Re: Peterson's 1930 734 Speedster
Posted by West Peterson On 2017/10/23 15:51:03
Following my photo shoot at Hershey, which took me down a rather steep gravel-filled golf-cart path, I had troubles getting back up the hill. After three attempts up the hill, and with the rear wheels spinning in the gravel and hopping as well, I took one last crack at it, built up a head of steam, and finally got up and over. However, within a hundred feet back at the top, the left rear main leaf spring busted.
I quickly called for a friend to bring some ratchet straps so I could pull the rear axle back forward again (the emergency brake cable kept it from causing any damage, but it also locked up the rear brake). Before my straps arrived, Jim Schneider of Vint-Edge Auto in Kannapolis, North Carolina rolled by, asked if he could help, and before I knew it he was under the car with his own ratche straps. He says he's taken care of this type of situation many times. I've only taken care of it once before, when it happened to the right side of this car while participating on the Colorado Grand some 15 years ago. Back then, we had two new main springs made, but only had time to install the broken one so we could get back on the tour.
Within a few minutes, we were able to drive the car back to the hotel and onto the trailer. The spare spring was shipped and put on the car within a week. All is well.
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I quickly called for a friend to bring some ratchet straps so I could pull the rear axle back forward again (the emergency brake cable kept it from causing any damage, but it also locked up the rear brake). Before my straps arrived, Jim Schneider of Vint-Edge Auto in Kannapolis, North Carolina rolled by, asked if he could help, and before I knew it he was under the car with his own ratche straps. He says he's taken care of this type of situation many times. I've only taken care of it once before, when it happened to the right side of this car while participating on the Colorado Grand some 15 years ago. Back then, we had two new main springs made, but only had time to install the broken one so we could get back on the tour.
Within a few minutes, we were able to drive the car back to the hotel and onto the trailer. The spare spring was shipped and put on the car within a week. All is well.
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