[Steve Cassani]

At least two manufacturers make available a replica of the 289 roadster, using the transverse leafspring suspension. I've spoken with techs at four alignment shops in Billings; none has any idea how to alingn a car that has no upper a-arm, front and rear. I mention shimming one or more leaves and they just shake their heads.

Those of you who have a street 289 roadster or the FIA varient with a period-correct suspension, where do you take the car to maintain the alignment? Does a sort of motorsport competition call for cars with a suspension sufficiently similar to the transverse leaf approach to sustain the needed skills? Surely there are not enough replicas in an area to assure someone on the staff knows how to align an early fifties design.

How do you guys solve this problem?