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Re: RotoFlex Suspension

To: Herald948@aol.com
Subject: Re: RotoFlex Suspension
From: "Peter C." <nosimport@mailbag.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 10:44:12 -0600
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
Andy,
         Maybe the folks at Triumph went to the Lotus factory to find out 
what Chapman was doing with all of their GT6 front suspension bits on the 
Elan, and noticed this rubber thing at the back and decided  turn-about was 
fair play?
         Just a guess, and probably a bad one at that.
Peter  C
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At 10:41 AM 11/28/2000, you wrote:

>In a message dated 11/28/2000 8:10:26 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>Chip19474@aol.com writes:
>
> > I have a few books that address Spitfire & GT6 history but thought I'd ask
> >  the forum that question....."Why did Triumph use rotoflex in lieu of
>perhaps
> >  a sway bar/swing axle Spit suspension or even an IRS setup?"
>
>I'm only guessing here, but one likely possibility is that Triumph was
>already utilizing the Roto'flex coupling on the front axle of the FWD Triumph
>1300 introduced around 1965. As much as anything/everything else Triumph did,
>it might have been little more than a case of rummaging around the spares
>bins to see what could be adapted to the GT6 rear suspension?
>
>--Andy
>Andrew Mace (25% French, 25% English, 50% German heritage -- I've been
>fighting with myself for my whole life! :-) )

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