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"Heinz 57 Suspension

Fred fusion
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I decided after the MOT in July to change all the front suspension, 18 years old & rusty although it did pass the MOT with no advisories.

Having done the back end before July with all new parts, & fixing all past advisories from the past MOT's, the front end is now certainly a massive improvement, in terms of ride & handling.

It was grim & quite shocking to find, most of the past work on this car was from main stream garages, it was a "Heinz 57" of parts, the front calipers had odd numbers, none of the joints had any resistance, no wonder the ride was slacking in firmness.IMG_20240903_145514.thumb.jpg.a87192cdc2ff9c0b797a4cc2d05231b9.jpgIMG_20240903_145531.thumb.jpg.2803ef740868e3b3ce47de62e6738401.jpgIMG_20240903_145450.thumb.jpg.10c205202ca76edf575644d2ac57cf91.jpgIMG_20240903_145504.thumb.jpg.1aeb721fa08c2847da81f71f36f99bcf.jpgIMG_20240903_114336.thumb.jpg.b44c257130de0a544f3a636bc01f91a7.jpgIMG_20240903_114348.thumb.jpg.c522fb195067df23d484cc7faf03015a.jpg

Only thing left is the hand brake cables, certainly not urgent & a quick fix to change.

I've got the short cables from the drums, "ford parts", I'll look at what's best to fit hopefully a ford or a good quality copy part.

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