Thanks guys.
And especially to Bill C, who did know Lauren when she was just a new born!

I think so.

Congrats Paul.. and say hi to lauren for me …I remember that little girl that
always came with her dad to the New Jersey Replica (NJRC) meetings..All
grown up and a beautiful women now ..Your allowed to brag all u want

One more question before I either dive in or decide to wait til spring.  Am I correct is thinking that if I just take one wheel and the trailing arms off one side then I could loosen the trailing arms on the other side, loosen the center grub and (with a little luck) pull the torsion bar leaf assembly out from the tubes?  Do all 10 leaves come…[Read more]

Hey Roy…
Ed managed a front end job by himself…so you can too! (Sorry Ed, I couldn’t resist.)
Not surprised that removing the shocks did not affect the ride height. Except for something like air shocks, shock absorbers do exactly that…absorb shock. They control compression and rebound, but do not control ride height. The shocks you describe…[Read more]

G’morn guys.  I took the shocks off and I don’t think that shocks are the problem.  Bummer (that would have been an easy fix)!  The installed shocks are Cofap # B.47533N and I have not been able to find anything about them on the internet after a quick search.  The collapsed length is 14 and extended is 17-1/2 between mounts.  The shocks look almo…[Read more]

During the thunderstorm, the wipers slowed down to an eventual stop.  If it was a fuse blown, wouldn’t they have stopped suddenly?

No trouble at all Bill.  It took me several attempts and lots of help from fellow board members here to teach me.Copy your text or full address, then click on the hyperlink button (looks like it might be a globe with chain link or paperclip over it).  Paste your link into the highlighted text.  It’s that easy.

Thanks, Mark. Sometimes I can remember how to set up the links properly, and sometimes I can’t. 

And the shots are coming in. Great ones, so far. Thanks Paul and Tom.OK, another FYI, based on some feedback I just got: don’t not send your excellent photos depicting your well-shined car on a sunny day in front of a pretty background. I don’t mean to dis those. I just mean to also encourage other, less standard calendar type pics if you got them…[Read more]

Here is Mark’s (pinkmg) thread on leaf removal:https://tdreplica.com/forum2/forum_posts.asp?TID=15&PN=1Here is Ed’s (edsnova) thread on his front beam replacement: https://tdreplica.com/forum2/forum_posts.asp?TID=1298&KW=suspension

PMOSSBERG2013-12-02 22:22:54

Here you go.  Try this link.http://houston.craigslist.org/cto/2657935452.html

Thanks, but I can’t view the Angie’s list without being a member, can I?I’m taking it to a hot rod shop in a week and a half.  Changing out something like that is beyond anything I’ve ever attempted.

 Lucky if they work most of the time !!I have repleced all 4 sockets,       Dan

Posts are all over the place about the benefits of removing torsion leaves.  If there is a link that gives a step by step procedure on how to remove a leaf or six, I would appreciate it if someone would send me the link.  Perhaps I could figger it out, but in my case experience is what you get when you do something wrong.  

 Great thank you  Dan

Ok, its a job for tomorrow AM.  I’ll undo the shocks and see what that reveals.  I just posted another picture from the side taken from about the height of the front spindle.  I guess everyone agrees that the front needs to come down.  But the rear tire looks about right in the wheel well to me.  So, if I bring the front down, and leave the rear,…[Read more]

Try the shock thing. If they aren’t bottoming, I’m thinking the beam is fresh, un-cut, and that you just need to pull out all the small leaves and reassemble. Bet that drops it to about right. If not, put a few leaves back in (fun!).Once you do this, you’ll have the front dropped down to about 7.5-8 inches clearance, and the beam will sag a lot…[Read more]

I’ll be there. Staying in Zephyrhills Sat night and we can meet at a certain time just inside the entrance. Let me know. M y cell # is: 478-335-1341.

Hi Royal. Welcome to the TD gang. I looked at the picture of the front tire (shown from behind) and it looks off to me. Probably the camera angle. But just to check…look at the front beam and frame head. Your front beam assembly is held on with four bolts into the frame head. From the angle of the picture the bottom beam looks as if its mounted…[Read more]