That's a pretty astute observation, Eric, about FWD
vehicles and their limited turn ability. There is a
spitfire/gt6 article on special car (classics.com)
http://www.specialcar.com/TCC/1996/04/trispigt6/index.html
that has a blurb an an illustration on page 8 about
why the front end of a spitfire and gt6 (and herald)
have such a wide range of motion. The engineering
behind seems almost almost brilliant in it's
simplicity. And at the same time makes me wonder why
our trunnions hold out for so long without
replacement. After having the front end dismantled,
I'm surprised I (or any spit/gt6/herald owner) can go
over a pot hole without destroying a single piece of
the assembly each time.
The A-arms feel like they're made out of spring metal.
You'd think that they'd atleast be tubular.
-Terry
'76 spit 1500 (nice temps but rain forcasts for the
next 7 days. Blah!)
http://www.geocities.com/firespiter/
--- Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl> wrote:
>
> At 15:26 14-3-2001 -0500, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> >On Wed, 14 Mar 2001, Eric Kieboom wrote:
> >
> >> The Spitfire definitely has the smallest turning
> circle of any four-wheeled
> >> production vehicle. That includes London Taxis,
> which are often mentioned
> >> for their small turning circles.
> >
> >Smaller than the mini??
>
> Definitely. The Mini is FWD (with universal joints
> even, I believe), which
> severely limits the swivelling angle of the front
> wheels.
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
> Eric Kieboom - The Netherlands
> 1976 Spit 1500 - Original Java Green
> http://www.xs4all.nl/~ekieboom/spit/spit.html
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