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Originally Posted by Frank Lee
I've been obsessing over tall T's and the like lately and thinking about buggy sprung suspensions. Independent suspensions were developed when roads were terrible and feedback from ruts and bumps from one side of the car to the other was quite detrimental for comfort and control.
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I think it was the other way around. Ford's traverse leaf spring was paired with a wishbone, so the car was suspended at two points on the centerline which allowed large excursions at the wheel. As roads improved the car owners went to split wishbones to allow lowering, and eventually 4-bars, which reduced changes in caster. Eventually the twin I-beam, which reduced changes in camber.
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Originally Posted by oldtamiyaphile
There's no practical way to have a live axle on a front wheel drive either
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DeDion axle. FYI The early 50s Dodge Routevan had a DeDion rear axle (for low loading height) in truck sized parts.
