ERA Prototype Jupiter Details

[PJGD]

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werks_prototype (that's his internet "handle") has located and posted on his imageshack site [above] and also on the Cutaways thread on the TNF site these two illustrations of the ERA chassis that subsequently became the Jupiter. I don't recall if I have seen these drawings before or not. The illustrator presumably had access to the chassis at the ERA works, and as one would expect, the running gear is of 1949 vintage. There are a few subtle differences between this chassis and the production Jupiter, and a couple of major ones such as the lack of the Forth Bridge structure over the rear axle and the inclusion of the anti-roll bar attached to the upper links of the rear suspension. Supposedly and anti-roll bar was fitted on the front axle too, but it does not show up here as far as I can see (although there is something strange sitting on the front L/H lower suspension arm).

Philip

[Keith Clements]

Now see ERA