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Referring to post 51. The torque arm is attached at the housing with what looks like heims, so you could raise or lower the torque arm at the front of the arm and adjust the heims in or out to keep...

No, up and down on the torque arm with LH/RH threaded heims on the rear bars. Maybe LH in the front heim and RH in the rear heim. Weld a nut on the bar itself to fit a wrench to turn the bar after...

How about multiple mounting holes for the torque arm also?

Very cool J., thanks a lot. :D

J., I'm assuming moment center means instant center, the pivot point on a ladder bar system. Thank you for elucidating.:)

Doggone it J., I can't find any schematics or photos of the rear suspension you posted. Now, I'm gonna have to go to a boneyard and crawl under. :eek: It sounds like some sort of single link ladder...

On a car like this, I think I would want to keep it looking traditional. Transverse buggy spring on a Maverick 8" in the rear, straight axle with transverse spring up front. Independent radius rods,...

Ummmm...that would be a Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk. I have a 12" X 18" color photo hanging on the wall behind me. But that was a WWII aircraft, so a little out of the WWI era. It might be really cool to...

"Door swoop goes down to the frame / truss thingy."

On a dragster/funny car, that would be called the top rail. The one at the bottom would be called....ummmmm....the bottom rail.

I agree with...

Datsun 260Z motor doesn't look too bad.....
http://motoringjstyle.blogspot.com/2008/04/lakes-speedster-datsun-motor-looks-like.html

Cool to the max. :D Ingenuity in action.
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