Happy new year all.
Has anyone swapped out their original 1/2” lower front suspension braces for home-made 3/4” versions? Am talking about the trailing arms that connect the rear bolt of the lower cross frame lug to to chassis side rail, about 15” long 1/2” steel tube with both ends squeezed flat.
I believe both Fred Sisson and Gary Bell (aka Cuthbert Twillie) described doing this upgrade. One of them referred to a friend who did this and said he had a whole pile of old ones, called it Malvern spaghetti.
I was wondering if anyone had done it and what steel tubing they used? Am replacing my cross frame and is the ideal time to do it, if worth it. My lower braces do look a bit haggard. I can clean them up, repaint, but thicker stuff might make for a stronger front end. So maybe I can then take it off road, go 4-wheeling, hit crazy bumps and such. Just kidding, only thinking safety.
Cheers,
Nelson ‘66 plus 4.
