Years ago, Gabriel sold a line of hydraulic shock absorbers called Adjust-O-Matics. As I recall, they had three settings (soft, medium, firm) and you set them by rotating the shock body to one of the three settings. Soft was approximately the same as a stock 1950s p***enger car part; the other two settings were successively stiffer. I think that I learned of these from an article in R&C circa 1956. I used them on a couple of cars that I had back then, mostly in the firmest setting, and I thought that they improved the handling of the cars considerably. After a bit of internet research, it doesn't seem that these are made any more. Gabriel is still around, but none of their p***enger car products appear to be adjustable. Anybody aware of any similar products available today? Seems like a convenient was to dial in the ride and handling to one's personal preference. By the way, old Ford Houdaille lever-action shocks were also adjustable. I bought a remarkably original '41 Ford that still had its Houdailles in place, and I was able to tune up the ride by adjusting them.
Compe***ion engineering sells them, summit racing has their own brand too. Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
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