Dashboard adjustable ride height

[DarrylD]

Last night I put the finishing touches on the installation of the 12-volt auxiliary air compressor into the confines of the "smuggler's box" and routed the custom-fabricated ¼" inner diameter stainless steel air lines with braided stainless steel Teflon-lined connecting hoses I converted from race car brake hoses, that attach to a set of Gabriel Sky-Jacker super duty off-road rated air shocks originally designed for use on an H2 Hummer lift kit. Some re-work of the mounting holes was required to accommodate the smaller Porsche attaching hardware but minimal additional material and some quick MIG welding solved the problem. The initial tests went very well and I was able to go from stock ride height to a 10" lift well under 1 second from actuating the lift switch disguised as a fog light switch.



I still have a couple minor design issues to work out on the telescoping drive axles but it's looking like some '76 Jeep Wagoneer front driveshafts will bolt-up with a little modification. I think this adjustable height feature is going to be great for seeking validation for all the hours of work I did on the "faux factory undercoating" on the bottom of the floor pan when I show the car at the various Porsche car shows in the area. What's the point of putting all that effort into restoring the bottom of the car if nobody is going to see it, right?

[ischmitz]

OK - 1st of April. This is a nice one though.....

[Paul K]

LOL! That's great Darryl. This system will really help when you take her out muddin'!

Cheers,

Paul.

[Dutchie]

[msterling]

You da man! I wants one!

Please post your build sheet. My '88 keeps scraping on those speed bumps at Wally World.

Besides, chicks dig that up-and-down action.