Classic Mopars were considered ahead of their time in many ways, thanks to superb engineering and a dedication by the Chrysler Corporation to building the best performance cars of the muscle car era.
Through the 1950s, all domestic trucks featured a ladder frame with leaf springs front and rear. These semi-elliptic springs arch below the framerails. The steering knuckles pivot on kingpins at each ...
Peterbilt Motors Co. on Wednesday, Oct. 29, began full-production of its new front air leaf suspension. The company says its proprietary front air leaf suspension — now available for customer order on ...
In 2025, BAIC Foton Motor Co., Ltd. announced that it has obtained a patent titled "Leaf Springs, Suspension Systems, and Vehicles," with authorization announcement number CN223407750U. The patent ...
Horsepower and torque are useless unless you can apply the energy to the ground in order to accelerate your muscle car. Traction becomes quite a challenge for those dealing with leaf-spring rear ...
We have gotten ahold of the man behind the “cantileafer” suspension on this week’s most interesting project, a custom Lexus LS400-Ford F100 mashup also known as the F-1UZ. But despite his machine’s ...
Leaf-spring suspensions have been around forever, and there are tweaks you can do to make one spring work differently than another. You can taper the ends, use smaller leaves, use overloads, make ...
at the 2008 Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Ky. Peterbilt's proprietary Front Air Leaf Suspension is a front suspension with an innovative design and high-performance components that delivers ...
A heads up to anybody aboard their Katoom of choice: It sounds like Kraftfahrzeug Trunkenpolz Mattighofen will soon be playing around with composite leaf spring suspension on her motocross offerings.
Independent front suspension...this is a 2012 model when front leaf springs were not a common sight...No company can dare to launch front leaf in a lifestyle segment ...
For the most part, every new, super-exclusive, track-friendly supercar comes with some sort of carbon fiber, pushrod rear suspension. It’s lightweight, it’s complex, and it’s on display under the rear ...
Jayco, Inc. (Jayco) is recalling certain 2017 North Point fifth wheel trailers. The leaf springs in the front and rear suspension of the vehicle do not provide adequate load support and may allow the ...