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12-15-2012, 05:36 AM | #21 | |
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Re: Edsel's Dual-Cowl Phaeton up for Auction
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12-15-2012, 07:56 AM | #22 |
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Re: Edsel's Dual-Cowl Phaeton up for Auction
can't believe their running with a 2 blade fan....l.o.l.
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12-15-2012, 08:08 AM | #23 |
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Re: Edsel's Dual-Cowl Phaeton up for Auction
I love it!!
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12-15-2012, 10:17 AM | #24 |
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Re: Edsel's Dual-Cowl Phaeton up for Auction
I found more chassis pictures, click on the Hemming's link in the first post and then do the same on the Mann's Restoration and Maintenance link found there. Looking at the chassis pictures it's easy to see that the front axle has much more of a radius to it. The deep radius gave a lower mounting point for the spring perches and gave us what may be the very first Model A dropped axle ever! I'm not sure but the perches themselves might be different too, but even if that isn't so look at the brake actuators- they are angled down to correspond with the deeper axle radius. Also, one photo shows the tie rod with a dropped center section to clear the engine and the front wishbone is different right at the yoke where it attaches at the perch.
As far as the rear end goes the Hemming's text explained that the rear axle was narrowed 8 inches (something that I can't see the need for; anybody else?) and mounted on semi-ellipticals as on a AA truck. Must be loads of other detail changes there too, but I'm not a hard core Model A guy so I don't know. |
12-15-2012, 11:15 AM | #25 | |
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Re: Edsel's Dual-Cowl Phaeton up for Auction
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12-15-2012, 11:59 AM | #26 |
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01-03-2013, 09:16 PM | #27 |
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Re: Edsel's Dual-Cowl Phaeton up for Auction
Reminds me of the big Bentley sixes from the late '20s...
Very nice car, if a little stubby on the Model chassis... FWIW, Rolls-Royce also used cantilevered leaf springs on the rears of their cars... |
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