Plastic Balls in Bearings?

[Ian PParticipant @ianp]

I thought you were referring to the Elan suspension (Doughnuts are in the drive train and not part the suspension). I got my Elan (I still have it) in the 60s and had two acquaintances with Spitfires, one of whom manage to flip his first car over on two occassions (on the same bend on the same road!) and then flipped his replacement car, but in a different place!

Ian P

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

I think most early Lotuses were 'bitsas'; the Esprit used Opel Ascona/Manta front suspension although I'd hesitate to call one a glorified Cavalier

Neil

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Edited By Neil Wyatt on 28/02/2019 17:04:56

[duncan webster 1Participant @duncanwebster1]

Posted by Chris Trice on 27/02/2019 20:41:40:

…… together with a sudden loss of grip at the rear end as the axles swing under the car pivoting at the UJ at the differential. There is no slow transition. It tends to go from grip to no grip very quickly.

[duncan webster 1Participant @duncanwebster1]

Brings back memories of a certain not very popular teacher who had a Triumph Spitfire. Provided he had parked out of sight of the staff room we would lift the back end up and watch the wheels tuck in. Two or three big strong lads could easily lift the back end off the ground.

[John McNamaraParticipant @johnmcnamara74883]

When I was a lad one popular sport was carrying a small parked car up a set of steps and leaving it high and dry on a landing. Hmmm…….

Regards
John

[John McNamaraParticipant @johnmcnamara74883]

The double post bug got me…

Edited By John McNamara on 01/03/2019 06:11:34

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