[Spridgets] Adjustable shocks

[HealeyRick]

Peter the Parts Pimp has done a great job coming up with an alternative to the
original adjustable shockers.  OTOH, they're nowhere near as pretty as my
original Armstrong adjustables.  I bought what was probably the last NOS
adjustable rear shock in the late '70s when BL was selling off the last of the
Special Tuning parts.   I ended up with one shock and sourced the opposite
side from AH Spares, that sold me a rebuilt one.  They were for the MKII
forward cars, but I was able to adapt them to my bugeye with a modified
mounting plate. 

So they're very special to me.  Not for any increase in performance to the
Bugeye, but for the telephone call I received one evening.  My wife told me I
got a call from some guy named Dan Stapleton from the UK that wanted some info
on my shocks.  Probably shows how old I am, but at that time, an overseas call
was a big deal.  I called Dan back and ended up shooting some pics of the
shocks that ended up in his first Spridget tuning book.

So when I look under my Bugeye rear end and see the adjustable shocks,  I get
reminded of a long friendship with Daniel instead of an increase of rear grip
on the Bugeye.

Cheers, Daniel.



Rick


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--- On Tue, 10/11/11, Neil Anderson <neilandcustom at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Neil Anderson <neilandcustom at gmail.com>
Subject: [Spridgets] Adjustable shocks
To: spridgets at autox.team.net
Date: Tuesday, October 11, 2011, 1:46 PM

List,

Peter Caldwell has written a highly interesting and detailed article about
the fully adjustable Armstrong shocks he developed and produces for the many
different cars that use Armstrongs.  These are of similar concept to the
original Armstrong 22s that are quite rare and hard to find these days.  He
markets the new shocks through his company, World Wide Imports of Madison. 



Here is the link to the article:
http://www.sebringsprite.com/shockabsorbers.html



Best,
Neil Anderson

N. Illinois

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