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1. Shock colors (score: 1): Author: "Peter C." <nosimport@mailbag.com>; Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 09:39:43 -0600; I'd like opinions or verifiable facts as to what the proper color of Armstrong lever shocks should be. Should they be all black?, arms only black and bodies "natural" (kind of a duct tape color;-),; /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00368.html (7,970 bytes)
2. RE: Shock colors (score: 1): Author: Andrew Griffith <Andrew.Griffith@ReadRite.com>; Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 08:07:53 -0800; I bead-blasted mine and left then natural, I think they look great. -Drew '62 Sprite MKII Listers, I'd like opinions or verifiable facts as to what the proper color of Armstrong lever shocks should b; /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00371.html (8,644 bytes)
3. Re: Shock colors (score: 1): Author: type79@ix.netcom.com; Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 10:49:05 -0600 (CST); I will half-answer this and at the same time solicit help from others on the list. In a nutshell, it is my understanding that the cars were shipped with black shocks. The shocks in other colors were; /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00375.html (8,884 bytes)
4. Re: Shock colors (score: 1): Author: "Peter C." <nosimport@mailbag.com>; Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 11:51:10 -0600; Excellent news The same colors were on Armstrongs tube shocks. There were "Super Blues" and "Ultra Duty" (that pinkorangegold color) They each had different warranties. The factory origin makes sens; /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00382.html (8,681 bytes)
5. Re: Shock colors (score: 1): Author: "Evangelos G. Makris" <emakris@hol.gr>; Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 20:42:16 +0200; the Armstrong shock absorbers are light grey. Black is probably the colour of rebuilt ones. Evangelos; /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00385.html (8,145 bytes)
6. Re: Shock colors (score: 1): Author: "Larry Miller" <millerls@ado13.com>; Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 10:42:06 -0800; My Bugeye came with black shocks when I got it in 65-66 so they were probably original. I had the shocks replaced by a British Motors place in New Jersey in 69 and they were also black. FWIW; /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00386.html (8,976 bytes)
7. Re: Shock colors (score: 1): Author: type79@ix.netcom.com; Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 13:18:42 -0600 (CST); shock absorbers are light grey. Evangelos, With all due respect, I beg to differ. I don't know anything about A40's but I have never seen anything other than a black shock absorber on an original unr; /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00390.html (8,605 bytes)
8. Re: Shock colors (score: 1): Author: Pete Phillips <phillipp@cfw.com>; Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 15:22:46 -0400; Have to agree with Jay. I bought a brand new bugeye in 1961; it had black shocks. Bought a new 1966 sprite; it also had black shocks. I can remember buying Armstrong replacement shocks that were not; /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00394.html (9,166 bytes)
9. Re: Shock colors (score: 1): Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com>; Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 18:03:14 -0500; Now wait a minute here. I have some original shocks that are natural aluminum with black arms. They also have blue and/or yellow dots (painted on them) for some purpose. Original shocks off my A40 (4; /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00408.html (9,086 bytes)
10. Re: Shock colors (score: 1): Author: type79@ix.netcom.com; Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 17:11:26 -0600 (CST); Are the shocks on an original car? Where did they come from? I don't know that this answers the question as it pertains to AN-5's. Again, on original cars or as replacements? George attempted to inv; /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00409.html (9,042 bytes)
11. Re: Shock colors (score: 1): Author: "Larry Miller" <millerls@ado13.com>; Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 15:57:07 -0800; Since he was "over heated" would he not have passed out Hot. :-) Larry --Original Message-- From: type79@ix.netcom.com <type79@ix.netcom.com> To: spritenut@Exit109.com <spritenut@Exit109.com>; sprid; /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00414.html (9,822 bytes)
12. Re: Shock colors (score: 1): Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com>; Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 19:26:19 -0500; I am not positive as to where the shocks came from. I pulled a set off an early AN5 (#14??) and they were aluminum and pitted with blue and/or yellow paint markings. They could have been changed some; /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00419.html (10,318 bytes)
13. Re: Shock colors (score: 1): Author: "Biff Jones" <biffjones@erols.com>; Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 21:08:35 -0500; Okay, Okay you guys made me get off my duff and crawl under my '62 to see what the shocks looked like. My car was built on the 23rd of November 1961, 1732 original miles and has the original shocks/t; /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00426.html (8,915 bytes)
14. Re: Shock colors (score: 1): Author: Daniel Thompson <dthompso@total.net>; Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 21:56:44 -0500; George is in Tampa working right now. Biff has the final word, and he is in agreement with Terry Horler but not the concours standards. Horler states that both front and rear shocks had unpainted bod; /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00429.html (10,195 bytes)
15. Re: Shock colors (score: 1): Author: GMari58175@aol.com; Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 22:11:55 EST; << How about it George, MR NOS?????? Or are you incognita working on a big NOS deal? >> Hardly, Am currently in Tampa on boring bsns. Have been away f/ two weeks and didn't even bring any sprite part; /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00432.html (8,709 bytes)
16. Re: Shock colors (score: 1): Author: GMari58175@aol.com; Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 22:14:59 EST; << shocks had unpainted bodies but black arms (Horler book pages 37-38). The concours standards state that the front shocks were dip painted black in their entirety (January 1997 version, page 19) wh; /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00433.html (9,276 bytes)
17. Re: Shock colors (score: 1): Author: TYPE79@ix.netcom.com; Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 22:11:20 -0600 (CST); Frank, They are Red, White and Green. Shocking, but true. Let the contest begin! Jay Fishbein, CT AN-5 HAN-6 Innocenti-S; /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00435.html (8,813 bytes)
18. Shock Colors (score: 1): Author: Peggy Bohler <pbohler@wenet.net>; Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 09:40:31 -0800; Couldn't stand it any longer, had to respond. Those of us with vivid imaginations can come up with quite a picture when we see things like "shock colors" as a subject. I picture an LBC in shocking pi; /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00469.html (8,730 bytes)
19. Re: Shock Colors (score: 1): Author: Pete Phillips <phillipp@cfw.com>; Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 15:39:22 -0400; I Painted one pink with black interior. Not original, but sure was cute. Those drive through mail boxes are a real trip too. Road and Track had a picture of a Bugeye at a mail box in the 60's. Got it; /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00485.html (9,421 bytes)
20. Re: Shock Colors (score: 1): Author: "Larry Miller" <millerls@ado13.com>; Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 13:08:29 -0800; What the hell is a "drive through mail box". Larry --Original Message-- From: Pete Phillips <phillipp@cfw.com> To: Peggy Bohler <pbohler@wenet.net> Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team; /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00494.html (9,480 bytes)

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