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[VAC] Re: Replacing Shocks
RJ. The Caravel models were sometimes the "doesn't make good sense" models.
Left over parts, crazy installations, are just some of them. If the shocks
are mounted about 30 degrees horizontally, then you must use the horizontal
shocks. A 65 Caravel should have had the shocks mounted horizontally.
However, if yours are mounted vertically, then I don't know what shock
Airstream may have put on it. The old Delco horizontal shock has the number
5358647 stamped into it, and because it was an OEM shock, there never was a
cross reference number published. Most auto parts house's would tell you
that that number was a "bad" number.
Andy