Slant Six Roadster Build
Some small updates...
I'm currently making some friction shocks for the front. The bracket on the car will be bolted down with the headlights. On either side of the vertical piece will be 2 disks i'm going to cut out of 1/4" thick UHMW plastic, then over those will be 2 shock arms that extend toward the axle. A bolt with a valve spring and lock nut will secure it all together. The spring helps keep tension on the friction disks as they wear down. The plastic has less friction than other options used (wood, rubber, leather, clutch disk material) but this allows for a smoother movement of the shock.
I'm going to weld on a tab to the spring shackle and the shock arm will attach with a short link made out of a male and female threaded heim joint. To dress up the shocks arms I will probably add some speed holes and paint the inside of the holes green and the rest silver.
I found some 16x4 front wheels for the car and mounted some tires I already had. Looks pretty good, next set of tires i may go slightly smaller, these are 6.00-16.
I also found a neat set of motorcycle paniers for the rear tank for extra storage
Some small updates...
I'm currently making some friction shocks for the front. The bracket on the car will be bolted down with the headlights. On either side of the vertical piece will be 2 disks i'm going to cut out of 1/4" thick UHMW plastic, then over those will be 2 shock arms that extend toward the axle. A bolt with a valve spring and lock nut will secure it all together. The spring helps keep tension on the friction disks as they wear down. The plastic has less friction than other options used (wood, rubber, leather, clutch disk material) but this allows for a smoother movement of the shock.
I'm going to weld on a tab to the spring shackle and the shock arm will attach with a short link made out of a male and female threaded heim joint. To dress up the shocks arms I will probably add some speed holes and paint the inside of the holes green and the rest silver.
I found some 16x4 front wheels for the car and mounted some tires I already had. Looks pretty good, next set of tires i may go slightly smaller, these are 6.00-16.
I also found a neat set of motorcycle paniers for the rear tank for extra storage
