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[vintagedragfan]

made a little progress on the front suspension finally, here is what I came up with for the lower ball joints and control arms, I turned some brass on the lathe and made a cup to accept 00-90 bevel headed bolts, the head of the bolt fits the opening of the cup, the hole where the bolt goes through is slightly bigger than the threads which allows it to pivot in all directions ( like a ball joint)

here is one of the front struts with the ball joint attached with a rubber boot

lower control arms with the cups soldered in place

  I had to add another cross member in front of the existing one to accept the lower control arm mounts, here they are in place,the rack and pinion will be attached to this all so on the back side

 

here is what the finished product will look like, aluminum disks will cover the bolt head, thanks for looking!

[almuck]

VERY nice! You make it look so simple!

[Alyn]

Brilliant solution, Bill. Looks like you've got the creativity dial turned up to 11

 

keep feeding us

Edited by Alyn, 04 March 2013 - 02:34 PM.

[Chas SCR]

Looks great in brass! we are about at the same point of work today but yours had to take a lot longer then mine did for sure!

[FASTBACK340]

I have a question on your suspension design. I see you have the lower control arms swapped around in two different pictures. Are the open cups supposed to face down, and the 00-90 bolts screw up into the struts and get capped on the bottom? In the bottom picture the open cups face UP, or reversed. Just trying to clarify which end is up, or down ....

Otherwise, carry on with the awesomeness.

[Prostreet]

Awesome stuff Bill, Really dig the strut setup.

[vintagedragfan]

 

VERY nice! You make it look so simple!

 

thanks Allen

 

Brilliant solution, Bill. Looks like you've got the creativity dial turned t 11

 

keep feeding us

hey Alyn, what ever it's turned to makes my head hurt! I have done a lot of studying just to get to this point, whew!

 

Looks great in brass! we are about at the same point of work today but yours had to take a lot longer then mine did for sure!

thanks Chas, I do have a lot of time in this thing!

 

I have a question on your suspension design. I see you have the lower control arms swapped around in two different pictures. Are the open cups supposed to face down, and the 00-90 bolts screw up into the struts and get capped on the bottom? In the bottom picture the open cups face UP, or reversed. Just trying to clarify which end is up, or down ....

Otherwise, carry on with the awesomeness.

John, they aren't swapped, in one pic the chassis is upright, the other upside down, the cup opening is on the bottom, and the disk will cover that, hopefully this will give it a nice clean look, thanks for the interest

 

Awesome stuff Bill, Really dig the strut setup.

thanks so much bro

[FASTBACK340]

The bottom two pictures the arms are orinented in the same direction while the chassis is flipped. That was my question. So the 00-90 bolts go up into the struts inside these cups, and the bottom gets capped? Cool....

Edited by FASTBACK340, 03 March 2013 - 04:43 AM.

[blunc]

what, no torsion bar suspension? bummer.

 

amazing work anyway, excellent solution for the "ball joints".

[blunc]

regarding the your ball joint solution, I was wondering if you have an internal gap between the bevel head screw and the covering cap...

 

it's possible that the head of the screw may knock the cover cap loose during extreme travel if it's a real tight fit, unless you bevel the slotted side of the screw also.

[vintagedragfan]

what, no torsion bar suspension? bummer.

 

amazing work anyway, excellent solution for the "ball joints".

 

 

regarding the your ball joint solution, I was wondering if you have an internal gap between the bevel head screw and the covering cap...

 

it's possible that the head of the screw may knock the cover cap loose during extreme travel if it's a real tight fit, unless you bevel the slotted side of the screw also.

hi Mike, yes I left plenty of room for it to move freely and not contact the cover, sorry about the torsion bars thanks for the interest

[John Teresi]

Bill.......BEAUTIFUL work man........"Top Shelf"  nothing less.

[vintagedragfan]

got a little more done, the struts are finished, they are drilled and tapped on each end and all so for the spindle, there is no adjustment on the front suspension, so I figured the caster and camber as close as I could, here are the lower control arms and struts together

 

here is what I'm doing with the upper strut mounts, I drilled holes in the frame for the mounts to slide into, should be plenty strong for the working suspension, I will add another support from the frame to the top for extra support

 

should have another update tomorrow nite with this all completed and functioning (hopefully) thanks for checking in

[vintagedragfan]

Bill.......BEAUTIFUL work man........"Top Shelf"  nothing less.

hi John, thanks brother, you know I appreciate it

[Mooneyzs]

Bill.... I am at a loss for words Bud. Your craftsmanship is just awesome and you are a talented person. That front suspension is blowing me away and looks killer. Amazing work and you are doing all this in 1:25th scale. Very impressive. Looking forward to your next update.

[Rdrunner]

thanks so much for the encouraging words Ken, they are truly humbling, you should share some of your builds with us, I know everyone would love to see them, sorry to hear about your Road Runner, that would be heart breaking for sure

 

Hi Bill, sorry for the delayed reply, got tied up....lol.  I still have some more to finish on my builds, I am currently in Malaysia and most of my stuff is back in the States. I am trying to finish up my 68 Roadrunner and will eventually post some pics here, nothing compared to you guys builds, I am still a newbie  .  Yeah, I still have not got over my loss of my 'baby'   it's been 8 years now.

 

I am still awed by your work. and yes, there are some awesome builders here and I am learning some great techniques.

 

Awesome front suspension build    !!!!!!

 

Best of luck with your build, can't wait for the grand finale 

Edited by Rdrunner, 04 March 2013 - 12:30 AM.

[vintagedragfan]

Bill.... I am at a loss for words Bud. Your craftsmanship is just awesome and you are a talented person. That front suspension is blowing me away and looks killer. Amazing work and you are doing all this in 1:25th scale. Very impressive. Looking forward to your next update.

hi Chris, this is a 1/24 scale, it is HUGE compared to 1/25 well it does help a little, you are to kind bro, thanks so much

 

 

Hi Bill, sorry for the delayed reply, got tied up....lol.  I still have some more to finish on my builds, I am currently in Malaysia and most of my stuff is back in the States. I am trying to finish up my 68 Roadrunner and will eventually post some pics here, nothing compared to you guys builds, I am still a newbie  .  Yeah, I still have not got over my loss of my 'baby'   it's been 8 years now.

 

I am still awed by your work. and yes, there are some awesome builders here and I am learning some great techniques.

 

Awesome front suspension build    !!!!!!

 

Best of luck with your build, can't wait for the grand finale 

ya Ken we are all ready to see some of your work, hopefully you will get back to them soon, thanks for keeping up on the project!

[Scale-Master]

 this is a 1/24 scale, it is HUGE compared to 1/25

Now that is funny right there! 

[Chas SCR]

Just asking but why not put the hoop connected to the top of the frame rail to give it more relistic look? or is this need to get the right angle for the strut?

[Webb]

Geez Bill! Great stuff. I'm either going to have to get a prescription for anti depressants or quit following this build. Everytime I look at your work it really makes me feel unworthy. Partly because I actually went to school to become a machinist back in the seventies so I know what is involved. I'd be happy with just 10% of your talent! I have a new idol!!

Chris