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Posted By Discussion Topic: 1935 Standard Coupe Rear Shocks -- page: 1 2     flatheadfan 07-22-2020 @ 8:05 AM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 450 Joined: Oct 2009 As mentioned, you probably have Lovejoy shocks. If you are not aiming at a 100-point car, Lovejoy shocks are the way to go. Super conformable and need no frame of axle modification. They just bolt on without any changes. They are basically indestructible and are easy to rebuild. From a historical standpoint these were the shocks of choice by the rumrunners of year’s goneby that kept the revenuers at bay. Tom N448L 07-20-2020 @ 2:22 PM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 5 Joined: Jun 2020 Thank you all!! I spoke to Apple Hydraulics today and they told me these shocks are Delco after market shocks and that they can rebuild them. They also confirmed that the proper position of the arm with the car sitting on the pavement is the 3 inch pickup link should be vertical and the shock arm approximately parallel to the ground. This all makes complete sense to me. I will not get back to the car location until November, so will likely be December before I get these off and shipped to Apple Hydraulics for repair and back on the car. Gordon Mortin 39 Ken 07-20-2020 @ 5:52 AM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 380 Joined: Oct 2009 What you have on your '35 are Delco Lovejoy shock absorbers. They were a common replacement for the original shocks back in the day by "hot rodders", etc. I had a set on my on my first car, a '35 Ford convertible. In my opinion, they are a superior design when compared to the Houdaille shocks that came as original equipment for your Ford. They can be rebuilt. Use the search function or better yet, Google "lovejoy shock absorbers". I know that they have been discussed on the Hamb and the Ford barn. Google will find the threads. Just my opinion, I would have them rebuilt and find a set to mount on the front, an expensive option, but worth it. Ken 40 Coupe 07-19-2020 @ 12:25 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 1646 Joined: Oct 2009 It is clear in your photos your shocks are Delco. They did not make the shocks for Ford, Houdaille did. In 1933 the rear shock had a smaller diameter body than the 34. The 34 shock is Very similar to the 35-6 rear shock with some of the difference in the fill plug . You can see the proper 35-6 rear shock above photo the two shocks on the right. You may find some Delco info in an early Chiltons manual N448L 07-19-2020 @ 10:23 AM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 5 Joined: Jun 2020 Below are some pictures of my rear shocks. As you can see they are not the round ones more commonly seen. nelsb01 06-30-2020 @ 4:13 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 975 Joined: Oct 2009 Pictures will certainly help. N448L 06-30-2020 @ 4:12 PM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 5 Joined: Jun 2020 Those are like the front shocks on my 35. However the back ones are as described in my post. These mount outside the frame through the hole in the frame you mentioned. I will take pictures in a couple of weeks when I return to where the car is located and post them. The fact that neither of the two reply's so far have never heard of these shocks, at least gives me some comfort that there is a reason I have not been able to find any information on them. N448L 06-30-2020 @ 4:08 PM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 5 Joined: Jun 2020 I read it in my book of early Ford V8 Bulletins. It describes the shocks as new for 1935 and that the old style was used on some 35 cars but they are interchangeable with the old style. These are mounted on my car outside the frame. I am the fourth owner since new on this car. First man purchased it in 1935 and drove it until 1969 when he died and his wife traded the car to his doctor in return for the Dr.'s bills. He gave the car to his son in 1971 who put it up on blocks. The car was never driven again until I purchased it in about 1996 or 1997. I cannot find anything on after market shocks that look like these. I will be back to where the car is in a couple of weeks and will take and post pictures along with excerpts from the bulletin. nelsb01 06-30-2020 @ 1:23 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 975 Joined: Oct 2009 Here is a picture of 4 rear Ford shocks. These are for 1936 -- There is a large hole in the frame back from the rear axle. The shocks mount on the inside of the frame, and shock arms attach to the square shaft and then to a shock link. Hope this helps. 3w2 06-30-2020 @ 12:29 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 814 Joined: Oct 2009 You did not mention where you read that the shocks you describe were used by Ford on some of its '35 model production, but I think that you have been misled. '35 rear shocks were the same basic design as those used by Ford since the '33 model year, at least in North American vehicle production, with relatively minor changes in the capacity, casting configuration, and form of adjustment model year by model year. I believe what you have are non-Ford aftermarket shocks.

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