Easy fix, convert to right hand drive...............
No weight in the left seat, no bottoming out.........
On 10/9/06, Biff Jones <biffjones@verizon.net> wrote:
> Colin,
>
> Yes I have measured ride height both sprung and unsprung. Differences were
> all 1/2" or less. Mostly less. I have measured it on jack stands with the
> stands under the lower outer fulcrums up front and on the rear axle as close
> to the brake backing plates as possible (sprung) and again with the front
> jack stands on the front frame extensions by the sway bar mounts and on
> spring pan mounts in the rear (unsprung). I measured from various suspension
> points to the body in both sprung and unsprung methods. This was after I
> examined the springs, shocks, and suspension points looking for something
> awry, cracked, broken, or missing.
>
> Tires 155 x 80 Michlems (sp?) on American Racing Silverstone rims (5.0"" or
> 5.5") on all four corners.
>
> Yes 40+ year old front springs. Ones in there were Moss springs and I
> figured even though it looked perfect, it might have been made in god knows
> where and heat treated over donkey dung. I have not tried swapping the left
> and right springs but will probably try it.
>
> Sway bar, yes . Standard issue spridget bar 1/2".
>
> Shocks yes today I disconnected all four and worked them up and down. All
> feel good, i.e., equal resistance up and down and by feel seem to be close
> to each other in resistance. Peter's new front felt the best.
>
> Me: 185 lbs, 6' 2" with no recent changes, have been this way for the last
> 40+ years.
>
> With a passenger the car behaves better but still will bottom on a down hill
> left turn. And yes there are fresh tire rubs on the three upper surfaces of
> the inner fender. Small marks on all three flats each about an inch wide and
> 2 1/2" long.
>
> Biff Jones
> 'Frogarri' '59 Bugeye
> 'Ole Gray' '61 AH Sprite
> 'Freebie' '71 MG Midget
> http://sprites2.homestead.com/
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