'40 Bantam build

[handyguy]

UP A BANTAM BUTT , MG Midget diff. ,  4:55 gears and hyd. rear brakes , 50's Ford pickup frt, dearched springs ..

[floydjer]

A dead perch ( not the fish) on one end of the spring would do double duty. Way cool car. 

[handyguy]

    2022 the wanna be will have a (F) inserted , where??               What is a dead perch ?? floydjer

[WOODY@DDLLC]

Jer, you need to tell him - just for the halibut!  :-P

[floydjer]

    2022 the wanna be will have a (F) inserted , where??               What is a dead perch ?? floydjer

A dead perch mounts the spring eye without a shackle...lets it pivot but not travel laterally. Don't know what your axle is, but you might find one that works in that scale.....🤔 ( How was that Woody?)

[floydjer]

O.K...Blew up the pic. so I could see....🤔 ..Maybe replace one shackle w/ A triangular plate that uses the axle/spring and radius rod mounting holes. Or just "leave" what you have. (Woody started it ) 😀

[WOODY@DDLLC]

 

[Stan Back]

Got room to have the fuel tank between the grille and radiator.  It would sure clean up the front (and look a lot better in my opinion, too).

Wouldn't have to be too big -- a gallon would do it.  Running TO makes it easy to fill whenever you want to, plus going 175 in the 1/4 may be beyond reach for needing 5 miles of fuel.

I've loved your car since years back I (think) remember seeing at El Mirage before you finished it.

[thefrenchowl]

This Austin engine.... Is that the dreaded "Austin 7" 4 cylinders with just 2 bearings on the outside of the crank?

Flexy flexy!!!

But I must say, very tasty little car!!!

Patrick

[Lemming Motors]

"UP A BANTAM BUTT"

The pics were not as fowl as I expected from the thread title. 

[handyguy]

   Cr nk is billet , counterbalanced , full oil press. to rods (80 lbs.) , steel rods ,  .040  crankflex on #2/3 cylinder at 7500 rpm ..      2 ball brgs. at frt. of crank for thrust , 1 roller brg. on rear ..  Welded up cam for .312 lift ,( won't  flow more , 300 degree duration seat to seat , intake closes at 87 degrees after BDC .

[Jack Gifford]

... .040  crankflex on #2/3 cylinder at 7500 rpm ...

Omigosh! Clever- a displacement increase that can't be seen in impound. 

[WOODY@DDLLC]

Variable compression!