Panhard Bar "Do It Yourself"

Roger, I prefer to make my own, but where can you find them sold? Its always worth checking them out for ideas?
 
I bought a set from Snyder's. The rear is really sturdy. The mount on the frame for the front flexes quite easily so I only have the rear on for now.
 
Tom Walker said:
Ouch I can see I did nt quite get that rights!. And I know I should nt be here with a V8 in my avatar thing, but the FB has given me so much great stuff in the last 2 years, When I thought we had come up with something genuinely useful, I was quite excited to get it out there.
Its probably not new or acceptable to those with totally original cars, but hopefully someone may be able to use it
Cheers Tom.
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Wow! I am very impressed with the engineering! The Model A's transverse spring and hangers act just like my late great aunt's "Lawn Glider" that we used to get swinging way beyond its design capacity when we were kids. Your design must completely eliminate the side to side sway I have always experienced in As and Ts when turning on bumpy roads! I would purchase one and install it if it was available in a heart beat!
 
Well Paul, it couldn't be easier to make. Do you have a local steel fabricators to weld up the bracket and the balls? I could price the whole thing in £s but you can get hold of the parts much cheaper than me.
 
For those that followed the front end, Mark has now worked out a neat way to do the rear, and the result is quite amazing in terms of the car now tracking like an arrow....really worth doing. here are the pics.

Again using all Model A track rod parts.
 

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I like the idea,but don't want to drill holes in the axle,I wonder if some sort of clamp could be fabricated.
 
Rocket, there are no holes drilled in rear axle, just in cross member. Do you mean front axle? It would be possible to make some kind of bracket, just couldn't see how to do it and make it look as invisible as possible, which was one of the main criteria.
 
Thanks Tom. Nice job. A lot of people do not think a buggy spring car can handle although they sure could in the early dirt track days. Glad it worked out.

John
 
FWIW on Model A swaying:

After witnessing complete failure of a few of the so called "re-built" Model A shocks offered today which were tested with the K. R. Wilson Tool method, (recommended in Ford's February 1931 Service Bulletin), it appears obvious if one has maladjusted shocks with totally reverse shocking action, swaying & bouncing a heavy engine unevenly can have an adverse effect on how the engine's weight is thrown around on a non-level highway.
 
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