Vintage rear sway bar??

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parentevan
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Vintage rear sway bar??

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I’ve just seen this set up on a 1963. Looks very old and attached to the radius arms like it is a factory setup. Does anybody recognize this setup?

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Re: Vintage rear sway bar??

Post by Oneball »

I don’t think you’ve linked to the right pics that’s just a standard Austin 1100
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That explains it. Someone has adapted it into this mini. Rear wheel offset is huge.
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I didn’t actually notice it was in a Mini!!
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Re: Vintage rear sway bar??

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Hey, but good eye! I’m not really well versed in the Austin design differences. Now that I looked up a 1100 rear subframe, it seems obvious now.
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