Subk Crossmember

[Guest FIRSTBUILD]

Hi I have received a reply from RHE about what I thought was a missing crossmember(in front of the rad) they say mine is a later chassis and has more extra upright supports on the sides. I was wondering if any Sub k builders have counted how manyside supports they have ?

Some of you kindly sent pictures of cars that were collected after mine and they have all three front crossmembers----------- can I have a newer chassis than you ????????? when you collected yours three months after me.

Still concerned but still building !!

Steve Hall

[Guest Lindsay]

Hi Steve

 

Hope this attachment helps

 

Lindsay

[Guest Lindsay]

Sorry about the quality

 

Regards Lindsay

[Big Jim]

you've no problem, get on with the build.

[Guest Guy]

Mine is exactly the same as Lindsays. I got my kit in Feb 2003 as well

[Les Welsher]

Steve,

RH are correct, yours is a later chassis to the original design where your top suspension front tube goes down to the bottom chassis tube instead of across the top chassis tubes as on the original (extra upright supports on the sides)

But there is a later chassis design (Feb 03) than yours which has the extra upright supports on the sides like yours and also a bracing tube (your missing bit) between the top side tubes where the top front suspension tube bends downwards.

See attached picture of the three types

 

Hope this helps

 

Les

[Guest Guy]

It begs the question, why did they fit the extra tube back in on the third design if it was okay without it on the second?

[Les Welsher]

Guy,

exactly what I was thinking.

Why would RH spend extra time and money to fit something that was not needed.

 

Steve, if I were you, I would fit a brace between the top tubes to strengthen the chassis then you have something to secure the radiator to also.

 

Les