Sometimes it can be difficult to cross-reference pump-up shocks for the rear(even hard to find any shock for Hudsons) of our cars. I have Monroe Max-Air shocks on the rear of my 1953 Hornet; the number is MA727. These are sold at a reasonable price by AA Parts in your neighborhood. The tech number at Monroe (Tenneco Auto) if you want to check your application is 734-384-7809.
EDIT: Have since installed thermo-wrap on exhaust next to shock and installed Thermo-Tex tape on shock.
Thanks for the reference, Richard. Have been thinking about putting them on my Hornet for trips with stuff in the trunk, people in the back seat, etc.
I don't know how the top of these shocks mounts on a Hornet, but I can tell you if they mount to a reinforced hole in the floor pan, that's not good enough. It may be original, but it's not up to holding air shocks.
It will very likely break out.
A 1955 Chevrolet I know about did this big time and so have several others. We had to buy a heavy bar that bolted between the frame rails to make a good rear shock upper mount. It would have been a lot easier to have bought the bar first and not have to put the floor pan back together.
"I don't know how the top of these shocks mounts on a Hornet"
??? I thought you had them on your Hornet.
Fastened to steel cross member.
Good.
All air shocks back in my days had a valve either in the trunk or through the body panel just above the tail light that you put air in the shocks to what ever pounds you needed to raise the car back to it's original height. Walt here.
Yeah, the advent of "gas" shocks kind of muddled things. But as Richard shows, the traditional air shocks are still out there. I put a pair on my '47 a few months ago. Installed the filler valve in the trunk floor, near the gas filler pipe.
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