or some other spring manufacturer) and tell them how high I want the car to sit front and rear, and they can recommend the springs to make that happen, with me having to worry about how much drop I'm looking for.

Well, just as a FYI I picked up a set of springs today for the front end of the vert, should be about a 1/2 inch higher than a standard spring for ride height. We'll see in a couple of years when it gets some weight on it.
Sad how the old ballpark is gone, at least they could cut the weeds down. (BTW Eaton Spring is across the street from what used to be Tiger Stadium)

the thing of it is though, there is always going to a +/- on the height. there are so many factors that could change it... no matter what we figure it should be for that car, it is going to be whatever it ends up for each particular car, be it higher or lower. plus it is going to squat with time just from the springs seating and then starting to wear out. ballpark is the best anyone can do.

The "Carrying Height" dimensions and specific measurement locations are shown in the 1965 Chassis Service Manual, page 9-108, figure 9-113. There's no ambiguity. Measurements are taken at the bottom of the rockers on the flat parts, which is very repeatable. Fender lip openings vary depending on how the fenders are shimmed. The CSM also details exactly how the car is to be loaded so the measurement is repeatable.