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Wingstay Pictures
mistergrumpy - 14/6/09 at 01:55 PM

Can anyone let me know if they've any photo's of their wingstays in their archive so that I can have a look. I've been searching but got nowhere.
I made mine from reinforcing rod so that they wouldn't break but they bounce wildly instead so I'm going to knock some new ones up.


big_wasa - 14/6/09 at 01:59 PM

The best ones ive seen are I think Humbugs


mistergrumpy - 14/6/09 at 02:20 PM

Cheers Wasa. I've done another search using wing stay as oppose to wingstay and I've got a few more.


Dangle_kt - 14/6/09 at 02:35 PM

procomp have some good pictures either on his website or archive.

I have just finished mine.

cortina pattern welded onto solid bar, welded onto 2.5mm thick 5cm wide flat which is bent by 90 degree.

I hope they hold up ok!


rusty nuts - 14/6/09 at 03:39 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Dangle_kt


I hope they hold up ok!


About 500 miles seems to be about average


DavidM - 14/6/09 at 08:40 PM

Mine have lasted 4500 miles so far with no problems:

David
[img] Bah! those pesky brackets
Bah! those pesky brackets
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mistergrumpy - 14/6/09 at 08:44 PM

Cheers David. Do you get much bounce in them?


DavidM - 14/6/09 at 10:58 PM

quote:
Originally posted by mistergrumpy
Cheers David. Do you get much bounce in them?


I can see them shake if I hit a bump as I'm driving, but not excessively so.

I can't remember us having any wing stay failures amongst our local group, some of whom have done 10-15k miles.

David