My guess would be that the springs actually went through the passenger compartment on the front part of the spring. mine was very close to doing that on the left side. this car was EXTREMELY rusty, but it was straight, so I thought I'd give it a shot. I've got lots of repairs to the frame rails done and had to fab up a new mount for the back and front part of the rear leaf spring. I'm really hoping I got those measurements right, or the car won't go straight!