Hey guys...have a 30 Tudor with 4" dropped beam axle. I have a set of 62 VW tube shocks. fully collapsed are 12", fully extended 18". I have looked this over pretty well and am not sure best way to mount these. Considering attaching to fender support up near where the headlight bar bolts thru but not sure. I have lathe, belt sanders and mig welder, and can fabricate pretty much anything I need, but looking for ideas on attaching to axle and upper mount. I built a 29 on 32 rails highboy years ago and used the lower shock mounts that attach to bottom of spring perch bolt, but with fenders it looks like this would result in shocks that stand straight up and down, which I guess would work OK but look kinda hokie. I could use lever action shocks but would really prefer tube shocks as I already have 4 brand new ones on hand. Any ideas or pics of how you guys have dealt with this.
thats fender support is a little flimsy in my option. pete and jakes DOES have some good stuff. I've mounted the lower to a shackle i made with an extra hole, worked well. id see what speedway has too, just for ideas, then make your own.
The earlier A's fenders had cast brackets, the later ('30-31' at least) were stamped steel...and they would crack easily. Suspect you'd find a shorter shock to work out.
It's going to be hard to get shocks that long to work on a fendered A especislly if your spring has reversed eyes.The dropped axle doesn't matter because it doesnt change the position of where the shocks mount in relation to the frame but the spring does.If it's a stock spring you might just get those shocks you have to work. The Ken Davis ones in the link above seem to get good reports off restorers but they look a bit agricultural for a hot rod to me.The bolt on kit as in the Pete and Jake link is the best thing to copy. Buy the lower bolt on mounts and fabricate similar top mounts to suit or buy the F1 style mounts and cut/bend them to suit for a more traditional look. I go through this with my coupe every now and then and end up just keep driving without shocks.
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