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freebeard · 06-20-2021, 04:14 AM

I came back with a guess, but now that I look at that DeDion rear axle, it's a Rover 2000.

I saw a DeDion axle under the back of a 1951 Dodge Route Van in a wrecking yard. Truck axles. They used it for the low floor height in inside.

edit: down the rabbit hole. According to www.metaphorsinmotion.com...Automotive-Illustrations-from-the-50-s-and-60-s-Part-Two your illustration appeared in Sports Car Graphic December 1963.

And here's a De Dion on one of my favorite race cars:

https://www.f1technical.net/forum/vi...16395&start=64

At least I'm pretty sure; drum brakes and kompressor over the transaxle.

06-20-2021, 04:14 AM	#18 (permalink)
freebeard Master EcoModder Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: northwest of normal Posts: 29,071 Thanks: 8,253 Thanked 9,013 Times in 7,447 Posts	I came back with a guess, but now that I look at that DeDion rear axle, it's a Rover 2000. I saw a DeDion axle under the back of a 1951 Dodge Route Van in a wrecking yard. Truck axles. They used it for the low floor height in inside. edit: down the rabbit hole. According to www.metaphorsinmotion.com...Automotive-Illustrations-from-the-50-s-and-60-s-Part-Two your illustration appeared in Sports Car Graphic December 1963. And here's a De Dion on one of my favorite race cars: https://www.f1technical.net/forum/vi...16395&start=64 At least I'm pretty sure; drum brakes and kompressor over the transaxle. __________________ . .Without freedom of speech we wouldn't know who all the idiots are. -- anonymous poster ____________________ . .What the headline giveth, the last paragraph taketh away. -- Scott Ott Last edited by freebeard; 06-20-2021 at 04:49 AM..