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| | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 100 Member | | Member Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 100 | The upper shock mounts for the replacement tube shocks on my 1949 GMC 1/2T p.u. only rise 1" or 1-1/4" above the frame. They came from the catalog as standard. There's about 11-1/2" between the upper and lower mounts. The shortest shock NAPA had wouldn't compress enough to fit, let alone provide travel.
What kind of shocks should I be looking for and who carries them?
Never start vast projects with half vast ideas.
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