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Technical 1953 GMC with S10 diff. Which shock?

Discussion in 'Traditional Hot Rods' started by casper50, Oct 14, 2020.

  1. casper50
    Joined: Aug 4, 2013
    Posts: 258

    casper50
    Member
    from alaska

    I have the S10 ZR2 rear diff all mounted now. Time to mount the new top shock mounts. I would like to know which shock I'm going to use for mount positioning. If anyone has done this swap I'd appreciate the shock model # that you used. Thanks.
     
  2. Mr48chev
    Joined: Dec 28, 2007
    Posts: 35,605

    Mr48chev
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    I'm just wondering why you went with that 63 inch WMS to WMS rear axle. It will probably work if you aren't running reverse offset wheels but you wheel choice is going to be very limited unless you jack it up 70's stink bug style.
    Stolen from the S-10 board
    2wd 54.5"
    4wd 59"
    ZR2 63"
    I don't know what you have for suspension or lower mounts but I just welded in a cross bar on my 48 with shock studs for shocks with eyes and used the studs on the spring plates on the bottom and used Mopar shocks that were the right length. Early/Mid 70's but I don't know the exact application as I did that in 1989 when I was working part time in a parts house and had the catalog to dig though.
     

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