Kevin and Dick,
I have seen the tube shock conv on several cars and also had them on my 72,
in three cases i have seen cracks in the frame/shock mount locations and my
72 also started to show some stress, i removed mine. the others where
strengthed by weld/reinforsing this already weak area of the frame. The
three cases were all hard drivers, as i am at times. I think it might have
something to do with the length of the shocks, not sure. I do know of
several other TR's that have them and have no problem. The type i'm talking
about are the ones the Herman & NAR have made from Jan Dawson's design. She
had no problem and i believe Herman also had no problem as did some owners
here in NJ. Herman does use a different shock than the Spax I believe. Hope
this helps.
Jim Holewka
69 TR6
72 TR6
80 TR7
80 TR7V8
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