Suspension needs for new owner

Does anyone in the group have some suggestion for sources and/or ideas on firming up the suspension and steering a bit. 

I love the car. Has the 192 6-cyl and a three on the tree with overdrive.

you might simply get a set of replacement springs, but a progressive rate.  it's an early 1960's car! it was designed era or driving style, and different roads. or if they're not too bad, drive it for a while and see if you can adapt to it. you got an old car, it has old car virtues!

i suggest this cuz oi drove a '63 Classic wagon, with a 232 and auto, for 20 years. i had slightly stiffer (non-progressive) and 1" taller springs and otherwise completely stock -- and no sway bars. it didn't take long to get used to, and it ended up changing how i thought of cars.

the upside of that design is that it's hugely compliant, with loooong travel. i could literally drive over curbs (slowly, very slowly). the body lean in and of itself isn't harmful, though it feels funny if you're used to new cars. yeah, it ain't no sports car, tons of understeer.

but soft isn't sloppy or broken (unless something is broken of course :-).

i wouldn't "over-shock" it either. i know it's popular to put stiffer shocks in order cars, but shocks dont make cars handle better or change spring rate. their only job is to damp impulse energy and rebound. when i wheel dips into a pothole or goes over a bump, it's the SPRING that absorbs the energy. the shocks just prevent the spring from bouncing up and down. ideally it stops after one half a cycle. a too-stiff shock transmits that impulse right into the chassis, like a smack in the butt, it feels bad. quality stock shocks are the right way.

try getting used to it first! my 63 classic wagon rode just great, but it was nothing like say my 2004 Scion xB, or my canyon car American. it iwll seem soft and squishy but with all good suspension parts it's a very nicely designed car -- for a world that doesn't exist any more.

isn't that what you wanted? lol.