Gas Struts for Trunk Lid

[Pat Monaco]

I recently finished upholstering the trunk on my 1930 Ford Roadster (Brookville). I am thinking about using a gas strut to raise the trunk lid. However, I don't know what length to use.

A friend told me to select any size, then measure where the location would be with it fully opened and fully closed. Can anyone give me a starting point as far as the length and where I can buy one?

The trunk lid doesn't weigh that much, but I wanted to replace the standard arm that is currently holding it.

Thanks in advance!

[kennyd]

you can get them at autoparts store. i just bought a couple at oreilly auto . the run about 15.00 each .

[robot]

Web site with mounting tips:

http://www.obkov.si/e/gs.asp


mike in tucson

[Pat Monaco]

Kenny...thanks for the info, but what length strut do you recommend?

Pat

[TravisB]

different lenghts have different spring rates You dont want anything to big and ugly! They work great and look good! good luck

[Pat Monaco]

Travis...thaks for the reply. The reason I was asking is that I have a 1930 Ford (pictured) made by Brookville Roadster. It's all steel, but the trunk lid isn't very heavy. Easy to manually lift. I was hoping that someone had a similar car that could give me some advice on length and spring rate.

Thanks

[robot]

Heres a PDF that shows the mounting on page 6.

http://www.magnusinc.com/mus/pdfs/eprosp.pdf

The other link worked for me.....probably temporary traffic on Monday morning.....everyone checking their stock prices at work.

mike in tucson

[TravisB]

The bad thing about gas struts is you don't know how aggressive of shock you are getting until you have it! Kennyd put two gas struts on a 56 nomad hood they are probably 16in extended length and it is more than enough!! I would try one that is about 10in extended length and go from there!

[Pat Monaco]

Thanks Travis; Thanks robot.