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Model A split bones with running boards revisited

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by walker, Nov 2, 2009.

  1. walker
    Joined: Dec 29, 2008
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    I posted a while back about a customers model A that he wanted split bones on the back but they interferred with the running board brackets. I got a lot of advice not to do it this way, so I made the bones into lower links of a four bar system. The upper bars are 1 1/4" DOM with bungs, as the customer already had some. I couldn't get a good pic under the car of the upper link, so that will have to wait until the body comes back off. This still retains teh look of a split rear wishbone and now works with the running board bracket.
     

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  2. brokenspoke
    Joined: Jul 26, 2005
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    This is kinda useless with out a picture
     
  3. sxdxmike
    Joined: Aug 25, 2004
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    looks pretty good. what was the point of splitting them? still a banjo rear?
     
  4. walker
    Joined: Dec 29, 2008
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    Hey Brokenspoke, that little box with the colorfull swirls and lines in it, that is marked "attached thumbnails" IS actually a picture. If you click your mouse over it it turns into a bigger picture.
    SXDXMike, Yeah, it's still a banjo, it got converted to open drive with a chevy 4 speed tranny. The true purpose is that is what the guy who owns it wanted. It does have a nice 50's ish hot rod feel to it too.
     
  5. brokenspoke
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    It doesent show upper link..duh...still worthless
     
  6. walker
    Joined: Dec 29, 2008
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    Brokenspoke, you sure are a picky guy for one who doesn't know how to read! Here is a quote from the original post. "I couldn't get a good pic under the car of the upper link, so that will have to wait until the body comes back off." As far as the upper link goes, its a piece of tube with two heims joints and two weld in bungs, I see very little to imagine with that description. As to its worth, well to each his own, but showing what I did to make a split wishbone into a lower link may have some worth to someone. In fact I wish this post was here when I was searching for a way to do it. So I hope it will be worthwhile to some one in the future.
    Here is a link to the original post. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=405905
     
  7. Nope need a pic of the whole thing. Until then it is worthless.
     

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