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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=NL link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Good information from you and Robert – thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Now the story.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>In the past my exhaust hit the speed bumps so often, that I did not consider a stainless exhaust because of the cost to replace. In the years I owned the GT the problem became worse.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>During my holiday trip to England in 2011 the exhaust severely was damaged by hitting a speed bump, when I turned on a parking spot at a hilltop of the Peak District – see picture below.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><img width=782 height=430 style='width:8.1416in;height:4.475in' id="Afbeelding_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D7403F.6B1DA060"></span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>At the end of the trip the exhaust support bracket broke of and I had to make a temp fix, before driving onto the ferry. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>3 years ago I got an MOT safety test fail on the sagged rear springs, so these were replaced.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>From that moment on the car looks a bit like a dragster with the rear higher than the front.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>So I should look for replacement front coils.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>During the restoration job I have done the front suspension job before, so that is not a problem.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>P.S. U.S. lister may notice the Cape Cod Car Club emblem at the hatch handle.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>That was a gift I got from a nice lister visiting the Boston area in 2000.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hans<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='mso-fareast-language:NL'>Van:</span></b><span style='mso-fareast-language:NL'> PaulHunt73 <paulhunt73@virginmedia.com> <br><b>Verzonden:</b> maandag 3 mei 2021 14:26<br><b>Aan:</b> h.duinhoven@planet.nl; mgs@autox.team.net<br><b>Onderwerp:</b> Re: [Mgs] Ride height<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:NL'>Depends what load they are asked to carry! The factory only allowed for 150lb per person, I wonder how many of us are that weight these days.</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:NL'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:NL'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:NL'>When I got my roadster I wondered if the springs had sagged as they were almost 'flat' with the car on the ground, replaced them and the new ones were almost the same. 30 years later no change, that's on a chrome bumper. They were OEM springs which have not been available for many years, first people in America and later here started talking about how much new springs jacked up the rear, to the extent that they had to put loads of weight in the boot to compress them enough to get the rebound straps fastened, which is completely wrong. rubber bumper springs are harder to carry the extra weight, and V8 springs harder still and they do have a curve with the car on its wheels, but I have never had to weight down the back to get new springs fitted to CB, RB or V8.</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:NL'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:NL'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:NL'>The lower the car the better the handling, it's only a problem if the exhaust grounds and the suspension bottoms over typical road surfaces.</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:NL'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:NL'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:NL'>PaulH.</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:NL'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt;margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:NL'>----- Original Message ----- <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#E4E4E4'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:NL'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Do springs (leaf springs especially) tend to sag is decades?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br /> <table style="border-top: 1px solid #D3D4DE;">
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