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Old 05-13-2004, 07:14 AM
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Robert,

It might be noted the ARNTZ cars are setup for Chevy small blocks and Doug Nash tansmissions, however in the early 80’s there were a few 454 Chevy big-blocks installed before the company was sold. The chassis was 3”x4” tube parallel ladder design, w/ perimeter rails of 4”x1 ½” and the X-bracing is laid out to utilize the location for a Doug Nash transmission or any of a number of GM Automatics.
The brakes are Jaguar that have modifications by Huffaker Engineering the supplier of rotors and remanufactured calipers.
The steering is from an MGB as is the items of the front suspension, with re-valved Koni shocks. The rear suspension was taken from a XKE Jaguar in the normal 3.53:1 ratio.

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