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Re: [TR] Considering tube shock conversion for 4A

To: spamiam@comcast.net, triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] Considering tube shock conversion for 4A
From: BearTranserv@aol.com
Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 13:04:49 EDT
In a message dated 5/5/2006 7:08:56 AM Mountain Standard Time,  
spamiam@comcast.net writes:

Any  insights? 


No insights for TRs Tony, but I can tell you the Spridget community  has not 
been happy with the tube shock conversions in the past.  Without  completely 
re-engineering the suspension, you are just looking for new ways to  break 
things..in my opinion.
 
World Wide Auto, Peter is in charge, does a great rebuild on the Armstrong  
shock, and even has competition valving and is working on a adjustable  model.  
Do a google, but if you can't find him, let me know and I'll  dig  up the 
email and phone number.
 
I replaced all my MG Midget shocks with his re-builds and the results are  
fantastic.
 
Folks who don't like lever shocks mostly only have a worn out set to  
evaluate.  They worked well when the car was new, new shocks can work well  
again, 
and you can do this for far less bucks and  trouble that the tube  shock 
conversions.
 
 
Robert  Houston
Texan in NM

63 TR4 
73 MG Midget
74.5 MGBGT

_Far better it is to dare  mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even 
though checkered by failure, than  to rank with those poor spirits who neither 
enjoy nor suffer much because they  live in the gray twilight that knows 
neither 
victory nor defeat._ (http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/1949.html)  
(http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/1949.html#email) _ Theodore  Roosevelt_ 
(http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Theodore_Roosevelt/)  (1858 - 1919)


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