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Has anyone adapted a front sway bar to a jr. car? If so what did you use?

I designed and fabricated my own front sway bar for a 1936 Packard 120B. I also adapded tubular shocks that mount in addition to the stock shocks. I use this car for the Great Race and these additions greatly improved the handling. The sway bar requires heat treating and can be built by most spring shops. I fabricated my own brackets that attach the sway bar and shocks to the front of the torque arms where the jack mount previously bolted. If interested, I can send you some pictures and dimensions of the installation.

G'day sierrafrog,
See although you've been a PackardInfo member for some time, first posts, so

And I invite you to include your '36 120B in the Packard Owner's Registry here on PackardInfo!

Sierrafrog

check your PM's

For a brief time, I had a 30 Model A Ford. The steering was not a precise as I would like, so I put a shock absorber bar on the front, similar to the one on the rear of a 39 junior car. It was made by an older gentleman living in San Luis Obispo CA. I wonder if something similar would work on my 391 120? I'll see if I can shot a photo of it; the guy I sold the car to lives close by.

Model A's have a solid beam front axle, so I'm pretty sure that technique will not be feasible on a IFS vehicle.

Cheers,
Tom

A common steering fix on solid front axle vehicles is to install a small shock absorber. One end is fastened to the steering linkage and another to a frame rail or cross member. The shock absorber reduces the amount of road shock coming back through the steering system and into the steering wheel, but still allows normal steering function. Maybe this what David did to his Model A.

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