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Ok went to Horrible Freight and found 24", 36" and longer aluminum clamps.  I tried the 24" but it was 1 inch too short for the bay door springs.  So I cut off the 36" just a little longer than needed to hold the spring (almost cut it too short).  I drilled some 1/2" holes as Chester suggested on both wnds to hold the shock.  Tied a zip tie behind the sliding clamp so it would not try to get smaller when shoving the device into the small space.  I installed the rear spring mount and then put the clamp device on the spring.  To my surprise it was fairly easy to clamp down.
I'm going to get a bigger clamp to tackle the engine bay door springs next!
Karen was overjoyed that it worked... Well she said 'yay' ... And went back to reading her book...