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Old 08-23-2013, 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by RodKnock View Post
...He bought Kirkham rollers to take off the suspension, brakes, etc. in order to convert them into CSX's. That makes total sense, especially when you consider his company already buys Kirkham bodies and chassis' from Kirkham...
The cars were delivered as complete rollers with original, tubular suspensions, Girling brakes, and original parts. Carroll wanted them to original specification. The cars were sold directly to Carroll. We still make cars like that today.

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Originally Posted by bret a ewing View Post
Carroll may have wanted to compare Kirkham's billet suspension with his own.
At one time Shelby (or it may have been Venture) drew our entire billet suspension in CAD. I saw the drawings. However, by the time they had it all drawn, we had made at least five major revisions to the suspension. We still revise our suspensions even now. For example, yesterday we improved our rotor hats. We are constantly improving.

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Originally Posted by RodKnock View Post
That's possible too, but then, why wouldn't he just visit the Kirkham's shop, as he had in the past. They have several there that they could have put on a lift or taken to Miller Motorsports Park. Or alternatively, buy just one, or maybe even just borrow one. The Kirkham's are a pretty customer service-driven business and they likely would have done virtually anything for The Legend.
Carroll was

Thank you for your kind words

David
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