Need help finding "Front Shocks" for my 63 Pontiac Tempest400/9" rear street car!!! I have goggled this up the "ying yang" without any luck. Like Delco gas shocks but will entertain anything. Also help on other front end parts such as "steering shock" and sway bar bushings! Thanks for any help; John
NAPA or O'Reilly's would be good places to start. I bought Monroe gas Shocks for my '62 Chevy @ O'Reilly's for 18 bucks apiece.
Find a GOOD local parts house. re***le your thread with your location added, some HAMBer in your area will have suggestions.
Local parts houses are unlikely to help. The 61-63 GM compacts (F-85, Skylark, and Tempest) have virtually no parts available from normal sources. I see NOS versions show up on ebay frequently, but if you want new ones go to Kanter. http://www.kanter.com/
Try Monroe part number MON5821 for the fronts. This number should be available just about anywhere, or you can cross that number to other brands more to your liking. Don't have a p/n but A-1 Shock Absorber Company may be a source for your rears, 800-344-1966. Try CPR Pontiac Parts for your other front end items. I'm thinking that the steering damper may be the same one on the '64 A-bodies, so it may be worth a shot calling Ames or Performance Years on that as I think those are be "reproduced".
Also the old school monroe number is 2119 or 32119. I have never seen a steering dampner shock on any 61-63. Must be an aftermarket add on. Sway bar bushings are allmost impossible to find. Will have to try & match them up from something else. Also may want to try www.kanter.com If you are still running the stock transaxle, I have a pair of NOS rear shocks. They are a little s****ed up from getting moved around on the shelf, but otherwise still servicable.
In '64 and '65 the manual steering setups could be had with an actual shock absorber package installed. I believe what the OP is wanting is the booster cylinder that is used on the power steering setups, it has fluid lines in and out. While I don't know if those could be bought new you might try and find someone that rebuilds those types of setups, the Tri-5 Chevys and early '60's big Fords are close I think.
If the OP is in fact asking about the power dteering ***ist cylinder, The early Tempest's use the same power steering as the early Corvets. Rebuild kits are available.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=229464&highlight=shock Find the dimensions you need and then look up what they fit on on the Monroe website.
This steering damper is for a non PS car and has no lines connected to it. This might have been installed on 326 non PS cars only? I have another 63 parts car with PS and the cylinder is in the same place as this steering shock. The PN is 3171395 Delco, Dayton Ohio. I have seen this setup used on non PS Midyear Corvettes, also. The Shock info noted below has some info on "steering stabilizers" Shocks: Many ... many thanks to "4t64rd" for posting that most useful Monroe shock table!!! John (OP)
Did you have any luck with front and rear shocks? I just picked up on my 63 f-85 I have a lot to learn on this one but it is a keeper
Old thread but if your car has the shocks still on it try looking for the part# on the shock itself you can cross reference it on line. If no numbers you can take a extended length and a collapsed length and find something that way. Good luck Siata.
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