Fw: Re:<VV> Question on Cord 8/10

[Andy Clark]

Oh, and the steering box is a reversed Corvair unit.

Andy Clark
66 140/4 Monza Sedan
66 140/4 Stinger Clone
66 180/4 Cord 8/10 #60  unit.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andy Clark" <slowboat at mindspring.com>
To: "vv" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 10:37 AM
Subject: Re:<VV> Question on Cord 8/10


> Seth pointed out to me in response to my 8/10 posting that the original
> question may have been not re the looks, but how the drive train is
> connected to the front wheels, so....
> The front suspension uses Plymouth Valiant torsion bars, and the brakes
are
> '65 Rambler American (drums). The drive shafts have a stock Corvair inner
> u-joint with a CV joint at the wheel. The suspension/drive components look
> like Citroen to me, but I don't know for sure. I haven't yet back-checked
> the component P/Ns to find out what the original applications were.
> Glenn Pray used available parts from other manufacturers to keep the costs
> down. It all works pretty well together, although the front wheel Ackerman
> angles are not what they should be. That's my next challenge.
> Andy Clark
> 66 140/4 Monza Sedan
> 66 140/4 Stinger Clone
> 66 180/4 Cord 8/10 #60
>