autonut Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Does anyone have any information on Gabriel Shocks from the 30's? Unfortunate that Gabriel like all other companies destroy all their old catalogs. Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 In the 20s Gabriel made snubbers. They were strips of webbing rolled up in a can under spring tension. I don't know when they started with shocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 You want information, I give you information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shock_absorber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lump Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 I've got a couple of Gabriel Snubbers on my 23 Hupp touring which need rebuilt. Any advice, anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Carl Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Check with Classic & Exotic in Troy , MI. I think they do this. Good luck. - Carl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lump Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Thanks, Carl. I found some old threads on AACA forums about this, but they seemed to suggest that I would need to find an original tool and do it myself. With all the projects I have going on in my life right now, I would prefer to find someone who knows exactly what they're doing with these, and delegate. No time for a learning curve right now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autonut Posted December 13, 2016 Author Share Posted December 13, 2016 Yes I have snubbers on my 1926 Buick. But I was interested in the Thermostatic hydraulic arm type shock that came after that in the 30's. Unfortunately no information is available from Gabriel or anyone else for that matter. Don't know why these companies have to destroy everything and can't retain a little bit of their history. All about profits always, nothing else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWISE Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 lump, I rebuild the Gabriel Snubbers shocks or supply the strapping. Andy's Garage 302-245-7276 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike6024 Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 There is a 1930 patent assigned to Gabriel for a temperature compensating shock absorber with an arm on it. Patents are available online by searching Google. This shock gives the same damping, regardless of temperature, according to the patent. There are multiple "Thermostatic Compensating" shock absorber patents, but this is the only one assigned to Gabriel for that 1930 time period, at least as far as I found. Not sure if this helps at all, but here it is: SHOCK ABSORBER ance offered 'to the movement of the piston in said chamberby the liquid therein will be constant irrespective of wide variations in temperature. A further object of the invention is to provide means which will eliminate noise incidentalto the movements of the check valve which permits the flow of liquid from one side or end of the working chamber to the other under impact movements of the piston and which prevents such flow un-' der rebound movements of such piston. http://www.google.ch/patents/US1876552 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autonut Posted December 13, 2016 Author Share Posted December 13, 2016 Yes I have snubbers on my 1926 Buick. But I was interested in the Thermostatic hydraulic arm type shock that came after that in the 30's. Unfortunately no information is available from Gabriel or anyone else for that matter. Don't know why these companies have to destroy everything and can't retain a little bit of their history. All about profits always, nothing else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autonut Posted December 13, 2016 Author Share Posted December 13, 2016 Well thank you Mike6024. I would never have thought to do a search on patents. Gives a very good description of this shock. Still wish I could find some old Gabriel info, which listed on which autos these shocks were used on. Not even sure that Gabriel ever published any data such as this, but would think they would have somewhere. Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinneyhill Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 I think your best bet for that information is an interchange manual or a the right parts supplier catalogue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autonut Posted December 14, 2016 Author Share Posted December 14, 2016 I have tried the interchange manuals and also the original parts manual of the car they are on, and so far I have reached a blank and have given up. Nothing I have come up with thus far, matches the numbers on the shocks. Information this far back, is next to impossible to obtain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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