Would love to see the build sheets/pics of that. Have seen it once or twice in a few years.
Unusual front ends
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Would love to see the build sheets/pics of that. Have seen it once or twice in a few years.
choppinczech
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Holy cow! Where to even start with this? Unusual is right. And I like it!
old round fart
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Don't see any suspension. Is it solid? Looks like they just used the spindles. I think it was in Rod and Custom years ago. Guess I need to find the issue. Lol
fluidfloyd
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Looks to be a tube axle linked to a cross mounted torsion bar. The parallel four bars set the wheelbase. The upper triangulated linkage locate the top of the spindle and center the axle. long way to get there but it is different.
fluidfloyd
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That name sure rings a bell! Don't remember that car but this one has been stuck in my head for years. Enjoy!
Don Kendall T-Bucket Sets the Low Slung T-Bucket Standard
That is an ancestor of what I was looking for. I'd want an early 50s 327 cid Thunderbolt. After the war, Packard applied a lot of what was learned producing engines for the military. The early 50s 327s had a horsepower rating of 180 bhp...exactly the same as the 331 hemi V8s of the same time period. Not a racer or burnout champ, but an excellent novel cruiser.Bill, You mean like this!
fluidfloyd
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Bill, this engine is so smooth running and so quite that you can barely hear it running. I have been standing at the rear fender when it was backed up and didn't realize it was moving under engine power. Really need one of these just to mount on a "Look At Me" stand!
2old2fast
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That's the one he built before the 'vair , 426 dodge power !
Don passed in feb. , '14...
That was exactly my plan. I wanted to restore the engine to stock form, then mount it in a stand with a radiator, gauges and a small fuel cell. Once I got it that far I wanted to start scrounging for factory and aftermarket speed equipment for it.
fletcherson...If and when I build a new roadster I plan on an inline six. but is an eight fell out of the sky I would sure welcome it.I have always liked the Chrysler slant six engines. Lots of speed equipment built for them, readily available at very reasonable prices and they look good leaning over. I am in the design stage of the chassis with the rear being something a little different. Just working out a few things first. My main problem is I have a full machine shop at home in Arkansas but I'm working in the Kansas City area. The shop I'm in doesn't have the needed equipment to do what I want nor the extra room to tie up. I am building a company t-bucket as time allows but it is on hold for several other paying projects such as the Packard. Also have a 54 Studebaker to start on Monday and a 64 Impala to finish Monday. I do have a very generous offer to use someone else's shop to machine the necessary parts but I'm not sure if I really want to start a car here in Kansas then transfer it to Arkansas at a later date. Getting older is not going to make it any easier either. I told the owner/funeral director of that 1940 Packard that he might want to reserve me a ride in the back just in case I nosed over. We'll see!
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Being the son of a serious MOPAR fanatic, I think it's genetically imprinted on me to love the old slant 6s. But if I had my choice of modern inline 6s to play with it would have to be the MOPAR via Jeep via AMC 4.0 litre engine. The offroad crowd have really pushed the development of aftermarket goodies for that engine...especially stroker kits and long & short stroker blocks. I've read where they've pushed close to 500hp out of a turbo stroker.
fletcherson
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Those in line eights are very smooth because they have a cylinder firing so often. They don't need high rpm to make power. I love old cool different engines and the like. My uncle used to race Studebaker Golden Hawks with the McColough super charger. I almost had one a couple years back, but the guy who had it was going to put a sbc in it, the idiot left the original engine lay out and with the caps off the journals and the crank was laying flat on concrete, parts everywhere...What a waste...
Getting back to the front suspension topic...a couple of years ago when I got bit by the track roadster bug, I worked out a plan for a trailing arm IFS using coil-overs. Think an original Beetle front suspension, using coil-overs instead of torsion bars. The whole thing could have been done with off the shelf parts. It would have been cool on a car with a track roadster nose, but I'm not sure how it would look with an open T-Bucket theme.
Closet Studebaker nut here. A Studebaker 289 is another engine I'd love to wrench on.
fletcherson
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Sorry to sray away from the topic, just following the conversation.
fluidfloyd
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Yes, we did seem to stray and I am part of that problem. So now, back to suspension. Here is a link to another way to split a tube axle and after looking at it I think it is a better way to approach it. See what you think.
George
Split Tube Axle How To - Kustom Coach Werks
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