Re: [Amc-list] shock absorber selection

["Stu Fitchett" <amckiwi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 A long time ago I put new shockers on my 64 Classic the pin to pin type
(stud to stud)

I went to a major supplier of car parts (mostly British) BMC Jaguar Leyland
Group

They had a whole wall of shockers in boxes I looked through nearly all
before I found some similar I recall (long time ago) that they were from a
Jaguar

A few years later one of the studs broke of while driving to a dive trip
along windy & windy roads certainly made for an interesting trip.

Not sure what the replacement pair are from got them from the local AMC
parts place in NZ

Has bought back some pleasant memories

Earlier on before getting the Jag shocks I drove the car round with no front
shocks at all

I had just used some fisholine in the dors to ensure it would not rust

The combination of fish smell & rolling round everywhere gave a touch of
seasickness

Oh what we did when we were 20

Stu
Melbourne
Australia



-----Original Message-----
From: amc-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amc-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Tom Jennings
Sent: Thursday, 20 September 2007 10:21 AM
To: AMC/Rambler owners, drivers and fans.
Subject: Re: [Amc-list] shock absorber selection

> " The problem is that the lower eye is wildly unlike ANY OTHER SHOCK EVER
> " MADE, it's unique to that model.



-- Sandwich Maker <adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> would it be worth asking gabriel's special apps if they have
> -any-other- shocks with the same general dimensions?  if they do [they
> must], then you could start talking about what ends you can adapt.

I suppose I should call them again... maybe they could rattle off the 
important specs for the shock for me.

The new mount I made (I will upload photos tomorrow) lowers the bottom of 
of the shock about 1 - 1.5" below stock, but requires a stud-type mount. 
There's nothing dimensionally weird about this shock, so it shouldn't be 
all that hard to pick one. But I need the length data to do so.

I will start calling hot rod places next.

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