Yeah, that's what I'm suggesting. I dunno if I'm off my rocker or out of my
box. But, a relatively flat work bench, square, tape measure, and welder
should be all you need. If you aren't confident in the welding department
just tack it in place and have a welder finish it.
On 11/24/06, John D. Caffrey <jdc6@lehigh.edu> wrote:
>
> Derf,
> Were you advocating stripping a semi-elliptic WW axle housing bare and
> building it into a quarter-elliptic housing? That's thinking outside
> the box! The more I think about it, the more I like it. I have done
> something similar in the past successfully at home when I built the
> axle for my Rotus 7, but it took a lot of straightening to get it
> right. I don't know how many Sprite MK II WW housings were made, so
> this could be the best way to a no-compromise conversion?
> John
> Fogelsville, PA
>
> derf wrote:
>
>
> >Or, do you just have to add the radius arm mounts and shock arm mounts?
> >Quarter elliptic springs carried through to '64, right? So, a rear end
> from
> >a MK II Sprite or MK I Midget would be a direct bolt in sway, no?
> >But, a later (read more plentiful) wire rear end won't bolt directly in.
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