independent rear suspension

does anyone have an old school rod with irs?

 

Is this a trick question?

What do we win?

 

I would believe if you checked the "handbook for nontraditional rods" that independent rear suspensionsion is covered in chapter three.

 

Ok so my pics **** but this is the Tom Beatty Belly tank from the early days of the dry lakes and these pics show the IRS setup it runs that used a banjo style quick change with a set of torque tube pivot joints on each side to connect the axle tubes... Really trick setup but I don't think it worked real well out on the salt. Would look great on the street though!

 

But what about Tognotti's T? Are Ala Karts' air bags to hi-tech, too? Lots of crazy and new stuff was appearing in the 60's, especially with some of the AMBR / indoor show cars and the like, eh? Gary

 

Jag IRS has been put in rods since it appeared in the early 60's....

 

Need some help ID'ing these parts. Its a IRS setup for a Ford Model A banjo rear end. There are magnesium side covers that replace the tubes. Inside this there are bearings that hold yokes. The diff is a locker, and I'm not sure if its a typical locker but the innards are designed like an over-running clutch on an old style overdrive ******. It should only lock when accelerating. The housing these parts are in now is a V8 and doesn't quite bolt up because the bolt circle of the A is about 1/4" less than the 32+ one. I checked up against an A and it fits right. I can find no makings on the castings. There are some brackets off the side plates that may be for inboard brake mounts, or to mount on a DeDion suspension maybe.

Any idea who made this? How old? What kind of car might it have been on?

More photos can be seen at http://s446.photobucket.com/albums/qq190/whiskey_tango/BANJO%20IRS/