aeronca65t
Great Pumpkin
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As noted by myself and Kim, we're having great weather here in the northeast. This prompted me to go for a top-down drive in the Spridget (and also the "Hiroshimo Lotus"). Natch, the shocks in the Spridget were out of oil, so while topping them up, I started thinking about tube shocks.....PeterMayEngineering sells a neat conversion, but it's big $$$$, and anyway, I love to tinker.........sooooo, I took out the tape measure and went to some web sites.....then off to the auto parts store (top down) and finally over to the shop (at work). By the end of last weekend, I'd built a presentable low-cost, tube shock conversion for the front end. Easy to switch back to "normal", if you change your mind. Concept would probably work for other lever shock cars. The difference is unbelievable.....I should have done this years ago. Total cost ~$45.00 (plus "sweat equity). Maybe this should go on "Tech-Tips". Anyway, here's the link:
https://npmccabe.tripod.com/spritetubeshock.htm
https://npmccabe.tripod.com/spritetubeshock.htm