One of the kits that went out for home fitting was to Norway. One of the well respected engineers who I had known a very long time so he was trusted. If anybody has followed the saga of Froya the Morgan which is a 60's Plus 4 that did the Peking Paris that gives Trond Brathen credibility as an engineer. After we laid down the basic chassis he built that car which belongs to his customer Bjorn Schage, who has a lovely wife that owns an early Roadster 4 seater. That was the car Trond converted to double wishbones probably 10 years ago. He had the car in his workshop last year to give the front a good looking at after 60 thousand miles. A lot of wear was expected so he was prepared to take it apart. Apart from the rubber inner bushes on the wishbones, it was all perfect. He had bushes in stock, just cleaned it and gave it some more paint.
As in the notes from Dave Rutherford the inner wishbone bushes are Lotus parts as used on the 70's Plus 2 models. Lotus dealers know how to charge so I got them direct from the manufacturer, company called Robush. They may not deal with small numbers from the public. No use asking them for Lotus bushes, they will want sizes. Which I cannot remember apart from the centre bore is 12.7mm (1/2"). Probably less hassle to pay a bit more through Lotus if needed. Try Allon White.
Top and bottom ball joints are a different matter. These were a headache. When Rob turned up at the workshop with a pile of bits and the instructions to 'sort it', that took a while. Alan Staniforth built lightweight. Top balljoints were probably Triumph herald/GT6. The bottom joints were Jaguar XJ6 bolted onto a welded block under a cut down stock upright. Those Jag joints are bombproof. Except they were mounted upside down, so all the load was on the pressed dust cover. Could not turn them around so had to find an alternative. Went to our friendly ball joint manufacturer called Amsteer. Known them years. They only make ball joints. Explained and they came up with a heavy duty joint used by TVR, so I asked for those but machined to use the Jaguar ball and pin as I had already made a batch of tapers.
Top joint is also Jaguar XJ6 based, but turned 90 degrees. Looks the same as standard Jag, but is not. Top has grease nipple so should never wear out. There were some top and bottom joints in stock which went with the spares to the new owners along with all the jigs.
