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Re: [Tigers] Front coil spacers.

To: "<rfraser@bluefrog.com>" <rfraser@bluefrog.com>
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Front coil spacers.
From: "Teepen, Jere" <jteepen@usatoday.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 20:43:18 +0000
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Cc: H B Elam <harryb@elams.org>, "tigers@autox.team.net" <tigers@autox.team.net>
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Thread-topic: [Tigers] Front coil spacers.
Speedway Motors has them available. www.speedwaymotors.com

They are no longer available from Ford.

Jere

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> On Aug 31, 2014, at 4:34 PM, " Ron Fraser" <rfraser@bluefrog.com> wrote:
>
> Harry
>    I believe all Tigers have the spacers; this is normal practice for
> coil spring installation.  I think you will also find that a stock Tiger
> will look high in the front; ground clearance and all that.
>
>    When I installed my stock springs I used Mustang II spring
> insulators.  They are about half the thickness of the stock Tiger one and a
> bit softer.  I like the down in front look.
>
> Mustang II insulators - D4AA-5415-A
>
> Since Mustang II style suspension is big in the Hot Rod world, I should
> think those insulators would be easy to find but I  don't know for sure.
>
> Ron Fraser
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tigers [mailto:tigers-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of H B Elam
> Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2014 3:33 PM
> To: tigers@autox.team.net
> Subject: [Tigers] Front coil spacers.
>
>
> When I dismantled B382002027 for strip & dip in 1983 I am sure there were
> spacers (insulators) on both front suspensions between the upper end of the
> coil springs and the cross member, as shown and described on pages MA & MA1
> of the Rootes part manual, publication No. 6600992. Later when working on
> B382000471 I found no spacers. Since I had them, I put them in when the
> suspension went back together. To my uncalibrated eye the front end looks
to
> ride higher than I like.  So recently when reviewing the parts list I
> noticed this note for part number P.108521. "From B395000239 Std. and GT
and
> B382000542." Does this mean that some 1A Tigers before B38000542 did not
> have the these (insulators) or am I just chasing my tail, again?
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