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A wishbone curiosity

Post by 1925 Touring » Wed Jan 21, 2026 8:57 pm

As I tear my 22 touring apart and subsequently rebuild it, I came across something that I found a little surprising with the wishbone. I replaced the nuts with the proper countersunk nuts after I found the ones that came off the car were the wrong ones. With new spring perches, I put the front axle together and upon installing the proper nuts I found they did not thread down all the way to let the cotter pin through. I took off the wishbone and looked underneath and saw that it is not countersunk! I found that interesting since it's an under axle Wishbone, to my knowledge. I have the proper countersunk Wishbone on now, but I'm wondering has anybody else ran across this?
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Re: A wishbone curiosity

Post by Scott_Conger » Wed Jan 21, 2026 9:00 pm

That wishbone that takes normal nuts is the very first version of "under-the-axle-wishbone". If you own a '22 then it migrated there from an earlier car some time in the past.
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Re: A wishbone curiosity

Post by Dan Hatch » Wed Jan 21, 2026 9:42 pm

What makes you think it is a 22?

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Re: A wishbone curiosity

Post by 1925 Touring » Wed Jan 21, 2026 10:02 pm

Scott_Conger wrote:
Wed Jan 21, 2026 9:00 pm
That wishbone that takes normal nuts is the very first version of "under-the-axle-wishbone". If you own a '22 then it migrated there from an earlier car some time in the past.
Thanks Scott! That's the answer I was looking for. I already have a tapered wishbone on and I will save this and not modify it.
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Wed Jan 21, 2026 9:42 pm
What makes you think it is a 22?
That's what the car is titled as. That's the year the engine was that I pulled out 2 yeqrs ago and the year of the engine I am using in the meantime. Franlky it's just what I call it. It's got things that elude that it's an earlier car. I know that it's probably a mix of cars with what I've determined is likely a cobbled together T with a homemade body and whatever parts fit.
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