Senile At 35

[Frank Steffens]

At the tender age of 35, I'm starting to lose it...I'm building a '65 Malibu Z-16, and I can't remember what kit has the correct "swirled" shocks for the rear. I KNOW I've seen them in another kit before, but I can't remember where. Does anyone know of a kit source for them? I just spent two hours searching through the stash and can't find them. Any ideas?

(I really am losing my memory...I used to be able to memorize just about anything just by looking at it, now I can't remember the names of people I used to work withfor years! Kind of embarrassing when I run into them and have to say "Hey, what's up buddy?"!)

[jbwelda]

by "swirled", do you mean shock absorbers molded with coil springs over them?

if so im afraid i dont know where specifically to get them, but seems to me the old AMT kits used them a lot.

what i am really replying for though is to mention its real easy to make coil-over springs by taking correct gauge wire and coiling it around a paintbrush handle or something cylindrical like that. perfect coil spring are easy to make, then just super glue them over your shocks or if you want it more detailed build some little shock perches for them to mount on.

[novadose71]

I just looked at my stock AMT '62 Pontiac Catalina SD, it has "spiral shocks" on it, these look correct.

[lordairgtar]

I think what he wants to know is where to find the shocks that have a spiraled designed stamped into the metal cylinder itself. I don't know what kit has those but you could scribe your own spiral on the regular plain shocks.

[Guest roadkill2525]

The R-M '69 Camaro has a nice set of spiral shocks.

[Frank Steffens]

I just looked at my stock AMT '62 Pontiac Catalina SD, it has "spiral shocks" on it, these look correct.

The R-M '69 Camaro has a nice set of spiral shocks.

That's it! I knew I saw them somewhere! Thanks all for the help!

Edited November 21, 2007 by Frank Steffens

[jbwelda]

anyone got a picture just for my information?

[Olle F]

anyone got a picture just for my information?

Check this link:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1969-Camaro...sspagenameZWDVW