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[mrbadger@comcast.net]

In my own experience, generally about 200 miles before they fall off. Badgo -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Peter Roberts" mgtc@comcast.net>

> Mark, > > What is the limit of travel of the front shock arms? > > _Peter > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > >

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[Peter Roberts]

The limit of travel of the front shock arms is as far as they can go. _Peter

[Mark Hineline]

Thanks for this, Peter. In the spirit of Christmas, I have foresworn all that is sardonic and ill-tempered, so a message of good will like yours -- on the list, no less! -- sits well with the season. I know what you are saying about "the fun of disassembly," but I don't see the lack of it as a major obstacle, since prior restorations tend to be, in my experience, incomprehensibly wrong in every detail. There must be a book out there entitled "Jewel to Junk" that restorers of the past used as a guide. In the old bits that Charles sent me, for instance, the angled strap ahead of the front pillar was rusted off and the replacement wood had never held a screw in the places where the strap should have been. (NOT Charles' work.) My past experience tells me that you have to look skeptically at ever single part of car when restoring, do some research, ask questions, take nothing for granted. Even so, I welcome contributions of rusty unusable "originals." Mark TC 3409

On Dec 13, 2005, at 8:35 AM, Peter Roberts wrote: > Do let us know when you run into the imponderables, tub fitment to > chassis comes to mind. One of your larger challenges may be > determining whether a replacement part is "right" (i.e. dimensionally, > appearance, etc.) Depending on how refined you intend to be, you may > want an "original" for comparison I suspect there are many like > myself who have a shelf or two of rusty unusable "originals". Let me > know if I can help.

[Peter Roberts]

Mark, You're right, I have been giving you entirely too much ragging. Your project sounds a bit daunting. I, at least, had the fun of disassembly and the learning that went with it. Trying to create the whole cloth from bits and pictures boggles me. Do let us know when you run into the imponderables, tub fitment to chassis comes to mind. One of your larger challenges may be determining whether a replacement part is "right" (i.e. dimensionally, appearance, etc.) Depending on how refined you intend to be, you may want an "original" for comparison I suspect there are many like myself who have a shelf or two of rusty unusable "originals". Let me know if I can help. My best for the Holidays, _Peter

----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark L. Hineline" hineline@ocotillofield.net> To: "Peter Roberts" mgtc@comcast.net> Cc: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2005 11:25 PM Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] Correction > Peter, > > Hmm, not in Blower that I can see, not in Sherrell. How about: anywhere > the car travels, the front shock arms go with it? > > Mark > > > > On Dec 10, 2005, at 8:10 PM, Peter Roberts wrote: > >> Mark, >> >> What is the limit of travel of the front shock arms? >> >> _Peter > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > >