Speaking of bump stops for the front struts, I have just realized that my '81 B310 does not seem to have any. Are they missing or did the car never have them? I am accustomed to seeing the later front wheel drive [B12, B13 etc.] cars using the one piece bellows with the bump stop molded into the top of it. My B310 uses a rubber bellows but it is sandwiched on top of the coil spring and incorporates no bumper.

My question is, if someone were to badly bottom out the front suspension on a B310, what would keep the strut shaft from bottoming out in the insert and being damaged?

Has anyone ever added a conventional bellows/bump stop from a later car? I have an extra pair of rear strut bellows from the rear of my B12 4WD wagon that seem to fit perfectly.

Mike