Zeitgeist 13
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 Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2020 12:13 am Post subject: BD Shocks |
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This is a weird left field thread, but I'm pretty sure it's BD related. I recently bought what I believe is a '53 Sunfish sailboat with a period appropriate trailer.
When I got the boat home, I started tearing into the hull and trailer. The shocks on the trailer looked familiar from a distance, but it wasn't until I pulled them and began looking for markings that I noticed the VW logo. The trailer (and shocks) is painted the same as the original color for the boat, so I think they're both original as purchased in '53.
Here's a post from Everett I came across on the Googles. All the information is the same as my shocks, except there's an ancient Sachs logo I've never seen before, and there's no build date.
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I located an NOS set of Barndoor Fichtel & Sachs shocks recently.
They have slightly different open and closed dimensions, although the shocks above should work fine.
Compressed Length: 9 7/8"
Extended length: 14"
These measurements are end to end. I can't remember if the measurements above were end-to-end or eye-to-eye.
Stampings from the shocks:
Fichtel & Sachs
S26x100
2817 00 228 001
VW 211 413 031
8.59
S26x100:
S = Sockel (Base in German) ?
Numbers = Diameter of the base (26mm) and the travel (100mm)
VW is a VW symbol in a circle.
8.59 is the production date.
They are grey. |
Can someone definitively confirm that this information corresponds to BD era shocks? I'm asking because I want to narrow down the age of the boat, and because it's FN cool that the trailer has BD shocks.
Thanks
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