Tetanus Tornado 49 F6

[kenny c]

Front shocks

No progress to report. I've been Trying to mock up some things a see what I have in the collection of junk that can be used. The next thing I was looking at was front shocks. The front end is a 32 heavy with a reverse eye posies super slide. I have a set of QA1 adjustables, they only have about 3 inches of travel. That doesn't seem like enough. I've found both 3 and 5 inch travel hot rod shocks at SoCal speed shop and was wondering what most people run and suggest. As a side note the roads around hear are real rough.

 

[DozerII]

I just installed 5 inch travel ones I don't think 3 inch would be enough unless your mounting them at a real angle, and they would have to be really stiff.

 

[charliebob]

Here is a link to Monroe shock specs. Some have much more travel than 3".

http://www.monroe.com/downloads/install-instructions-guides/MonroeMountingLengthSpecifications.pdf

QA1 and other manufacturers also have some shocks with more travel.

 

[Old Iron]

I've used as short as 4" without issue but 5" would be better.

 

[kenny c]

Thanks guys. I was leaning that way. I would have liked to use what I already have and save some money but I'll find a set of 5" ones.

 

[kenny c]

Just ordered a set of Monroe 32194 shocks from E-bay. Look them up on the chart that CharlieBob sent the link to. Turns out the fit 4X4 S10 . I will let you know how they work out. Thanks again.

 

[kenny c]

Shock mounts

I spent some of yesterday and most of today pretending to be a machinist. I made new sleeves for the shocks, inserts to weld into the frame, bungs to bolt to the frame and to weld the shock mounts to and the shock mount shafts and then bent them to a 90 degree angle. These mounts will be similar to ford F1 shock mounts with headlight brackets. Still have a couple more pieces to make. I will try to get the rest done this week.

 

[smallfoot]

That looks pretty clean![cl

 

[Torchie]

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Torchie

 

[DozerII]

Those mounts turned out great.

 

[kenny c]

Thanks guys. They're not done yet so I have plenty of time to mess them up.[

 

[forbigpicture]

I like the new mounts kenny..... nice work

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[kenny c]

Had the day out of work today to see an elder affairs lawyer for some stuff about my mom who has Alzheimer's so I had some time to work on the shock mounts. Welded the threaded bungs into the frame, cut the uprights to length(one of which I cut to short and had to fix), welded them to the sleeves and a bar between the front and rear sleeve. I still need to clean up the welds and heat and tweak one to get them to match. The next project is finishing the headlights and making mounts for them.

 

[Old Iron]

Good job on the shock mounts
You may have already said but, what did the headlights come off of?

 

[kenny c]

They came off the ground at the Thompson speedway swapmeet.[ddd. Realy not sure what they are off of. Someone said Dodge truck. I'm attempting to make 7" sealed beams fit in them.

 

[Old Iron]

Thanks Kenny, I was thinking Dodge but didn't know.
I like the length of them.
I've been looking for a set off of a Buick or Cadi.

 

[kenny c]

The headlights would have looked better with a set of the deep rounded lenses but they were just empty shells. When I get more done on them I will try to post pics to show what I'm trying to do.

 

[Torchie]

The headlights would have looked better with a set of the deep rounded lenses but they were just empty shells. When I get more done on them I will try to post pics to show what I'm trying to do.

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Mopar had some interesting stuff as compared to the other ones. I looking ahead to frenching the head lights on the Dodge custom and I may have to go to some type on universal bucket to get it to work.
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Torchie

 

[kenny c]

Waiting to see what you come up with.

 

[Torchie]

Waiting to see what you come up with.

It may be a while.LOL
I was also looking at buckets from other brands of the same vintage that would fit the existing hole in the fender. 53 Chevy looks like it could work.
I will have more room to play around with then you due to the headlight housing you are dealing with.
If you google some vintage Mopar sites you might find some answers.
Torchie