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So Morgan's do have wooden chassis afterall. All those experts who come up to my car & tell me that have been right all along 
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I get mine made and are fully adjustable
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Has anyone developed a Watt's Linkage for the Morgan? The Holden V8 racing cars in Australia used to have a live axle with a Watt's Linkage.
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Watt's a watt's linkage  ??
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To quote Wikipedia
Watt's linkage (also known as the parallel linkage) is a type of mechanical linkage invented by James Watt (19 January 1736 – 25 August 1819) in which the central moving point of the linkage is constrained to travel on an approximation to a straight line. It was described in Watt's patent specification of 1784 for the Watt steam engine. It is also used in automobile suspensions, allowing the axle of a vehicle to travel vertically while preventing sideways motion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watt's_linkage
Must be true I guess
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Thanks John - I could not resist the question!
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The advantage of a Watts linkage over a Panhard rod is the former keeps the axle movement in pretty much a straight line up and down, whereas a Panhard rod allows the axle to describe an arc, ie a curved path.
To my mind, the path described by the axle is only really an issue when the allowable suspension movement is great, ie an off road or rally car but you pay the penalty of carrying more weight and of increased maintenance as there are twice as many joints.
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Beamish Morgan describes the A-frame alternative. Harald
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It's an expensive alternative, even if you can persuade them to make and fit one.
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If you want a Watts linkage , Scimitar cars used to have this arrangement , they also used Salisbury axles with a special cast cover to accommodate the pivot point not sure if it will be straight swap for the Morgan tin diff cover tho'
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