02-12-2017, 09:57 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-12-2017, 10:05 PM by Steve Jones.)
(02-12-2017, 07:29 PM)Ruairidh Dunford Wrote: Erich,
Each car varies slightly - Steve will measure it, to the nearest thou., if necessary
Oh Ruairidh, you're a tease. I'm back tonight from a long day out that involved 300 miles driving so, when I read this, I thought 'I'll look tomorrow'! But, you know how it is and in the end I've been out into the garage with my tape measure. Backs are easy. Ulster is 40.5" centre tyre to centre tyre. Chummy and SWB Saloon both are exactly the same. However, the Ulster and Chummy rear axles are ones that I've narrowed so, given that they match the Saloon that is correct and original, that, perhaps, indicates that I got my narrowing right
. Front is rather more difficult because of the positive camber. Centre tyre to centre tyre at the horizontal centre line across the front is, again, 40.5" on all three cars. The Ulster is the only one with a dropped axle so that seems to indicate it's been stretched - that or it's an original dropped axle and, therefore, worth more than I thought it was 
. This changes by about minus 0.75" on all three at the bottom - it's difficult to measure accurately as it's a bit too dark to see properly. Can't measure the top (but would hope it's plus 0.75" 
) as that would involve taking all three engines out and it's too late and I'm too tired to do that!Steve