Lever Shock Wednesday 

Kinja'd!!! "Berang" (berang)
09/14/2016 at 14:53 • Filed to: damn limiting strap pulled off when I lifted the car

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First car I’ve owned with lever action shock absorbers.

Photo from my blog post about replacing a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

I assume they work the same way as those fitted to MGs:

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I’m not sure if these were used because they’re more robust or because they save some inner fender space for more cargo room in back. The front end of the Saab has normal telescoping shocks.


DISCUSSION (3)


Kinja'd!!! Boosted2k - I Make Videos and Put Them on YouTube > Berang
09/14/2016 at 15:17

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Interesting...never seen one of these before


Kinja'd!!! You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > Berang
09/14/2016 at 16:02

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So what you’re telling us is that an old Saab is pretty much an F1 car?

I would guess that they are for space saving purposes.


Kinja'd!!! Berang > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
09/14/2016 at 17:20

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the lever parts are at least