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Posted By Discussion Topic: Anyone put tube shocks and/or sway bars on stock ' -- page: 1 2     CaliforniaBorn36 11-19-2013 @ 1:00 PM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 55 Joined: Jan 2013 Over on the FordBarn website, there is a company called Pure Rods (309) 582-3547 that advertised bolt on rear shock mounts in the Swap section. You may want to take a look if you are set on doing something like that. Let us know the end result, always interested in actual experiences with products and how people solve various issues 40cpe 11-19-2013 @ 5:36 PM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 472 Joined: Jan 2010 I think it is going to be difficult to find an objective comparison of good, up-to-spec original shocks to modern tube shocks. My observation is most people pick one of the options, install them, and call it good. The time and expense of trying several options on the same car prevents experimentation by most of us unless the first try fails. Then there is the variable of other mods made to the car such as removed spring leaves, aftermarket springs, dropped axle, etc. One deviation from the original equipment design often resonates through other systems on the car. I've rambled enough, but my thoughts are if the car is original, install original equipment. If it's modified, you're on your own. wmsteed 11-20-2013 @ 7:42 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 613 Joined: Oct 2009 I can honestly say that the suspension and power-train mods I have done to my '36 have made it a better car.. For the first three years that I owned it, I drove the wheels off of it.. I was working for a company that required that I travel the eleven western states.. When I moved to So. Cal in '56 I drove the '36 to work every day on the freeways and surface streets, sometimes my daily commute was in excess of a 100 miles per day.. Leaving the house at 5:00 AM, not getting home until after 6 PM After I de-tuned the engine a little in '58, my wife even enjoyed driving the car.. Left hand column shift included. Basically my suspension and power train is all bolt together '47-48 Ford.. With the Columbia and 3.78 gears the car cruises very nicely, hour after hour at 65/75. In my younger years I regularly drag raced the car on weekends, sometimes I engaged in a little street racing, then put my tools back into the trunk in the morning and headed out to work. I guess the reliability of the '36 is why I have keep it for over 61 years... Bill 36 5 win delx cpe flatheadfan 11-20-2013 @ 5:01 PM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 450 Joined: Oct 2009 There is another shock option worth considering that requires no frame modification and bolts on using the existing frame holes. Plus, they are easily rebuilt when needed for under $15. These are the Delco-Lovejoy lever action shocks. I have them on all four corners of my '35 and love them. As proof of their indestructibility, the old time whiskey runners of the Appalachian hills relied on Lovejoys as their shock of choice especially when those pesky revenuers were on their trail. They provided great stability and were virtually bullet-proof (mechanically speaking). Tom fenbach 11-30-2013 @ 3:22 PM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 227 Joined: Dec 2009 i used a '46-'48 front bracket to mount a [short] tube shock in back on my '36. i did have to drill new holes and cut a notch in the inner fender. but it worked because the bracket is offset. i got them from pete & jakes http://www.peteandjakes.com/Catalog4.aspx?pid=223 . but couldn't convince them to offer a mount bracket that would bolt to the original frame holes. i'll post another reply with a picture of the extended shackle bolt which is the lower mount. fenbach 11-30-2013 @ 3:31 PM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 227 Joined: Dec 2009 here's a picture of the extended shackle bolt that i used for the lower rear shock mount. i think i got it from pete & jakes too but, regardless, make sure the shackle end is long enough to fit the rear spring because it's is a bit wider than a '36 front spring as i recall. i forgot to mention that you have to line up the bracket carefully with the lower mount. otherwise the shock will be at an angle and will rub on one side of the bracket. i've also seen a triangular shackle plate with a third hole for the shock bolt. Robert/Texas 12-01-2013 @ 8:13 AM reply profile send p.m. New Member Posts: 108 Joined: Dec 2009 I agree with 40Coupe and TomO. I had the rear shocks on my '37 Fordor rebuilt by Bill Wzorek some time ago and was amazed by the improvement in the ride. I'm sending all four of the shocks from my '34 roadster to him this week just as soon as I can get them off the car.

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