Paul, several years ago I fabricated adapter mounts to allow the use of early model thru-bolt shocks on the late model cars with the thru-hull bayonet style mounts. If you would like an Autocad drawing or a .jpg copy, please let me know. It's an easy build.
I ran the Surplus Center MAECO shocks (snowmobile shocks) for 4 years and they worked great, even with 10,000+ towing miles on them.
--Larry
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