I was out of the office for a few days and couldn't chime in.
These are for semi-elliptic sprung Spridgets. Not BEs. You can tell quickly
by the filler /topping-up plug being on the body of the shock as opposed to
the earlier shocks having that plug on the lid. The only reason the early
and later shocks don't interchange is the length of the lever arm itself.
(1/4 elliptic arm is longer(longer still on the very, very earliest cars)).
The internal piston size is different as well. These shocks are pretty
cool. I know the rebuilding procedure isn't any different than regular shocks.
PPP aka Peter C.
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At 05:55 AM 9/6/2003, HealeyRic2@aol.com wrote:
>Yep, Jay's right. I got one NOS in the early '80s when Jaguar/Rover/Triumph
>had a big sell-off of all the factory competition parts. I got the other
>side as a rebuilt from AH Spares. There were adjustables made for bugeyes
>and a
>different set for later Spridgets. These look like the later ones, but
>PPP or
>Frank might be able to eyeball them better than me. The ones for the later
>cars can be adapted to the bugeye by fitting an adapter plate between the
>body
>and shock. I have a pattern for it, if someone decides to buy them for the
>BE. IMHO, the "Buy it Now" price is a pretty good deal if you want 'em bad
>enough. I really don't adjust mine all that often, but they're fun to
>have as a
>curiosity. I consider mine worth a fortune as that's how I met Daniel 1312
>when he called me from England looking for a picture of one.
>
>Rick
>
>In a message dated 9/5/03 3:01:33 PM, type79@ix.netcom.com writes:
>
><<IMHO, quite rare. I've only ever seen two pair of these. Rick Neville
>has a set on his Bugeye and I was lucky enough to purchase an NOS set. a
>couple of years ago.
>
>jay fishbein
>
> >Hey PPP, how ultra rare are these?
>In a message dated 9/5/03 3:01:33 PM, type79@ix.netcom.com writes:
>
><<MHO, quite rare. I've only ever seen two pair of these. Rick Neville
>has a set on his Bugeye and I was lucky enough to purchase an NOS set. a
>couple of years ago.
>
>jay fishbein
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