67' Autolite shocks?

[qball]

Hello all,

I'm new to this site, first time posting here. I have a question for all of you about 67' Mustang shocks. My father is restoring a 67' K-code mustang with competition suspension. This car I've been told had the same Autolite/Gabriel 3-way adjustable shocks as the Shelbys. I've got the original shocks, the question is can they be rebuilt? Or does anyone know if these are being remade?

[TLEA]

I don't know of anyone rebuilding them and they aren't available as repros. The unique adjuster disc on top of the fronts gives them away so they are hard to fake. The Gabriel Striders were real close except for the stampings but those are getting just as hard to find. I've been working on some clones but as you can see the main bodies (hard to tell in the car) in the front shocks are different. These are detailed for a 68 KR 4 spd,

[Snakepit]

Unfortunately they can't be rebuilt from what I've seen. There are some people that report that they have had standard Ford shocks rebuilt but I believe thie was a bushing replacement and a paint job.

As Tim mentioned the Gabriel Stryders are a pretty good replacement but they stopped making them about 10+ years ago and even they are bringing hundreds of dollars. Hot my last front pair out of a defective/returns bin at a local Mustang shop.

[Bob Gaines]

Originally Posted by Snakepit

Unfortunately they can't be rebuilt from what I've seen. There are some people that report that they have had standard Ford shocks rebuilt but I believe thie was a bushing replacement and a paint job.

As Tim mentioned the Gabriel Stryders are a pretty good replacement but they stopped making them about 10+ years ago and even they are bringing hundreds of dollars. Hot my last front pair out of a defective/returns bin at a local Mustang shop.

I would like to add my 2 cents and confirm what Jeff said after extensive research to be sadly fact. On the plus side they rarely went bad other then the rubber bushings which can be replaced. Unless leaking just crank it up to the next notch.

[qball]

Thanks all. Both front shocks are bad and rears have been replaced. I'll keep looking.