To all,
Allow me to instigate a little discussion on a safety issue.
Recently, Jack Drews' beautiful TR4 did a 3 flip rollover in the carousel at
Road America. The culprit was a broken rear axle... with what seems to be
the most common result. This was with a set of trick one or two year old
new metalurgy axles... not some 40 year old original stuff. Tony AKA "Rubber
Biscuit" Drews was driving the time, and, luckily, suffered no serious
injury.
So, here's the questions... and who's got the answers???
This is such a common failure, with almost predictable results. Doesn't a
Ford 8" or a 240Z rear axle work in these cars? If so, would any of the
vintage organizations allow it? It would seem that on one hand, they're
sticklers for originality, but on the other, lots of "original" TR3s & 4s
are being wadded up into little piles of junk steel and tractor parts.
What say you?
WST
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