Yes, because I've just noticed that the gearshift on this car is the same as the one I have now (ex Tom R. Allora). I thought it was a one off, but obviously not.Originally Posted by john
I once had a chat with the first owner of Tom's Allora, and he described it as a 'Litton'.
Paul's car is unquestionably a Litton & quite an early one at that.
The gear linkage you describe is a Litton part for sure, I remember boxes of those laser parts in the Litton workshop back in the late '80's, the yellow demonstrator car was fitted with the same set up.
I remember working on an Allora in the Litton workshop but that was a Yellow car. It had Lada top front wishbones that were interfering with the Compomotive split rim wheels.
"You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead"
Stan Laurel
The front shock top mount is welded on. Steve Greenwood gave me a couple of 'temporary front springs' with 2.25" ID but unmatched rates (300 and 350lbs) and promised to send me the correct 200lb springs later. These did eventually arrive but I didn't fit them for years and recently I realised they were 2.5" ID.
I will measure the Leda shocks as I don't appear to have the specification in my paperwork. I would have liked them to be 10mm shorter.
With the correct springs fitted the track rod arms almost touch the top link at full droop plus full lock but they do miss by 3mm. I have to be careful with steering rack gaiters as the previous version I used did get caught in the gap when testing in the workshop on axle stands! If this proves to be an issue I will consider limiting the steering lock, move the top mount up or a shorter shock. Anyone had any issues with front shock length?
The gear change was I believe a Steve Greenwood creation. For some reason I designed my own gear change solution in the car but I liked Steve's gearbox solution.
Last edited by Paul Eustace; 16-10-2015 at 18:08.
Yes Paul. Many issues with Corse front shock lengths and suspension travel. Everyone seems to have ended up with something different over time.
Always useful to compare notes!
I specced a front coil over with a 16" open length & 100mm of travel on a Corse "S" chassis I built up, the tyre diameter was 605mm this will be slightly larger than your wheel tyre combination, it may be that you simply run with less ground clearance.
"You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead"
Stan Laurel
My Leda shocks are approximately 410mm open length and appear to have 125mm of travel before the bump stop comes into play.
Last edited by Paul Eustace; 16-10-2015 at 18:03.
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