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Offline retroboy

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Strut suspensions
« on: January 03, 2018, 08:17:36 PM »
Howdy.
I've seen 33 Willies coupes with strut front suspensions. When did Struts first appear in race cars?
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Re: Strut suspensions
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2018, 05:07:14 PM »
happy new year

strut frt suspension has been used at least from the early 70's mostly Datsun/Nissan

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Re: Strut suspensions
« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2018, 04:29:16 PM »
Can anyone be more specific as I'm from the great white north and  the answer was given from memory . Who was the first to use struts in drag racing?

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Re: Strut suspensions
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2018, 01:18:44 AM »
I asked because I was interested in buying a car here (Australia) that was home built in around 1974 and remains essentially unchanged which has had strut suspension since day one.