Thread: tin-man has some questions, it begins.....

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Originally Posted by DA34GUY

Here's a straight axle set up with coil overs,
not traditional looking , but rides nice.
I do prefer I-beam with hairpins and transverse spring though.
Any front end suspension "can be tuned " to handle and ride great.
Ya gotta remember, ya ain't drivin a new Cadillac.

Don, thanks for these pictures they helped settle some questions I had but dang ,they have created more, sorry. Here goes, as I do a close up on the bracket holding the coil over assembly, is that weld securing the ninety degree cylinder at the top , sufficient to withstand a bottoming out event as in going over a pot hole? Are the tubular components of the bracket solid or hollow, I conclude they are solid otherwise the weld sections would be compromised due to minimal weld area. Same question applies to the bottom of the coil over assembly, the two brackets cantilevered forward over the axel seem to be a likely candidate for weld fatigue over time and thus a potential hazard. If possible do you have a close up of the tradition assembly without the coil over.? Also, as I look at the close up of the frame I conclude the hairpins are to secure the axel from moving forward while stabilizing the vertical travel am I right? BTW is there a technical treatise on the overall 32 build available anywhere that I can get my hand on?

Don, I appreciate the PM, I will be sending you several questions off grid. My that's some awesome work you do, my compliments. I am not sure I would call it an appetite stimulant its more like cruel and decisively visually stunning, punishment. Excuse the play on words.

Cheers, John, AKA, tin-man

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Don set me straight on what hot rod builds were all about, wow, he don't hold back, huh, anyway he sent me this picture of a traditional shock set up, no coil over. Mark me down as sold on the traditional look. No coil over shocks. Cheers, John, AKA, tin-man.

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