suspension advice?

[Derek69SS]

You don't need to take the body off the frame to do any suspension work, but if the body mounts are original, you may want to replace them... you do need to lift the body up a bit to do that job.

For a smooth ride, stock type parts are going to be the best. Rubber bushings help absorb a lot of the little bumps, road noise, etc. Stock (soft) springs with some good stock-replacement gas shocks like Monroes or similar will be the smoothest. Put some bigger sway-bars on it, and a quick-ratio steering box, and it will feel pretty decent in the turns too.

If you're not going to really push the car's limits, that's really all you need...