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I have a rear from a '76 Nova installed under my '49. I was amazed at how well it fit! The perches fit right into my orginal leaf springs. Now come the issue of shocks. Orginally I have the knee action shocks. The Nova rear has a bottem mounting plate to attach a shock, but I have nothing to attach it to my frame. I turned the Nova plates so the shock will mount on the inside of the frame, looks like tire clearance would be better. Any ideas on mounting the upper part of the shock to the frame?? The plate one the Nova are on oppasite sides of the axle. The shock mount one the Drivers side is on the rear side of the axle and the passanger side is on the front side of the axle. Should the shocks be at an angle reather then streight up and down?? What angle?? How do I measure for the right length of shock?? Thanks for your input!

I am by far no expert but here is what I have learned. You can mount both forward,both backward or one each way. Different OEM's use different methods and it doesn't seem to matter. You should mount them at an angle. I went to the parts store and used their shock book. I told compressed length extended length and mounting type. You can select a bolt at the end, or eye and the dimensions of each. You may wish to select an eye at each end mount a plate on the frame with an approprate size bolt sticking out to mount the shock to at the top. Measure the distance with vehicle setting and select a length that will allow 2-3" more travel and allow the axle to travel to the upper bumpstop without fully compressing the shock. fully compressing the shock against the internal stop will cause premature failure

I have a similar set up. What I did was make an adjustable 2" square tube bar and bolt it in slightly forward of the axel. Both shocks are slanted forward towards the cab. I will measure the offset tonight if you are interested. And the distance between each eye of the shock. It works great and rides excellent. The shocks are from AutoZone (red) gas shocks.