Re: 49 Deluxe Delco Lever Shocks

Posted by su8overdrive On 2013/5/1 3:25:04

Thanks, Deluxe. Many of us here gathered'd welcome the pictorial saga of your shock rebuild, if even only out of curiosity,
as i sent mine off to Five Points Classic Auto Shocks in Santa Ana, had them set extra firm, not that that likely makes discernable difference in my '47 Super Clipper or any of our fairly heavy 1941-50 cars using these same type lever shocks.
Switched to urethane front sway bar bushings and would've gone to a stouter front sway bar but noticed the postwar Clipper 148-inch wb. limousine uses the same sway bar, same part number as my 127-in. wb sedan.

Car drives well and am happy, but as i view Packards as luxe road cars, like to set them up with an eye to such spirit while remaining essentially stock, even tho' i drive sedately, "....enjoying the ride," as the Nissan commercials put it.

Any lever shock mavens here who can tell me if rocking my car vigorously up and down should it sit a few months between runs helps keep these shocks' seals healthy?