55 Olds 88 / front suspension
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#7
Thanks for your reply, I am still doing research having been in the body repair business and related fields for 50 plus years. I am going to see if I can use components from other vehicles to solve the issue. I just don't like the King pin setup. the 55 I just bought was at one time a high end custom car that the last owner left out to the elements and I want to restore and upgrade it. The main reason for the car is that my dad worked for Olds in that era and I was trained by Fisher Body Division in 1965 so I want to do the 55 as a keeper. I will start on the 55 as soon as I finish the 1930 Model A Sport Coupe I'm currently working on.
#9
Olds really drug their feet going to ball joint suspension. Short of clipping the front end, I don't know what else you would do. For normal driving, the old king pin front end does okay. I think the 55 has tube shocks. My 54 still has the old knee action shocks.
#10
I am going to pull it down and see if I can design what I need, my son in law is an engineer and I have a brother who is a machinist and my baby brother is a welder who works in a fab shop and they build some hot rod parts. I am looking at using S10 spindles and designing from there. Planning on using 2014 Camaro steel wheels. I will keep the thread going on my progress if I can come up with something.
#11
I stumbled across this, pretty good read:
http://www.crankshaftcoalition.com/w...ension_upgrade
http://www.crankshaftcoalition.com/w...ension_upgrade
#12
I stumbled across this, pretty good read:
http://www.crankshaftcoalition.com/w...ension_upgrade
http://www.crankshaftcoalition.com/w...ension_upgrade
#14
I talked to a friend today and he told me that he had rebuilt the front end on the Olds that I just purchased. He said that it was about 3 years ago and I know that the car was driven very little in the last 2 years so I am going to wait on the susp upgrade. I am just upgrading the braking system to power booster and disc brakes.
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