You do not need front shocks. A story from my past. A crazy friend of mine showed up at the Dairy Queen one night with his new ride. '55 Ford sedan, 6 cyl, 3 sp trans. This would have been 1962 or 3. He quickly proclaimed, " my car will do wheelies". We laughed out butts off and made fun of his statement, using language only teenagers could use. We called him every name in the book. After the laughter died down he said, "my car will do wheelies". Okay, show us!! Three of four of us got in his car and he started idling across the parking lot. He floored the gas pedal and let off, floored the gas pedal and let off. Each time the front end would bounce higher until finally, both front wheels left the ground. That was probably the hardest I have ever laughed. I will never forget that night. Afterwards, he told us that his older brother had taken the front shocks off the car as soon as he had arrived home from buying the old junker. Bottom line? The joke was on us,,,,, that old Ford did , in fact, do a wheelie.