fresh thinking photos

[TDK]

Ok, here are a couple cool/weird pics I had laying around...

 

[Flipper_1938]

Fresh thinking from the 20's

quarter eliptics for the upper links and friction shocks for the lower links

 

[earthman]

'50 Chevy Nomad

ribbed wood headliner

 

[Willowbilly3]

That Nomad is the bees knees!!

 

[choppinczech]

This is cool.

 

[ronnysplymouth]

This is cool.

Is there a need for a panhard bar in that setup? just wondering

 

[Sam_Fear]

Is there a need for a panhard bar in that setup? just wondering

Nope. It's triangulated and the springs wouldn't let it move sideways anyhow. Right off, I'm not sure that's a good idea to triangulate with leaf springs - I'd want to seriously evaluate stresses on them.

Does that even need to be triangulated using leafs like that?

 

[Dirtyrat]

Yea it needs something to stop lateral movement, the 20 degree angle on the upper links is the key there...

 

[Willowbilly3]

This is cool.

Same thing as my rear suspension only I triangulated mine wide on the axle and narrower on the mounts, plus I have more angle on the upper links. It works great, rides nice, hooks up good and goes straight as an arrow when I hammer it.

 

[choppinczech]

Here's the article.

http://www.streetrodderweb.com/tech/0909sr_1934_plymouth_coupe/

 

[ronnysplymouth]

It seems that without triangulation or panhard bar that the bushings in the leaf springs would deflect enough to cause issues

 

[Sam_Fear]

That makes sense to me. My concern was the spring bushings wouldn't give enough and cause binding or stress - WB says it works though.

 

[Willowbilly3]

That makes sense to me. My concern was the spring bushings wouldn't give enough and cause binding or stress - WB says it works though.

My bushings are brass and the pins are hollow with grease fittings. If you think about it, there aren't any stresses that the front of a parelell leaf doesn't withstand.

 

[Shea Laking]

Liquor up front, Poker in the rear...

Hmm.... Ontario licence plate, wonder if I'm acquainted with this car...[S

Regards,
Shea

 

[Sam_Fear]

... If you think about it...

Yeah, that's where I was running into problems.

 

[choppinczech]

Some more quarter ellipticals

Zipper Motors
http://www.zippermotors.com/

 

[Bonehead]

Zipper Motors
http://www.zippermotors.com/

Darrell Zipp's shop used to be a few miles from my place, the Orange Zipper car, belongs to a friend of mine who used to work for Darrell. Now he has his own shop. The white one is a local guy too.
Darrell sold the business a few years back, but he has a lot of history locally.

He always turned out some nice cars, and the new guys are using his old plans.

 

[earthman]

 

[Sam_Fear]

There's a lot to think about in that last group of pics. I really dig how that bumper was mashed in there.

 

[Flipper_1938]

Same car without the turtle deck? (and clearcoat?)