Or should we say, “springs.”
We need to decide if Donna needs new springs, and if so, should they be stock or aftermarket.
Donna has coil springs in front and leaf springs in back. 
The springs resist the movement of the spindles in the front and the axel in the back but do allow the suspension components to travel up and down. The farther the springs are compressed, the more force they are pushing back with, so the goal is for the springs to prevent the car frame from reaching the suspension stop points. Springs are bouncy, so the shock absorbers dampen the springs to keep the car from oscillating up and down.
Donna originally came with front springs that had a 380 lbs/in spring rate, meaning for every inch you compress the spring it pushes back with an additional 380 lbs of force. Donna weighs 3,120 lb and her weight is 60% in the front and 40% in the back. So about 1,870 lbs are sitting on those front coil springs (935 a side), meaning the springs have to be compressed a minimum of 2.5″ to hold up the car. The total travel of the front suspension is probably around 6 inches, so it is more likely that the springs are in slight compression at full suspension extension and there is probably 3 to 4 inches of upward travel available when the car is at rest.
So, back to whether Donna needs new springs or not.
We measured to see if she was sitting where she should be:
It turns out that Donna is sitting about where she is supposed to sit. We like her stance right now, so we now know that if we replace her springs, they should be stock height. You can get springs to lower the stance by as much as 2″. You can also get progressive rate springs for the front where the spring rate increases as you compress the spring to help in hard cornering. We are probably going to replace her springs with stock coils in the front and stock 4-leaf springs in the back.