Side pan/Shock Question

[29tudorsedan]

Hi everyone,

I'm going to be putting side pans back on my tudor which must have been removed at some point after it was restored in the 80s because 4 of the 6 bolts are on the frame. I'm having a set of shocks found and rebuilt by Robert Paul; should be done within the month-ish as he has cores for them, but upon reading up on the side pans, some posts saying it adds a little rigidity to the front, would it risk the tabs breaking quicker to have them installed on a car that doesn't have shocks at this time?

In short should I wait to put the pans on once I'm installing shocks or go ahead and install the pans now?

Thanks!

 

[Phil]

I would not worry about putting the pans on now, I don't think lake of shocks for a while would be an issue.

 

[Patrick L.]

I agree with Phil.
I don't rigidly install the pans. It isn't right/correct, but, I make thin rubber insulators/pads to go between the pans and the frame and engine. The tabs on the engine tend to crack and I think the rubber helps a bit.
But, whatever you decide, it'll turn out fine.