MTFCA Forum

What is the brand of these shocks? I am missing a coil spring cover.

Could be KW Road Smoothers - they look similar.

Or could be these

WANTED
Cover for this Fordezer shock.

Will take whole set or parts.

Thank you.

Pretty sure they are FORDIZER. However I don't have a good picture of the top of dust shield as being flat or rounded (Hartford). The perch neck look the same as the FORDIZER but to further confirm just see if there are holes in the base to hold the dust shields. Based on the perch alone I would vote for FORDIZER. Do you have front shocks as well?

I believe the best shock for a Model T would be a lever-type hydraulic shock such as was used on MG midgets and similar cars. This type shock would transmit most of the reaction force down the length of the frame rail or into the rear crossmember, and the damping force would be about right for a T. I don't know if there is room to mount them. Houdaille type Ford shocks would be another good choice, assuming there is room to mount them. They're also adjustable.

This style shock absorber was manufactured and/or sold under a dozen names. They are probably okay to use on the rear of a model T. HOWEVER, - - - - NEVER - - NEVER - - EVER use that style on the front of a model T !!!!!!

At speeds the cars were driven on the bad roads when these were made? They may have been marginally okay. However, at anything much over 20 mph, even on smooth roads, the front axle becomes unstable and can cause a major loss of control, or even fold the front axle under the car enough to break it apart.

The reasons for this are complicated. Why the rear end may be okay to use them, but the front end is woefully unsafe? Is long and difficult to explain. Suffice to say that a few people have been killed in wrecks caused "at least in part" by that hanging spring type shock absorber on the front axle.

Hasslers, most H&D type (made by many different companies!), and "Float-a-Fords", are generally fine both front and rear.
But the ones that hang the Ford's front spring from a coil spring held up above from the axle? On the front end? NEVER!