[QUOTE=mooneye777]
Quote Originally Posted by maddddog
I am building the frame for my 38 Fiat Topolino.
I have looked at pictures, read tech stuff, looked for pictures I saw once but cant find now etc, etc.

What kind of power are you going to be throwing at this Topolino? And what is the endgoal as to where you want it to work best, like street, strip, or both?
Slightly built 454. Maybe it will make a pass down a drag strip but I doubt it. Its for friday nights and full moons only.

It will be just a cruiser with a ridiculous engine and looks. Just for fun.

As I slowly move forward I am getting pretty comfortable with a triangulated 4 bar. I have been messing around with the mock-up and I think I can make that work the best. Not exactly sure how to establish the 8 points of contact on the 4 bars, but I am getting closer with my understanding of what does what. At this point the lower bars are 18" center of pivot to center of pivot. The upper triangulated bars will be maybe a little shorter 16 or 17". That seems to fit in the room I have but final attachment points have not been established in my mind. So, in the absense of knowing exactly what to do, I am just making all the bar components with the bars a little long, hoping I close in on the answer by the time they are ready to finish. That should be sometime tomorrow.
Do you have some suggestions? Love to hear anything you have to say.

Johny joints are cool. Thanks for that 383.