At 13:21 23-11-2000 -0700, Fred Griffiths wrote:
>I've been reading a book on antique autos, and often come up with
>vhicles from very early vintage (1900-) mentioning using a De Dion
>system, or motor, or rearend. I read about De Dion Bouton being
>designers in France in the early years, but exactly is a De Dion rear
>end? I see it mentioned in modern cars also.
See http://members.tripod.com/~RoverSD_1/liveaxle.html for a good story on
different sorts of rear axles, including a de Dion about halfway down.
>Appeciate clarification. Who knows, Perhaps my spit already has a De
>Dion set up?
Rest assured, there's nothing like the relative sophistication of a De Dion
axle on your Spit... ;-)
Cheers,
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Eric Kieboom - The Netherlands
1976 Spit 1500 - Original Java Green
http://www.xs4all.nl/~ekieboom/spit/spit.html
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