Thread: what struts for a rail car streetrod?

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i have just bought a 1933 american austin. it is a tiny car that a hot rod shop had started rodding. the front is only about 28" wide at the chassis. the car has a tubular chassis with a roll cage in it. the front is tubular and it was made supposedly for a Strange Engineering strut system, however strange tells me that their aluminum struts will not hold up on the street.
does anyone know of a strut/spindle/brake setup that can be welded to fit a tube frame?
morrison has one but it costs $2100 and i was hoping to get by a little cheaper.
any ideas on struts or even on any kind of system.
i could e mail pics

thanks

kevin

I guess it all depends on what you want as a final product. You could go with a straight axle kit from Speedway Motors and have the gasser look to it. Lots of eyeball, but a little iffy in the turns at speed. You could graft a MII crossmember in and buy some of the nice tubular upper and lower arms if you wanted good handling, r&p steering and 11" brakes for the street. One of the members on here said at on time he grafted a Fiero front end onto a street rod, so you may want to look at one of those before you decide what to do. Grab a copy of Street Rodder from the newstand and look through the suppliers.

thanks for the comments. i wish i could post a picture so you could see what it looks like.(tell me how if possible).
a mustang II front end just wouldnt look right although the tubular arms may work. i have really looked throught street rodder and have build a car with a mustang II before.
maybe i could just use tubular arms without the mustang II front end. chris alston has some that may work.

The geometry is all built into the crossmember. That's what makes it work so well on most any car.