02-11-2023, 12:11 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-11-2023, 12:20 PM by David Stepney.)
If memory serves me correctly, the rear axle was solid, so the axle was braked from one side and driven from the other. Leslie Houndsfield tried hard to make the design as simple as is could possibly be to make a car simple reliable and practical.
It also had enormous cantilever springs front and rear. Mine had pneumatic tyres, so I don't know what one would have been like on solids, but the suspension was certainly on the soft side.
The other thing I remember was that the forked con rods were not articulated, thus they flexed om each revolution of the engine. They didn't seem to mind, though. The engine was bomb proof.
It also had enormous cantilever springs front and rear. Mine had pneumatic tyres, so I don't know what one would have been like on solids, but the suspension was certainly on the soft side.
The other thing I remember was that the forked con rods were not articulated, thus they flexed om each revolution of the engine. They didn't seem to mind, though. The engine was bomb proof.