[Alpines] Speaking of Panhard Bars...

[Bob Hamilton]

   Hi Terry,
   Yes,  the  MK Alpines and Sunbeam Talbots (early to mid 50's) all have
   Panhard bars and rear springs with 13 leaves! Yes, 13! I would suspect
   that  on  hard  cornering (like Stirling Moss did on these cars in the
   Alpine  Rally),  it  would keep the springs vertical rather than twist
   sideways. I am not sure if they continued these in the Series cars.
   Regards,
   Bob
   At 05:09 PM 7/5/2008, drmayf wrote:

     Are there any other cars that use leaf springs like our cars and a
     panhard bar? The use of a panhard bar in our case is just counter
     intuitive  to  me.  The  leaf springs keep the rear end located and
     that
     would  seem  to  make the panhard bar redundant. Yeah, I know about
     wheel
     hop,  but  a  panhard  bar  or  any  other kind of lateral location
     linkage is
     to  keep  the rear centered.  If I put coil overs on the rear of my
     car,
     then,  yeah,  a  locating  bar  would  be  needed,  as well as some
     trailing
     linkage for fore and aft movement.
     So why did they install it? Did the Alpine have one? .
     mayf

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   Robert (Bob) A.C. Hamilton, Waverley, Nova Scotia, Canada
   Sunbeam Talbots - Alpine, Drophead and Saloon, 1953-1954
   Sunbeam Talbot Web Page: www.sunbeamtalbot.info (or .org)
   E-Mail: hamilton at accesswave.ca or robertach at ns.sympatico.ca
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