Custom Chassis?

[KTMLew]

Who remembers the Custom Chassis car that was on display at Pensboro back-in-the-day. Had wishbone links, open tube sprint car rear axle and was REALLY trick for that era? Anyone know who the builders were?

Man I miss when you were allowed to look at the cars to see the differences. Now that'll get you assaulted.

Was also a car with fiberglass torque arm and I think an in/out box/trans deal that moved the quick change gears to back of trans. Guys were trying everything.

[KTMLew]

Freddie drove some of their cars.

[KTMLew]

I seem to remember the car I'm thinking of was basically a sprint car with A-frame front suspension and a full body?

[KTMLew]

Apparently Bert has a trans with QC gears.

http://www.2040-parts.com/_content/items/images/20/244620/004.jpg

[ZERO25]

Freddie drove some of their cars.

Cool pic.......looks like history has repeated itself, again!!!

[KTMLew]

Cool pic.......looks like history has repeated itself, again!!!

This site has all the gremlins of vBulletin. I can't figure out how to add an image that doesn't end up as a link. After some thought, believe i asked this Custom Chassis question here before. Nobody seems to know who built those cars.

[fastford]

I still have a doug nash 2 speed with a quick change unit on the back of it ,

[Boomer2]

Frank McLendon was the builder/designer of Custom Chassis and they were located in Columbus, Georgia. Frank was a true Innovator when it came to racecars. He was always thinking of ways to make his cars faster. There was a big article in I believe it was Stock Car Racing Magazine on his 5th Coil Design, the Torque Arm. He had some cars with a solid bar type torque bar, fiberglass torque bars and even a solid pull link attached to an adjustable shock/spring setup. Some of the cars had the Open Tube Rearend's like the Sprint Cars run.

[KTMLew]

Frank McLendon was the builder/designer of Custom Chassis and they were located in Columbus, Georgia. Frank was a true Innovator when it came to racecars. He was always thinking of ways to make his cars faster. There was a big article in I believe it was Stock Car Racing Magazine on his 5th Coil Design, the Torque Arm. He had some cars with a solid bar type torque bar, fiberglass torque bars and even a solid pull link attached to an adjustable shock/spring setup. Some of the cars had the Open Tube Rearend's like the Sprint Cars run.

OK. I'd heard that name before. Only time I was near one of his cars was at early 80's Pennsboro. Things were changing REALLY fast back then.

[Punisher88]

Boomer beat me to it.

[Jim11h]

I've seen a bert with overdrive before

[KTMLew]

I've seen a bert with overdrive before

I'm thinking the one I saw had the original little mini-clutch with the tapered cone and a dog on other end? The "trans" was a in/out box with QC gear section on it.

What was that clutch called? They still make them? Was barely bigger than dia of crank flange.

[Raceready]

I'm thinking the one I saw had the original little mini-clutch with the tapered cone and a dog on other end? The "trans" was a in/out box with QC gear section on it.What was that clutch called? They still make them? Was barely bigger than dia of crank flange.

Had it been a Brinn ?

[KTMLew]

Had it been a Brinn ?

Clutch was NOT in the transmission. Well? We talking about something I looked at 40ish years ago. My old brian says it was a MRE built "trans". Something like Midwest Racing Enterprise? Think they had a chassis with 5th coil laying down and a linkage?

Little surprised can't find pictures of this stuff.

[Boomer2]

The 5th Coil was the Shock and Spring on the Torque Arm.The Shock and Spring that was laying down was the Rear Cantilever Cars. The Cantilever hooked under the axle tube onto a bearing/bracket assembly similar to the brackets used for 4-Bars today. The top solid link went forward and the cantilever, which was a triangular shaped assembly went towards the rear of the car. The cantilever was mounted on a pivot point at the rear and the top of the triangular shaped cantilever is where the Shock/Spring assembly was attached. The other end of the Shock/Spring was attached to the Frame Rail near the Rear Bumper. The Shocks and Springs ran parallel to the Frame Rails.