old school shocks

[deerchooper]

i dont know what to call them, but they look like the ones out of the 30's. i been looking at a set and there for the rear of a car. mine are shot. i was wondering if a rear set would work on the front? do they work well?

kinda like these

 

[Daman]

Called knee knockers around here. I call em caveman hydraulic My binder had them all the way around. Visually mine were the same. try it out
The truck before it was pulled apart rode good...for a '48

 

[BigIrish]

Technically, they are called "lever shocks". They must have worked pretty well b/c buick used them exclusively until the early 50s. I understand they are expensive to buy or have rebuilt though.

 

[bob w]

Some are single action and the later ones are double action. Get some that have resistance in both directions for the best control. Back when I started all this hot rod building stuff lots of people used lever shocks from small British sporty cars on the front of T Buckets and the like.

 

[PA41]

Google Armstrong shocks--(British) or Houdalay (Something like that) for the US style. E-bay sells the pretty regular--I use them often on light cars.

PA41