Re: Torsion Bar suspension test

Posted by Mr.Pushbutton  On 2009/1/25 15:30:26

Bill Allison told me the story of working at Packard on the Torsion-Level suspension (under loan from Hudson, whom Allison actually worked for), that some pre-production photos or drawings of Chrysler's new torsion bar suspension were brought to Erwin Weiss at Packard. In all of the drawings at Packard the 1955-'56 suspension was termed the "A" suspension, there were some changes planned for the '57 (unbuilt) Detroit Packards that would have been the "B" design. Weiss looked at the documents, pointed to the fact that the torsion bars only ran from the front axles to the location on the frame at the firewall and smiled and said "I see Chrysler's is a "half-A" design."