Royal;
I’m going to go out on a limb here.I think your frontend is rusted tight.I went back and looked at your pics(enlarged)I can see grease oozing from the zerks,bad sign,there should be grease oozing out the ends of the torsion tubes,not the zerks.I belive there to be rust buildup inside the tubes,and or the bearings are rusted.You might end up…[Read more]

Or, if everything is stock, on a VW based TD, after you check the speedo against the GPS, you can check the tach against the speedo (or against the GPS).  With my gearbox (standard for many of the 68-early 70’s) and 165×80 tires gives me 60mph@3050RPM in 4th or 60@4040RPM in 3rd. 

Good idea Allen!

My best guess (and its just a guess): attach a tach dwell meter to the engine and run the engine slowly through the full range (working up then dow) and compare the tach in the instrument panel with the tach dwell meter.

What do you think?  Considering that it steered quite well with the body at the elevated height do you think that I should order camber adjusting shims before I take the leaves out?  I was planning to take 4 of the 6 smaller leaves out of each tube.  That would leave me with One small, 4 big, then one small in each tube.  Is that center beam gru…[Read more]

Ok  here are the tail lights that beenthere has for sale . make offer?

Great stuff Rocky! If a picture is worth a thousand words, this post is priceless.But your commentary on each step of the process adds even more value!

Rockyx, Thanks, your pics and description were a great help in  bolstering my confidence.  Now that I have an idea of what I will be getting into, I’ll get on mine as soon as I can.  What is is like to work on a car amd not even have to wash your hands before dinner?  Holy Cow, I thought mine was pretty clean, but yours is cleaner than our kitc…[Read more]

Hey guys, I pulled the small torsion bars out of the front assembly last night and promised to share my experience and pics.  So here goes.Since I’m on the front side of my restore my front assembly is completely accessible because there is no body on the car.  So I didn’t have to go through the process of removing tires, separating ball j…[Read more]

http://www.grundy.com/IsGrundystillmyinsuranceAgency.aspxHere is the full story:Is Grundy Still my Insurance Agency?As
of October 20, 2011, Philadelphia Insurance (PHLY) has assumed
administrative responsibilities of policies previously issued under the
name “Grundy Worldwide”? in all states except Massachusetts and South
Carolina. In 48…[Read more]

http://www.grundy.com/IsGrundystillmyinsuranceAgency.aspxHere is the full story:Is Grundy Still my Insurance Agency?As
of October 20, 2011, Philadelphia Insurance (PHLY) has assumed
administrative responsibilities of policies previously issued under the
name “Grundy Worldwide”? in all states except Massachusetts and South
Carolina. In 48 states,…[Read more]

Wow! That’s pretty surprising. The Grundy family has been servicing the collector car market for years. And if my memory is anywhere close to accurate, they are collectors too. Sad! 

Thanks (again).

Grundy is no longer an agent for classic or kit cars.  I tried to add my new car and was told to contact the insurance company directly.  Here’s their e-mail reply after I submitted a request online.”Thank you for submitting your information to the Grundy Insurance
underwriting department. We regret that at this time we cannot a…[Read more]

mrlmd, Adding longer shocks will not raise the ride height at all.If you install shocks that are too long ,they will bottom out before the suspension reaches it’s lowest point of travel.That is not a workable solution.Only shocks with springs attached or air shocks will raise the ride height.Regular shocks do not support any weight. They only…[Read more]

I have a stock, nonadjustable beam. I seriously doubt if any leaves have been removed or are broken as my car sits 9″ off the ground.I may remove the shocks and see what the measurement is between upper and lower mounts, it may be the same or less without some of the shock force holding it up. If it is still 15 or 16″ at rest with no shock, then…[Read more]

Too bad you can’t search on sold vehicles so we can see the ultimate transction prices!

Marc, Here is what I would suggest.  Take the shocks out of the front and measure the distance between shock mounts. It probably did not change unless you have adjustable air (as opposed to gas) shocks.  Now if you were to want to raise the body, you would either adjust the setting on the beam adjuster or add leaves.  If you currently have 10 lea…[Read more]

Royal is right about installing a taller shock. That will not help your clearance issues.
And based on what my friend told me last night about the amount of “lift” when you unload the suspension, I would say yes, five inches or so of comprlession is normal when the car is on the tires.
Mrlmd, I don’t recall, do you have an adjustable beam in your…[Read more]

I don’t think any leaves were taken out of mine. I’m just wondering if my shocks are too short or they have bottomed out although they don’t seen so by looking at them. I cannot find anywhere on the web what length they are supposed to be, I only know they are 15″ long as they sit in my car right now, and Paul says that distance should be 21″.