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A straight axle ,independent suspension.
Doesn't seem like those two should be in the same sentence , but here the are on the same car.
A 1907 Sizaire-Naudin

 

I wonder how effective that set-up was? I ***ume it works similar to an old "plunger" style chopper frame.

 

That is the most unusual suspension I have ever seen.

There is a later development in some British cars, called a 'sliding pillar', if I recall correctly,
that works on sort of a similar concept, but without the transverse spring.

Ray

 

The first G***er?

 

When I first saw the pic It took me a minute to figure out what I was looking at.