71 Shock Absorbers

[Gordon H.]

I am trying to find shocks for my 71 . Don't want to spend cubic dollars for some that were on that ----- site , for many dollars .We are all trying to save a buck. But who makes shocks close to the originals .

[John H.]

Re: 71 Shock Absorbers

Gordon -

Buy Delco current replacements

Remove labels

Scuff

Paint gray

Apply broadcast code labels where judges can see them

That's the easiest and lowest-cost route.

[Bill C.]

Re: 71 Shock Absorbers

AMEN to that !!

The new shocks are gas charged and will make the car handle/ride a million times better.

From the bottom, it will look perfect done like John said.

I don't have the judging sheets in front of me, but you may loose a point or two per shock, and in the big picture that is not all to bad.
If you get a battery cut-off switch, fire extinguisher and put the NCRS sticker on your car, you get something like 10 points for that, and it goes towards the raw score.

[Edward J.]

Re: 71 Shock Absorbers

Gorden, I Believe In The Last Driveline Issue There Was Someone That Now Owns The Delco Shock Tooling To Make The Orig. Shocks.I Suppose There Close To Production,if Not Already Making Them.

[Don L.]

Re: 71 Shock Absorbers

Gord: Are the shocks on your original, one owner car all original?

If so, I'd think hard about swapping out befire making a move. Surely, if you swap originals out for better performance, don't let ANYTHING happen to the original shocks...

[John H.]

Re: 71 Shock Absorbers

Gorden, I Believe In The Last Driveline Issue There Was Someone That Now Owns The Delco Shock Tooling To Make The Orig. Shocks.I Suppose There Close To Production,if Not Already Making Them.

Ed -

Don't know if it's the same folks, but some outfit has been reproducing shocks for the '67-'69 Camaros for a couple of years, and they're JUNK; they look fine, but have almost no jounce or rebound damping - just flabby shocks. Can't imagine putting them on a driven car.

When I bought my '69 Z/28 from the original owner nine years ago, it had the original shocks on it, and they were flab city too; put new Delcos on it so I could drive it in the intended manner and sold the flabby old ones for $800 to a guy who needed them for his ZL-1 rotisserie restoration.

[Kurt G.]

Re: 71 Shock Absorbers

A friend of mine checked with the guy that advertises in the Driveline about the rebuilt/new shocks. If I remember correctly what he does is takes the old housings, pulls out the guts, puts in the guts of new shocks and sends them back, at about $100 each. Buy, paint, apply stickers and take a small hit on the points.

[Greg H.]

Re: 71 Shock Absorbers

Gordon -

Buy Delco current replacements

Remove labels

Scuff

Paint gray

Apply broadcast code labels where judges can see them

That's the easiest and lowest-cost route.

Is there a reason you can't also do this with Monroe replacements? Is there a DELCO stamping or something on the DELCO replacements?

[Patrick H.]

Re: 71 Shock Absorbers

Is there a reason you can't also do this with Monroe replacements? Is there a DELCO stamping or something on the DELCO replacements?

No, those would work fine too.
You may want to use a bit of Bondo or similar to fill the "Made in Mexico" stamping or similar things before you paint them. If I see "Hencho en Mexico" when chassis judging you'd better believe that color is the only thing I might not deduct for.

Patrick