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Originally Posted by blue sky
Roger,
The lower bush of the rear shock is offset for its attachment to the chrome pin. If not, the shock performs a forward thrust into the upper front frame member. Are your front suspension pieces shown in your photo also from Kirkham? If they are I didn't realize that they were supplying original type pieces. Thought every thing now coming from them was alloy. Your suspension looks great.
AJ
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Hi AJ,
Thanks for the compliments! No, my car is not really what you'd call a 'real' Kirkham. I bought it through Gerry Hawkridge of Hawk Cars, who supplied all the suspension parts here in the UK. I thought Kirkham did offer the original setup as an option, but I may be wrong. There are a few minor mods to my car from original, such as the extra bracing for the wishbone mounts which were cantilevered on the originals (although I believe a lot of originals have had this modification). The biggest difference between mine and an original, which I think is a pragmatic change, is that my car's suspension is entirely UNF threaded as opposed to Whitworth. All the sizes are the same, the threads are just finer. Still not a metric thread in it anywhere, though!
Thanks for the note on the rear shocker, I have that offset on the rear Gaz shocks. I'll see how they stand up to use and go the custom route, painted orange, if necessary.
Roger
Oh, here's a pic of the rear, just for completeness: