air baged front axle setup

was wondering if any one has seen or built a good air bagged beam or tube axle front end
thanks

 

I haven't done it, but it has been the rage in heavy duty trucks for the past few years. If I was going to do it on a rod, I'd look into the split tube axle that out there now. Looks like the old Ford twin I beam, only better. I'm just not sure I could do it on a rod.

 

I've seen one somewhere, the bags were attached to the split wishbones behind the spring...

 

search for dodge rodder's rpu build.

 

Doesnt seem like it would be hard.

You could use spliot wishbone or front 4 link setup, and have some airbag perhes made to go on top of the axle. If you wantedto keep the bags out of view, you could mount them under the grille(im assuming its fenderless??) or mount the bags to the inside of the frame.

 

Cenn Penn speed shop sells a kit to do it.

The trick is to hide the bags so you don't see them.
Clark

 

Here it is...

http://www.cenpen.com/traditionalair.htm

It is actually a spring over set up. You could easily adapt to hairpins and a spring behind set up.
http://www.cenpen.com/traditionalairorder.htm

 

The original:



Bags are helper-style, inside the chromed coils.