nicholsj@oakwood.org wrote:
> In Mike Taylor's book he mentions a modification Rootes did to the
> rear suspension of a Tiger. Rootes engineers mounted a DeDion rear
> suspension that cured wheel hop and gave a better ride. They ran out
> of development money and I'm sure if they added the new suspension it
> would have made the car too expensive for the market.
> On the subject of Panhard rods, MkII's have the Panhard rod mounting
> switched to the opposite side, I was told this was to correctly
> counteract the torque from the engine.
>
>
> Jeff
Jeff,
I forgot to mention that Allard had a DeDion rear end concocted from Ford parts
in
their 1950's J2. That's the all aluminum body with a boxed Ford frame and a
split
beam front axle. Pretty neat for 1950. Oh, did I mention the Cadillac engine
(or
Ford flat head). Now let me think. Who else was it that took English coachwork
and American drive line and motors and married them with a big hammer? 14 years
later.
My panhard rod has bushings on both sides of the mounts. Can't see why being in
tension, or being in compression, because of switching sides of the fixed end
would
make any difference. What is it about the MkII that makes it "right" and all
the
others "wrong"?
Steve
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