I hope we have some old hot rodders that can help me on this one. My 32 3WDW has a Buggy Spring Suspension in the rear with a "35" Ford split wishbone. The rear spring and shocks are a package from Pete and Jakes. When I purchased the car it had the original shocks from Pete and Jakes in it. The travel was so much that it kept bottoming out and hitting the snubbers on the frame. In an effort to improve the ride and stop the slamming of the rear axle into the frame, I put on a set of overloads. This did cure that problem but created another. The car now bangs whenever I go over a bump of moderate height (the bump doesn't have to be more than an inch or two). This last weekend I removed the rear spring and shocks to see what kind of magic I could work. It amounted to a lot of work with no success. Is there a cure for this? It's like the shock is not compressing or reacting quick enough on the return because the rear end is to light. If I go to a standard shock, the rear will simply compress to the frame snubbers again. Do I simply run with a loaded trunk or what????

Anybody have any solutions. Thanks for your help.

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