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Originally Posted by Frank Lee
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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Model T Fords used a traverse leaf spring with a wishbone to allow large excursions at the wheel. As roads improved, owners split the wishbone to allow lowering, then 4-bars to reduce caster changes. Later Ford used a twin I-beam axle to reduce camber changes.
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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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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Dion_tube
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/millers-at-milwaukee.278788/page-2