Re: SP merger
Posted by Steve203 On 2015/4/11 19:02:41
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Interesting. I had not seen a Mark II frame before. It is interesting to compare it to a reconstruction of the frame from the "Black Bess" 57 prototype.
They both have a two piece driveshaft running above the frame crossmembers. The exhaust pipe routing on the Black Bess frame, above the crossmembers would never work in the real world as the pipes would be very difficult to replace, and pipes rusted out fast back then. I'm not crazy about the Lincoln choice of running the pipes along the outside of the rails, behind the rocker panels either, as that would create a wider sill for passengers to step over. Still prefer my way: start with something like the Lincoln chassis, but run the crossmembers straight across, instead of bowing them down like Lincoln did, and kick the passenger compartment floor up under the seats to provide room for the higher crossmembers. With the crossmembers out of the way, there would be plenty of room for torsion bars and exhaust pipes.
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58L8134 wrote:
Hi
"But, that is the price of being fashionable."
For context, here are photos of the Continental Mark II prototypes and chassis frame. It would have been very difficult to create a low-profile halo car to compete with the Mark II without a frame developed just for that purpose.
Interesting. I had not seen a Mark II frame before. It is interesting to compare it to a reconstruction of the frame from the "Black Bess" 57 prototype.
They both have a two piece driveshaft running above the frame crossmembers. The exhaust pipe routing on the Black Bess frame, above the crossmembers would never work in the real world as the pipes would be very difficult to replace, and pipes rusted out fast back then. I'm not crazy about the Lincoln choice of running the pipes along the outside of the rails, behind the rocker panels either, as that would create a wider sill for passengers to step over. Still prefer my way: start with something like the Lincoln chassis, but run the crossmembers straight across, instead of bowing them down like Lincoln did, and kick the passenger compartment floor up under the seats to provide room for the higher crossmembers. With the crossmembers out of the way, there would be plenty of room for torsion bars and exhaust pipes.
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