Started the front suspension conversion – always wanted to move away from trunnions and the Triumph vertical link – so in for a penny – got lucky on ebay and won a complete Westfield/Locost front and rear suspension setup – although a little rusty had all new bearings and ball joints etc – only problem being is that the bottom front shock mount is smaller on the Locost and I did not appreciate that there was a narrow and wide track setups. As it’s happened the increase in track matches the modifications to the rear
Anyway a small fabrication job on the shock mount soon sorted that one out.
Could have gone down the route of using Cortina uprights as these are very similar to Triumph – but local scrap yards are full of Sierra parts – this gives me access to a whole range of motor sport components
So with the bottom arms the distance between bushes is almost identical to the original pickup points – however I decided to weld the pickup points rather than using the standard brackets.
Due to the top arms being wide than the turrets – but just wide enough to fit outside the upright rather than chopping the arms then bending and putting smaller end bushes decided to fabricate pickups externally – just need to complete now with some minor strengthening webs etc
