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Before I got too carried away, I decided to mark up the second batch of a-arm parts


I started on the angled piece this morning




figure out where to trim


trim


add some back?


transfer new cut lines


weld


grind


admire


grind some more (first arm)


grind some more (get rid of open end wrench shape...oh yeah, I welded on the corner pieces too)






start on the next one...

Well, no rolling chassis this weekend either... The idea I had for making the attachment to the balljoints wasn't going to work. Time for a plan B.

I did do something constructive though.

The last time I moved the car, I did something stupid. To balance it on the chain hoist, I ran the chain around the dash bar and the firewall bar. The leverage pulled the dash bar forward and damaged the frame.



Well I worked on making the frame stronger.

First, I cut out the damage and welded in fresh metal.


Then I came up with a reinforcement plate to spread the load out (more cop car metal)




glued in


seriously glued in


top surface ground down


I still have to do the other side....

Next time, I won't lift the whole car by the dash. Engine and trans are coming out.

Love the spanner A-arms!

Great adventure, thanks again for sharing!

I worked on figuring out what it will take to get the upper a-arms attached to the frame.

I cut these from a piece of 2x4


so that I could do this


The idea is to mount the mercedes shafts on plates so that the arms can be bolted to the frame. The problem is that the frame is not square with the world...the rails are pinched.

The arms need to be mounted at an angle.


simple enough...in theory


now to make it pretty












make mirror image one too...
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Next step will be to prep the front rails for the arms.

Fantastic idea with the a-arms! You've inspired me. I've been wracking my brain to figure out a reasonable way to make the arms I see in my head. I guess I should have have been wrenching my brain.

I've priced airfoil section and oval tubing, and looked at welding up similar, your idea takes the cake!

I'm building a '28 Buick roadster wrapped around a locost chassis with exposed, yet minimal IFS. I also looked at the Miller Ford indy design. Up until the mid to late' 60s there were many interesting variations in design with the indy cars.

Awesome build, been following your work on several forums since you began posting it.

this build reminds me of one of those favorite sayings
"I ve done so much with so little for so long, you should see what I can do with nothing"

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"Make it a GREAT day"
Tony Chiles

To be honest, I'm still a little scared of the arms. After I get them built, I plan on applying some pretty decent forces on them to make sure they aren't just going to pop at a weld.

PROCEED AT YOU OWN RISK!

Welded up the other a-arm kit





and one of the mounting brackets

I came to re-admire your A-arms and none of the pics show.

yeah, flipper, photobucket is asking me to upgrade before it'll let me see the pics as linked photos here. if I click on them I can see them. Love those repurposed wrenches.

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The B-3 build log: http://www.locostusa.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=13941 unfortunately, all the pictures were lost in the massive server crash

The beginnings of the Jag Special,
https://www.locostusa.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=19012
Again, all pictures were lost.

Sorry about that. I let my photobucket" pro" account expire. I'm gonna switch all of my pics over to flickr and rebuild the thread.

hey flipper, why don't you just upload them here? That way, they will never be disconnected and future readers can always see the photos along with the text. They will view just fine at 50-100Kb files.

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Chuck.

“Any suspension will work if you don’t let it.” - Colin Chapman

Visit my ongoing MGB Rustoration log: over HERE

Or my Wankel powered Locost log : over HERE

And don't forget my Cushman Truckster resto Locostusa.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=17766

I quit linking from photobucket for just those reasons.

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The B-3 build log: http://www.locostusa.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=13941 unfortunately, all the pictures were lost in the massive server crash

The beginnings of the Jag Special,
https://www.locostusa.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=19012
Again, all pictures were lost.

The photobucket calendar has reset. Pics are visible (yes, i'm going slow switching photo sites).

I think I found my solution for attaching the arms to the balljoints. These will be recessed into the underside of the forward leg of the a-arms (a-arm "channeled" over the bolts, if you will). A threaded boss will be recessed under the trailing leg.


IMG_6335 by Flipper_1938, on Flickr