rear suspension geometry

["teds" <teds@accessone.com>]

a question on the rear shock replacement with tube shocks...

my 77 mgb came with this done, I have some kind of Monroe shocks in the
rear.
however my car has a real stiff rear suspension, in looking at the direction
of travel of the shock, I'm wondering how this works as the shock itself is
not sitting straight up and down but it is tilted forward, doesn't this make
the dampening action less efficient ?

thanks, Ted