03-03-2018, 10:55 AM
Perhaps the archive could answer this one,if original chassis drawings are held.
I don't think it's any kind of carbon steel otherwise it wouldn't be possible to weld them.
Henry ford's secret was vanadium,(As in chrome vanadium sockets)It is probably a alloy steel containing this.
One of the reasons our little cars survived so long was due to the quality of the materials used,ie the chassis nose forging which performs a dozen jobs.(As illustrated and described in in The immortal Austin Seven book)
I don't think it's any kind of carbon steel otherwise it wouldn't be possible to weld them.
Henry ford's secret was vanadium,(As in chrome vanadium sockets)It is probably a alloy steel containing this.
One of the reasons our little cars survived so long was due to the quality of the materials used,ie the chassis nose forging which performs a dozen jobs.(As illustrated and described in in The immortal Austin Seven book)