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Title: shocks & air valves
Post by: geraldchainsaw on 2016-04-18 13:19
ok,   just a up date,  i changed my shocks from orig to the ones that will let me change tires now,  big difference,   and second,  the air valves,  i went to a truck supplier and they had all kinds of valves,  but if i went with steel valves size i needed i would have to rebalance the tires,  so the heck with it,  i'll just have to pull the hub cap each time,    so thanks for all the info everyone has given me,    jerry
Title: Re: shocks & air valves
Post by: Ford Blue blood on 2016-04-18 17:32
Jerry put nitrogen in them and they will stay at the proper pressure for a long time.
Title: Re: shocks & air valves
Post by: ragtop on 2016-04-18 20:34
E-BAY  pack of 4 4.99 1 1/4 in long or 6.50 for pack of 4 2 in long
Title: Re: shocks & air valves
Post by: billd5string on 2016-04-19 14:56
That is a beautiful car!

I am sure it's been said before, but it needed to be said again.
Title: Re: shocks & air valves
Post by: geraldchainsaw on 2016-04-19 20:22
thanks for the good word,   real happy with the car,  its 54 years over due,  i passed one up in 1959,  and was sorry  when i was younger,   but its a ;long story,   and i don't want to bore any one
Title: Re: shocks & air valves
Post by: Ecode70D on 2016-04-20 10:27
Quote from: geraldchainsaw on 2016-04-19 20:22
thanks for the good word,   real happy with the car,  its 54 years over due,  i passed one up in 1959,  and was sorry  when i was younger,   but its a ;long story,   and i don't want to bore any one


    Gerald
     Go ahead and bore us.   I always like to hear stories about the one that "got away".    I've made that same mistake many times and think about how the prices seemed so high back in the 50's.  There is no comparison to what they are today.  I seem to think that a new 57 cheap model custom only went for about $500.  Jay       
Title: Re: shocks & air valves
Post by: lalessi1 on 2016-04-20 18:18
New retail more like $1700?
Title: Re: shocks & air valves
Post by: RICH MUISE on 2016-04-20 22:12
Jay...you ARE getting old, lol....I think that's the 30's you're remembering.
Rich
Title: Re: shocks & air valves
Post by: geraldchainsaw on 2016-04-21 08:28
ok,  i'll make a long story , short.    back in 59 when i got out of the svc,  i needed a car,  so my uncle and i went to a ford dealer,  on the used car lot there were 3 57's,  2 convs and a 2 door side by side,   the 2 door was $700 and the conv's were $1100 each,  ssince i didn't have much money i bought the 2 door,   big mistake,  but then maybe it  was for the best,  i could have got into alot of trouble with the convs if u know what i mean!!!!!!!!!!!!!,  so after many years between then and now i now have  my 57 ford conv,  but cost a few bucks more