Re: 1937 Shocks
The springs have grease oozing out of them. The car appears over greased and looks like no one ever wiped it off of anything but the grease nipples. It is a combination of thick old hardened grease and fresher grease. One of my projects is to clean this mess up. The ride is not at all stiff, it rides nicely but bounces severely when hitting a bump. My '34 roadster has good shocks and handles the same bumps much better.
I have also heard of both glycerine and castor oil being used. If castor oil is correct, I would be inclined to use brake fluid as I believe that is it's main component. If glycerine is correct I don't know how I'd find any. Perhaps Bill Wzorek can advise.
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