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I had my buddy Ryan who owns Ballis Welding in Fresno, work on my stalled '52 Suburban project yesterday. It took us about 4 hours to relocate and install Rusty Hope's front shock setup, where the top shock mount is attached to the frame, not the upper A-arm. Everything went pretty smoothly- we had to do some minor alterations like drilling out the lower eyelet bushings from 1/2" to 5/8", and tack weld - check clearances - cycle suspension up and down, then cut out tacks and reposition. Since Rusty says to find the center of travel on the shock and the motor was out, (not at the normal ride height), we set the wagon on front jack stands and used the heavy front bucket on my tractor to artificially move the front end up and down. That worked great! It seemed to me that it would be so much easier to do the work with the motor out and the front clip off. Although his instructions were very good, it wasn't clear to me exactly what issues would come up until we got into it. Depending on the angle we positioned the mount, the side of the shock would bind up at certain ride heights. We were able to make certain that wouldn't happen by using the tractor bucket. You can see the finished system in the short video. Pretty fun stuff! My Movie.mp4
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Three questions about shocks for my 1952 Plymouth Suburban: Does anyone know what aftermarket shocks one should use for this car. Related question, does anyone know if Suburban shocks are same as on Sedan? Finally, something i heard at the recent Plymouth meet in Michigan - a fellow 52 Suburban-owner said the the floaty nature of the car comes from the fact that the front shocks run from lower control arm to the upper, and that he made a bracket welded them in to the frame, and all is well. Anyone heard of this? Ned Foss, Albany NY..
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So I really have no Idea if this is going to affect the ride to much but I hope it works! Almost complete with the front end and I found a pair of air shocks from O'reillys Auto Parts. Had to press a metal sleeve out of one end and modify the size of the rubber hole with my drill. Got one on tonight and hope to have the other one on tomorrow! I'm looking for a little bit lower ride and stance on the truck and thought this may work. My plan is to rob an air tank off one of my old big rigs and install a small 12V air compressor in the truck. When I'm out cruising I'll try to have enough air in them to keep the tires on the ground and when we go to cruise night every month drain the air and drop the truck a few inches???? Took two leafs out of the spring pack and slicked them up a little! If you have any thoughts on how this might work I'm ready for the heat! Will slap a set on the back when I get there soon! Landon
