Technical Rear shocks

I just picked up a 34 Ford Coupe fiberglass with a 9" rear-end looking for suggestions on some rear shocks

 

You probably have less then 800 lbs of sprung weight, so you don't need a very aggressive shock. After you have your rear suspension, then figure out where your upper and lower shock mounts are going. Typically the mounts are 12"-13" apart at rest. Most hot rod shocks use a 1/2" bolt eye. Hot rod shocks from Speedway or Socal work great. The shocks should be at an outward angle at the bottom of about 10 to 15 degrees making sure they don't hit anything in their travel or don't bind.
Warren

 

Will depend on the suspension setup. Buggy spring, coil overs? ??

 

Are there no shocks currently?

OR, is there an issue with the installed shocks?

The starting point is not clear, as the rod was recently acquired.

 

I talked to a guy today who said 80 pound coilovers were just right for this car. 120 was too much

 

I have installed a lot of shocks on a lot of cars and my "go to" on classic stuff is Bilstein. I have them on my 34 ford roadster and my 41 ford PU. They ride nice, work as designed and come in chrome! Bonus!

 

Buggy springs

 

Issue with the existing ones

 

Do you have a model # I can look up. I like Bilstein, I have them on a Mustang

 

Go here and enter your specs and requirements, it will fit the shock for you and they will custom build them.
Bilstein Mono Tube Gas Linear 7 Shock 1.5/5.5 Reb/Comp Avg Bleed

 

Speedway list chromed Bilstein shocks in 3 lengths. Fabulous shocks.

Chris

 

The Bilsteins on the rear of my buggy sprung highboy are '84-'87 Corvette rears.
I believe the # is 24-192297
86-4600 series.

They have 35k miles and are quite nice. A vast improvement over the P&J shocks that were exhausted at 30k miles.

 

Thanks I'll look them up.

 

As its a buggy spring what are the symptoms you are trying to fix? Please post pics of your current setup.

 

Just trying to upgrade form Pete and Jake's shocks

 

Let us know how you resolved your rear shock problem.
What the status of the front shocks?

 

Parallel leaf springs, not (transverse) 'buggy' spring. Should be relatively easy to find quality replacement. Suggest you avoid gas filled shocks.

Chris

 

Thank you all for your input, I went with Bilstein. Now waiting for them to show up.

 

I drove my roadster last night to meet up with friends that flew into town unexpectedly. The car rides so nice and corners well for what it is, I thought of your post while driving. You cannot go wrong with Bilstein. You can get cheap and tolerable. You can get a deal on mediocre. Or you can just pony up, pay the price and get the best...which I see you did.

Make sure you post your review after install.

 

Sorry for the delay on this had some other things to take of before I could take her for a ride. Bilstein shocks were definitely the way to go.

 

Thank you for a resolution! Glad you are happy with the result.

 

What part number for those rear shocks?

 

Bilstein F4-BOA-0000788 rear and BSN-24-185035 front