1934 Studebaker, at Forest Park with 1904 World’s Fair Pavilion in background. Structure still stands in 2020. The 'quadrapoise' was a type of independent front suspension. It used a transverse mounted leaf spring, lever type shocks, a lower control arm that ran under the leaf spring and an upper control arm that for all the world looks like the business end of a drive shaft. Could be this stunt worked because of the transverse leaf spring, or more likely a load of bricks was placed in the right rear of the trunk.
1934 Studebaker, at Forest Park with 1904 World’s Fair Pavilion in background. Structure still stands in 2020. The 'quadrapoise' was a type of independent front suspension. It used a transverse mounted leaf spring, lever type shocks, a lower control arm that ran under the leaf spring and an upper control arm that for all the world looks like the business end of a drive shaft. Could be this stunt worked because of the transverse leaf spring, or more likely a load of bricks was placed in the right rear of the trunk.
ReplyDeleteIt didn't even occur to me that they would cheat and use some weight to balance it out. Dang it, the got me. I kid you not
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