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Old 09-03-2023, 09:27 AM   #11
GeneBob
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Default Re: Shock Absorber Advice

PhilcoBill,
I went with rebuilt shocks from Mr Holland and they are excellent (Dick M provided contact info above). John is a great guy and provided beautiful rebuilds.
As nkaminar asked above, what are your plans for the car? If you want all original, you are going to spend some pretty serious money to get original shocks. You may want original shocks anyway because they work very well. If you are building a driver that does not have to be original, there are several kits to update to modern shocks. However, the one consistent piece of advice that I have seen is: Do not use gas charged shocks which are very common in the modern style (tube shocks). I have read many forum posts where the complaint is the new style shocks are harsh and too stiff. It seems that these complaints are rooted in the gas charged shocks. So, it you go that way, be sure you have plain, no gas charge, no gas bag shocks. Not all sellers tell you specifically that the shocks are plain.
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