Reply to "Shockers and suspension setup."

Thanks Larry and Julian. At least that part is confirmed. The springs are 4" diameter. The car is on a four post hoist and jiggling the hoist with the hydraulic lever to let it down, I can induce a lot of rear bounce in the car but hardly any in the front. You may be right about the spring issue but all I have are notations from the previous owner that he changed the springs as he wasnt happy with the way the car sat.

Mooso, all of my springs are black but the rear ones have small painted colour codes, Blue, White and Yellow painted on the base wire of the springs. The front springs have no identifiers visible.

So it appears that I have a dilema.

Do I remove the four Aldens, ship them from Melbourne to California. Pay $100 each for rebuilds, then ship them back to Melbourne and refit them.

This could easily be a $1000 exercise and after the time and expenditure, I'm still concerned that I may not get something suitable, as although I'm not too familiar with some of the USA brands, my research indicates that these are not known as high performance, top end shockers, but more so known to be a highly polished nice looking shocker for a hot rod or show car.

Are they more show than go, or do you guys believe that given the requirements, Alden could rebuild these into a decent shocker for a performance sports car?