My understanding of the front end on our cars came from a person at
Carrera. I failed to expound upon all he said since it wasn't that
important other than the words "Mustang II" which still give me the
chills.
But anyway, it is my understanding that the front suspension on the
TR6's was similar to the suspension on Ford products dating from the mid
60's. It is also my understanding that this suspension setup worked
fairly well in a number of applications, was simple in design and not
costly to manufacture.
The Mustang II part of the equation must only come in since the specs
for the shock were similar and not because of the suspension itself -
after all the Mustang II, may she rest in peace for a long, long time,
was introduced in 1974 which was obviously later than the TR6.
Sorry if I wasn't clear, and I may still have a few facts misconstrued.
R. Ashford Little II
www.geocities.com/ralittle2
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert M. Lang [mailto:lang@isis.mit.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 9:20 AM
To: Vink, Graham
Cc: 'R. Ashford Little II'; 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: TR6 Shocks
On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Vink, Graham wrote:
> I believe Mustang II suspensions are adapted quite frequently to
expensive
> American street rods, replacing obsolete suspensions from the '30s and
'40s.
> Among other advantages, they have disk brakes ...
Street rods, kit cars - there are a lot of applications for Mustang II
front ends, a-arms, steering racks and uprights.
> However, before getting too carried away about their virtues, I
believe a
> major appeal is that they are cheap, since there are (or were) many
Mustang
> II's in junkyards. A "new" front suspension and brakes from one of
those
> would probably cost about $50, tops.
Actually, the inexpensive cost comes from the fact that there a
specialty
houses that provide just Mustang II front end parts. That would indicate
demand.
I'm not sure where you live, but in my area (New England) you'd be
pretty
hard pressed to find a Mustang II parts car. After all, they were made a
long time ago (over 20 years).
But the original point is that the shocks appear to be similar in spec.
Note that the Mustang II shock mounts at a different angle than the TR6
-
I'm sure that counts for something in the design criteria of the shock.
But Carerra shocks are reported to be the hot ticket in high performance
applications.
Also note from one of the previous posts that the shock spec. listed
only
about 3 inches of travel from full bump to full rebound. That's not very
much travel distance (but probably adequate).
> --Graham
regards,
rml
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