Hi Terry,
Yes, the MK Alpines and Sunbeam Talbots (early to mid 50's) all have
Panhard bars and rear springs with 13 leaves! Yes, 13! I would suspect
that on hard cornering (like Stirling Moss did on these cars in the
Alpine Rally), it would keep the springs vertical rather than twist
sideways. I am not sure if they continued these in the Series cars.
Regards,
Bob
At 05:09 PM 7/5/2008, drmayf wrote:
Are there any other cars that use leaf springs like our cars and a
panhard bar? The use of a panhard bar in our case is just counter
intuitive to me. The leaf springs keep the rear end located and
that
would seem to make the panhard bar redundant. Yeah, I know about
wheel
hop, but a panhard bar or any other kind of lateral location
linkage is
to keep the rear centered. If I put coil overs on the rear of my
car,
then, yeah, a locating bar would be needed, as well as some
trailing
linkage for fore and aft movement.
So why did they install it? Did the Alpine have one? .
mayf
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Sunbeam Talbots - Alpine, Drophead and Saloon, 1953-1954
Sunbeam Talbot Web Page: www.sunbeamtalbot.info (or .org)
E-Mail: hamilton@accesswave.ca or robertach@ns.sympatico.ca
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