{"id":64,"date":"2018-12-03T19:33:56","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T19:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/?p=64"},"modified":"2020-11-25T19:24:15","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T19:24:15","slug":"springs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/springs\/","title":{"rendered":"Front Coil Springs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We need new ones in the front for sure. But it&#8217;s likely to be part of a front end rebuild.\u00a0 But where to find the springs?\u00a0 <br>Perhaps Stanley Springs on Cameron Street in Harrisburg, PA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_1776-rotated.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"263\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_1776-263x350.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_1776-263x350.jpg 263w, https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_1776-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_1776-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_1776-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_1776-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_1776-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_1776-rotated.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 263px) 85vw, 263px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>I&#8217;m pretty sure they shouldn&#8217;t look like this<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Will update when I know for sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UPDATE:  Stanley Springs here in Harrisburg, PA makes leaf springs.  Not coils.  So I&#8217;m on a mission. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I finally found that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kipmotor.com\/\">Kip Motors<\/a> had a set which I ordered. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But I also found that <strong> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/coilsprings.co.uk\/\"><strong>CoilSprings<\/strong><\/a><strong> in the UK could provide them.<\/strong> From his email: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>The Details I have for your car are a bit different but not massively so I will work with your information. However, I would like a description of the ends of your springs.<br>Delivery would be about 3 weeks to manufacture. <\/p><cite>PETER\u00a0 PEARCE<br>Coil Springs (1989) Ltd<br>94 ATTERCLIFFE\u00a0 ROAD<br>Sheffield S4 7WW<br>Tel:- 0114 275 8573<br>E:- <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:coilsprings.sheffield@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">coilsprings.sheffield@gmail.com<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"indent indent\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coilsprings.com\/\"><strong>CoilSprings.com<\/strong><\/a><strong> (in St. Mary&#8217;s, KS) also said they could MAKE the springs <\/strong>but they requested additional information. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"indent\">Please review the following data and advise:<br>O.D.&nbsp; &nbsp;I.D.&nbsp; &nbsp;Wire Dia. Checking Load&nbsp;@ Checking Load Height&nbsp; &nbsp; Rate&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;F.L.&nbsp; T.C.4.46&#8243;&nbsp; &nbsp;??&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ???&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1000#&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;@&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 7.75&#8243;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ???&nbsp; &nbsp;11.03&#8243;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Here are are the measurements we took of our set<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"text-align:right\">O.D.<\/td><td>~4 1\/2&#8243;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:right\">I.D.<\/td><td>~3 5\/16&#8243;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:right\">Wire diameter<\/td><td>0.56&#8243; +\/-<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:right\">Coil height<\/td><td>11 1\/2&#8243;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ssl.gstatic.com\/ui\/v1\/icons\/mail\/images\/cleardot.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We need new ones in the front for sure. But it&#8217;s likely to be part of a front end rebuild.\u00a0 But where to find the springs?\u00a0 Perhaps Stanley Springs on Cameron Street in Harrisburg, PA Will update when I know for sure. UPDATE: Stanley Springs here in Harrisburg, PA makes leaf springs. Not coils. So &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/springs\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Front Coil Springs&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":177,"href":"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64\/revisions\/177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}