I'm looking for some options for lower shock mounts to put tube shocks on my banjo rear end.I hate the look of the adjustable generic ones and I'm having a hard time finding the '47-'48's that bolt to the backing plates. Let's see some creative solutions.
Hey: I took some old ('49-'54) Chevy front steering arms and cut out a piece int he middle so that the bolt holes lined up with the two rear most rear backing plate holes and bolted them on. There is eve a small curvature in them that fits aroun the housing ( kind of). Anyway they work. Can't Post a pic (free compputer). Oh I welded the two pieces back together after the aligned with the holes and had to use longer bolts throught the two holes.
Hey Sleeper I used the front end off of a 46-48 ford rear radius rods. the end where they bolt to the tork tube. I had a pair that were cracked at the rear any how. but you cut off about 6" or more depending on your shock length and upper mounts and then I welded them to the rear end, sticking down. some guys put a couple of gussets but mine have not broken yet. I will be in Sac for the midnight mass this Sat, if you want to see in person here is a pic for now that you can see the right rear shock and mount poking down, not a good pic but it is all I have on the computer. hope to see you sat.
Cool Jim.I Pm'd you my info. Hey Dave.I'll probably head over to the Midnight Mass....hopefully i'll see you there. Butch27....Those sound cool if I run across some chevy steering arms I'll have to give that a try.
These are the cut-offs left when splitting the rear bones on Clarks 999 car. Add a universal shock stud and weld them to the banjo. Can't get more traditional than that. I saw several upper rear shock mounts at the Road Agents show that were made from the F-1 traditional front upper shock mounts. They were heated and "rearranged" but it's always cool to see people stretch the traditional applications. Anything that you can fabricate in your garage could have been fabricated by a hot rodder in 1951 also. Make you own with different sized lightening holes as appossed to the universal-fit-all holes. The 1-800 parts jump out at you but so do the well thought out hand fabricated parts too.
This isn't as cool as those wishbone ends (wish I had thought of that) but it works for me. Home-made by me. JH
Very neatest solution is the set of bolt-on forgings from a '48 Ford--they attach to the bolts that hold brake backing plates. They could be replicated very easily I think from the lower spring mount plate from a car or pickup with truck style parallel leaf suspension. Get the plate with four holes from beneath the center of the spring, choosing one with the sort of shock mount you need, ususally a stud type. Choose one hole to use from those already there, drill another to match the Ford span, cut away everything that hits the axle. It would be easy to use a major section of the whole corner of the thing and so mount it to three bolts.
Here's a shot of the ford brackets on my AV8. They are worth the search for them. Easy to install and they look right. I won't tell you what I paid for them. I should be in jail.
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