Second generation Torsion-Level
Posted by Steve203 On 2014/11/14 15:32:44
Some of the material I have read about the proposed 57-58 Packards that never happened said they were to use a "revised" T-L system. Anyone ever see any diagrams or documents regarding this "revised" system?
Having looked at the T-L display chassis at PPG, and knowing how car profiles were being lowered in the late 50s, necessitating footwells that would intrude into the space occupied by the 55's frame members and the torsion bars, did Packard work out a practical way to fit the the torsion bars in?
Bill Allison published a paper in 58 that showed a way to get T-L into a perimeter frame, but it uses a Rube Goldberg system of levers and cranks that would probably take too much space, too much cost and too much adjustment to be practical.
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Having looked at the T-L display chassis at PPG, and knowing how car profiles were being lowered in the late 50s, necessitating footwells that would intrude into the space occupied by the 55's frame members and the torsion bars, did Packard work out a practical way to fit the the torsion bars in?
Bill Allison published a paper in 58 that showed a way to get T-L into a perimeter frame, but it uses a Rube Goldberg system of levers and cranks that would probably take too much space, too much cost and too much adjustment to be practical.
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