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MB60 Lotus Super Seven
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2016 9:12 pm
by nearlymint
Re: MB60 Lotus Super Seven
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2016 9:17 pm
by GHOSTHUNTER
Quite a substantial brace, can't imagine the body was prone to bending just there or the baseplate flexing a lot, so wonder why it exists?
Ghosthunter.
Re: MB60 Lotus Super Seven
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2016 9:23 pm
by nearlymint
GHOSTHUNTER wrote:Quite a substantial brace, can't imagine the body was prone to bending just there or the baseplate flexing a lot, so wonder why it exists?
Ghosthunter.
I think it maybe supports the axle strips or the base or both. J
Re: MB60 Lotus Super Seven
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2016 10:13 pm
by johnboy
Great info Jason, thanks for pointing this out, my one without the "Super" doesn't have this brace. I've got a handful of others all with it and it's very difficult to see but the brace sits behind the axle. It also seems that the baseplates are all very firm without actually resting on the brace. Are yours the same? At the moment I can't quite see what the brace is doing.
Re: MB60 Lotus Super Seven
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2016 5:19 pm
by nearlymint
johnboy wrote:Great info Jason, thanks for pointing this out, my one without the "Super" doesn't have this brace. I've got a handful of others all with it and it's very difficult to see but the brace sits behind the axle. It also seems that the baseplates are all very firm without actually resting on the brace. Are yours the same? At the moment I can't quite see what the brace is doing.
Maybe this area was weak in between the 2 cut outs so they added the brace, as you say it does not seem to go upto the base for support or the axle strip. I have noticed previous that the front wings are also a little thicker on the later models. Maybe they had a few issues in these thin areas.
J
Re: MB60 Lotus Super Seven
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2016 5:46 pm
by johnboy
nearlymint wrote:johnboy wrote:Great info Jason, thanks for pointing this out, my one without the "Super" doesn't have this brace. I've got a handful of others all with it and it's very difficult to see but the brace sits behind the axle. It also seems that the baseplates are all very firm without actually resting on the brace. Are yours the same? At the moment I can't quite see what the brace is doing.
Maybe this area was weak in between the 2 cut outs so they added the brace, as you say it does not seem to go upto the base for support or the axle strip. I have noticed previous that the front wings are also a little thicker on the later models. Maybe they had a few issues in these thin areas.
J
That sounds very plausible, perhaps when the brace was designed it was over-engineered a little.