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    , Use Ford 8.8 rear end housing in 1923 frame

    Fox body mustang housing. Lincoln town car rear discs. Ranger 5 bolt axles. They are different left to right, get 2 to match the length of the 4 bollt mustang unless you are drag racing Stock ford parts work and are cheap. I have built them in the pick and pull. just have to make sure they have...
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    Rear leaf spring, pulling leaves

    My old T bucket (still have I, I found the body in 51) I used 2 T frames welded to make a box, original T springs, Hassler rear spring Shocks still is ver rou
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    Unusual front ends

    I have a spare 36 Pontiac Knee action front suspension we thought about using for something different Tube axle with trailing arms similar to an old VW Also have a modified Model A frame that was under a T buck that has a torsion bar front suspension The paper work= part receipts said from...
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    Rear leaf spring, pulling leaves

    At one time I had an old magazine article on building an old circle track car based on ford parts they had a cut pattern on how much to cut off each leaf to get a softer ride different for each leaf.
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    1/4 Elliptical front and rear suspension - Brooklands Special

    My experience with QTR E rears was that soft bushings in the springs allowed a lot of side sway so I had to add a panard bar.
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    JAG REAR PARTS

    Jag used a rubber bushing.We followed the CCR plans and kept the rubber bushing that allows some give during suspension movement. I have seen some Jag in pickups that the radius arm front pivots are on the centerline of the lower arm centerline
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    Steering drift

    watch the sema suspension videos SEMA HRIA Education Day - Fatman Fabrications
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    So what do I have going on here?

    The Hartford shocks have a pointer and a dial on the front plate so you can set the tension. Hartfords use wood for the friction material. about 15 years ago when I was putting my hartfords on the speedster replacemane parts were available in the UK
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    '32 grill shell

    My son got a 50's gmc truck grill surround , just cut out the middle and it is a similar shape to a 32, and was free at the wrecking ward when he helped the owner crush cars. anything with a red X on crusher cas was free.
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    Cost of Paint Job

    what color do you want ? I have bought "mistake paint" very reasonable. Paint that did not match the color chip snd was returned. My son took and auto painting class at the college and one day a body shop owner showed up with a pickup load of paint. The shop failed the fire department inspection...
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    Ford Radius Rods

    Rear wish bones, About 30 years ago I had an aftermarket set of bolt on rear bones similar to the 36 ford BUT they were a lot stronger. I traded them at a swap meet for something else that is on a rack in my 40 X 120 ft shop
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    New member of the "death wobble" club

    side steer, On my first T I had to bend the rod for tire clearance. I noticed that when setting still the side tie rod wanted to rotate when turning the steering wheel left to right. the center lines of the linkage were not parallelor square to each other.
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    So what do I have going on here?

    I have friction shocks on my T bucket and a set 0f 4 Hartford shocks from the 1920's on my horseless carriage 1922 model T speedster. Hartfords have a star spring. some Harlies have a star spring that be adapted to hotrod friction shocks they look like these from rgmnortonin the uk...
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    Congratulations Ford . . .

    I was an engineer at ford in the old days, The chief engineer at our location had to sign off on all our fixes for problems. He spent a few years in the 50's advising Nascar teams . had lots of stories.
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    Chevy C20 Steering box

    steering ratio lock to lock A manual truck box will have lots of turns lock to lock. The first T bucket I built I used all the turns, calculated arm lengths. The first test drive sliding around in a field I couldn't turn the wheel fast enough to steer out of a slide. that box was about 6 or 7...
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    Chevy C20 Steering box

    the problem when turning the mounting sideways is the gear lube leaving some parts dry. I always fill the box as much as possible before installing it.
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    Chevy C20 Steering box

    I built the last 2 chassis using the CCR plans, the first one I reversed a corvair box, the second one was a manual mid 80's mazda pickup. I worked as an engineer at Ford.The supplier sent a pallet of Mercury power steering boxes to the truck plant everything fit but it surprised when the guy...
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    back again

    I was busy about a dozen years ago. I now live near Yellowstone park I found a model T roadster body in 1951. a couple years later a buddy brought a Hot Rod magazine to school and I said I want to build that roadster. The first build was on an Essex frame, Olds 303 with free Ford flathead car...

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