Hell, if they haven't bolted them up, it's time they packed it in 
The noise will be horrendous!
John
The noise will be horrendous!
John
New shock absorbers
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I mean. . . going along with the "not bolted up" thing, they have actually fitted them?
You know? Apprentice takes old shocks off, mechanic is going to fit them then gets called away, somebody else puts the wheels back on?
As John already said, try a bounce test on the wings. Push the wing down and release it. Should return with very little if any further "up and down" with brand new shocks.
You know? Apprentice takes old shocks off, mechanic is going to fit them then gets called away, somebody else puts the wheels back on?
As John already said, try a bounce test on the wings. Push the wing down and release it. Should return with very little if any further "up and down" with brand new shocks.
Just imagine, the car sent out without shocks.....it would be like driving a pogo stick!
Surely not!
John
Surely not!
John
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I bet that was the Bedford HA.....I had a couple of those, bought new in the 70's. More oil leaks than the Exxon Valdez
Plywood floor!
John
Plywood floor!
John
That's the one John. Cut a long story short, mate's van being taken to another mate with garage to have prop shaft seen to. It handled really badly. Like a brick of s**t on casters.
Said to garage mate, "How does anyone drive these.?" he phoned later to say he couldn't see how it had a ticket as shocks were completely unprintabled. They were too, he showed me them later. no discernable damping effect.
Said to garage mate, "How does anyone drive these.?" he phoned later to say he couldn't see how it had a ticket as shocks were completely unprintabled. They were too, he showed me them later. no discernable damping effect.
Cart springs on the rear, I'm thinking did it have a transverse leaf spring on the front too?
John
John
My dad had a couple of the Fordson vans in the 50s. What were they E83W? And then a couple of the car "Pop" versions later in the 60s. He always said they had very bad handling, and I remember helping him to fit some sort of stabiliser arm to the front end on them.
There was a 50s Prefect for sale a year or two back down here. I was nearly tempted. Looked tidy.
There was a 50s Prefect for sale a year or two back down here. I was nearly tempted. Looked tidy.
Got it.....transverse front spring, wishbones, exhaust manifold to get the starter out - and the estate was called the Beagle!
Memory lane.
John
Memory lane.
John
Yes, General Motors stuff always seemed to be a bit more unusual engineering wise than the equivalent Ford offerings back then. I had an FD Victor estate with the tilted over 4 cylinder engine at one time in the 70s. I quite liked that.
Back then though they all suffered from the dreaded tin worm.
Back then though they all suffered from the dreaded tin worm.
I had a number of Vauxhalls, starting with a LHD '55 Velox, then a 56 Cresta (with the bigger back window) next one of the first PA Velox's, it was pink when I bought it, had it resprayed. The last one I had was a '60 Cresta, still a PA but tamed down a bit. Some years later I had a PB and PC Cresta into which I fitted Perkins diesel engines.
Peter
Peter
As the thread wonders, my thoughts are it will have shocks on at least one side. Unless it rides like Uncle Buck's?
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