I'm hoping that I can finally bring my 62 Comet home soon. It's stored at a relatives house about 30 mi away so I can't just swing by to take measurements. Here's what I need from some kind soul... The PO had swapped out the stock tires/wheels with some 13" big n little slots. Because the rears were a little too wide (I'm making an ***umption here), he removed the rear shocks and cut some pieces of 2x4 and wedged them between the frame and rearend. I guess at this point I should mention there's no engine/trans in the car so no, it wasn't being driven like that. Well, sort of. When the car was purchased (on a whim) I had to make a quick arrangement to store it a couple miles from where I bought it. I wasn't about to pay the nearly $100 for a flatbed tow so we flat towed it, with a rope no less (that's another story for another day. Anyway, when we hit a bump my father in law, who was in the car, waved me to stop because he smelled burning rubber. Turned out one of the wooden "shocks" fell out. This modification was not shared with us by the seller. Humph! Anyhow, short story long, I want to make some temporary rods for the trip home. I'll put it on a trailer but I don't want one of the Wayerhaeuser shocks to fall out and let the fender lip tear up the side walls. I'm going to be sell the tires and wheels. Besides, I just don't like tearing **** up if I don't need to. What I need is just a rough center to center length on the shock studs. In fact, are these stud mounted or flange mounted? Just thought of that. If someone has some pics of the stock setup I'd really appreciate it. Well that was a long winded way of asking for a measurement.
Well, I just answered one of my own question by using my fat fingers and looking on MACs. The shocks have a stud at each end which make my job way easier. I'm guessing they're 1/2". I still need a length between mounting points. I'll just use a piece of all thread and I'll cut a piece of pipe the right length and run the all thread through that. Easy peasy.
The rods will probably do more damage than help. The floor pan is was not designed to take the load of the car, let alone the shock of it going down the road. You risk punching them through the floor. Put it on a trailer, and let all but 15psi out of those silly tires.
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