uniqe suspensions

[denis]

Hi all ,first post i am interested in finding lots of photos of different style front suspensions for example on e bay i saw some rods with what looked like cut in half spings that mounted on the front frame then they mounted one end to the front straigt axel it really lowered the frame into the weeds,anyways i would be interested in seeing any picks of like i said any out of the norm type uniqe suspenions.wonder how much of a responce i will get to this query.later Den

[Dave Severson]

Welcome to CHR Den. The quarter eliptical springs were used on cars a bunch of years ago, and have made something of a return in popularity lately. They work ok, but do have some lateral stability issues. Seems everything old is new again!!!

[J. Robinson]

Welcome Denis. There are lots of options when you are considering suspension systems and this has always been an area of interest to me. Like Dave said, the quarter-elliptical springs have made a big resurgence in the past couple of years, especially in fenderless cars. Another type of suspension that I favor, but has never been really popular because they tend to be misunderstood, is torsion bars. I have used torsion bars in the front of my last 3 hotrods and in the rear of a friend's Anglia. If they are installed proprly they ride great and ride height is adjustable. In my '31 Ford coupe I am using a '62 Jeep station wagon front axle with AMC disc brakes and hairpin radius rods suspended by '86 Nissan pickup torsion bars. Take a look at my gallery and you can see a few pics of them...