John P
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| posted on 10/4/10 at 05:03 PM |
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Help with front Bones Needed
I’m building a McSorley 7 + 4 so the chassis is 4” wider than the original book.
The rear end is going to be DeDion with standard length Sierra half shafts.
I’m now trying to sort out the front wishbones hopefully utilising something from what I’ve already got as finances are very tight at the moment.
They need to be suitable for the Cortina uprights I’ve got.
From mangogrooveworkshop I’ve got two top bones which are visually like the Martin Keenan ones shown in Ron’s book but dimensionally they seem to be
to Haynes Roadster dimensions and the threaded tube where the Transit TRE fits is at an angle, again like the roadster.
The bottom bones are ones I got from Mark Chandler and are longer than the ones in Ron’s book by approximately ¾” but still much shorter than the
Roadster type. They also have the suspension mounting welded much closer to the ball joint.
Bearing in mind my chassis is wider could I use the Roadster style top bones I’ve got and then make some Roadster style bottom bones but possibly
without the bend in the plate in order to use them with the Cortina uprights or is the geometry completely different?
John.
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 10/4/10 at 07:46 PM |
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John
Build a jig with your uprights fixed to it then you take the bones and work them to suit.
Some where here was a picture of the jig that some one posted
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