Guess what this is....

[70rs]

Originally Posted by 03fridge

Mazda

Not a Mazda. Was Mazda making cars in 1955? Or even in business as a company?

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by 70rs

Not a Mazda. Was Mazda making cars in 1955? Or even in business as a company?

Since 1910


Vehicles since 1931


They were makers of the first "autorickshaw".... and it was sold by.... Mitsubishi. Weird huh?

[GregWeld]

WAIT!!! I've seen that before!!!


Todds new A arms... to match his frame??

[70rs]

Ok I guess it's time to tell.

It's a upper control arm from a 1955 S series Rolls Royce.

While on tour at AME Craig showed this project to me. I guess it was to be used as a limmo with a big block chevy back east somewhere. The frame rails are rotted through in several places and even beginning to buckle over the rear end. AME was contacted to make a new "bolt on" chassis.
The crew at AME can build pretty much anything you need. This and a few other projects we talked about proves it.

[skatinjay27]

damn i was sure it was a prius

[70rs]

Originally Posted by skatinjay27

damn i was sure it was a prius

Lol! The front suspension alone on that thing probably wieghs more than a complete smart car.

[takid455]

I was going to say rolls or bentley after the 2nd page.

You could have said the socket that fits the bolts are are 9.5/16 and I would have went right to those makes.

BS/ whitworth (sp?) is an interesting system.

[70rs]

Originally Posted by takid455

I was going to say rolls or bentley after the 2nd page.

You could have said the socket that fits the bolts are are 9.5/16 and I would have went right to those makes.

BS/ whitworth (sp?) is an interesting system.

Sorry, I didn't have my metric wrench set on hand at the time.......

I had never seen anything like that before. Can you imagine the man hours/labor it takes to assemble a chassis that way?

[CraigMorrison]

It was great seeing what some of the guesses were. I'll have to get some pics of the rear suspension -the one-sided sway bar is a bit of a head scratcher.