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#546410 - 02/08/09 12:41 PM Anyone interested in DIY front-end alignment?
DrEntropy Offline
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Registered: 09/15/05
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Loc: Elsinore, DK
I have a "Dunlop AG0/40 Optical Toe Alignment Gauge" gathering dust. Better part of $900.00 to get the same setup new. I'd consider selling mine for somewhat less. wink

Used this to set up FA/Formula Junior/FF geometry. Once in a while it got used for the Lotus cars, too. Along with a camber gauge.
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#546748 - 02/09/09 12:35 PM Re: Anyone interested in DIY front-end alignment? [Re: DrEntropy]
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This would be an ideal "club purchase" opportunity, kids. This rig can set up about anything with wheels.

<sales weasel mode=on>
Ten alignments and it's paid for itself!
<sales weasel mode=off>
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'78 Alfa Romeo Spider-current Daily: O=\*/=O
'84 300D Turbo:"Diesela"-SWMBO's Daily: OO|#|OO
'66 Alfa Romeo GT - Upscale Yard Art: Oo=\*/=oO
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#546893 - 02/09/09 07:44 PM Re: Anyone interested in DIY front-end alignment? [Re: DrEntropy]
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Yoda

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how about a pic?
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#546978 - 02/10/09 06:10 AM Re: Anyone interested in DIY front-end alignment? [Re: SilentUnicorn]
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I'm workin' on it.

Meanwhile, ummm, there's this 'google' thingie ya might try... smirk
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'78 Alfa Romeo Spider-current Daily: O=\*/=O
'84 300D Turbo:"Diesela"-SWMBO's Daily: OO|#|OO
'66 Alfa Romeo GT - Upscale Yard Art: Oo=\*/=oO
Hey! I LOVE my wife... She brings me KIPPERS!

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#546979 - 02/10/09 06:18 AM Re: Anyone interested in DIY front-end alignment? [Re: DrEntropy]
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google???

my dad used to call my sister "Oogle"

is that anything like that?



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#546981 - 02/10/09 06:22 AM Re: Anyone interested in DIY front-end alignment? [Re: SilentUnicorn]
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Must be close. devil
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'78 Alfa Romeo Spider-current Daily: O=\*/=O
'84 300D Turbo:"Diesela"-SWMBO's Daily: OO|#|OO
'66 Alfa Romeo GT - Upscale Yard Art: Oo=\*/=oO
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#546983 - 02/10/09 06:23 AM Re: Anyone interested in DIY front-end alignment? [Re: SilentUnicorn]
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is this it?

[img]http://www.pegasusautoracing.com/bigpicture.asp?RecID=835[/img]

oh well image tag dont work..


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Edited by SilentUnicorn (02/10/09 06:25 AM)
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#546985 - 02/10/09 06:26 AM Re: Anyone interested in DIY front-end alignment? [Re: SilentUnicorn]
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kinda funny, a quick Oogle and that is the only pic/seller i could find.
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#546986 - 02/10/09 06:28 AM Re: Anyone interested in DIY front-end alignment? [Re: SilentUnicorn]
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They're hen's teeth, Mark. Just happens I found a hen with great dentition a few years ago. laugh
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'64 MGB
'67 Lotus Elan S-3 DHC
'69 Lotus Elan +2
'78 Alfa Romeo Spider-current Daily: O=\*/=O
'84 300D Turbo:"Diesela"-SWMBO's Daily: OO|#|OO
'66 Alfa Romeo GT - Upscale Yard Art: Oo=\*/=oO
Hey! I LOVE my wife... She brings me KIPPERS!

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#546987 - 02/10/09 06:30 AM Re: Anyone interested in DIY front-end alignment? [Re: DrEntropy]
DrEntropy Offline
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What I ~should~ be doing with it is set up in a parking lot on a Sunday and do CHEAP ($20) front-end alignment checks!
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'67 Lotus Elan S-3 DHC
'69 Lotus Elan +2
'78 Alfa Romeo Spider-current Daily: O=\*/=O
'84 300D Turbo:"Diesela"-SWMBO's Daily: OO|#|OO
'66 Alfa Romeo GT - Upscale Yard Art: Oo=\*/=oO
Hey! I LOVE my wife... She brings me KIPPERS!

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#546988 - 02/10/09 06:31 AM Re: Anyone interested in DIY front-end alignment? [Re: DrEntropy]
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Originally Posted By: DrEntropy
They're hen's teeth, Mark. Just happens I found a hen with great dentition a few years ago. laugh


you mean it aligns teeth too? and for chickens? lol jester
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#546990 - 02/10/09 06:34 AM Re: Anyone interested in DIY front-end alignment? [Re: JPSmit]
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Our resident dentist coulda used this to put his TR into straight 'n level AT HOME.
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'64 MGB
'67 Lotus Elan S-3 DHC
'69 Lotus Elan +2
'78 Alfa Romeo Spider-current Daily: O=\*/=O
'84 300D Turbo:"Diesela"-SWMBO's Daily: OO|#|OO
'66 Alfa Romeo GT - Upscale Yard Art: Oo=\*/=oO
Hey! I LOVE my wife... She brings me KIPPERS!

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#546992 - 02/10/09 06:48 AM Re: Anyone interested in DIY front-end alignment? [Re: DrEntropy]
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ya know i was gonna say somtin about it being harder to find than snake feathers, but i kinda figured ya might wanna actually sell the thing...

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#547075 - 02/10/09 12:05 PM Re: Anyone interested in DIY front-end alignment? [Re: SilentUnicorn]
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Here's a "google of the rig".

Looks pretty neat. Maybe I can talk Tony at RATCO to acquire this for the Triumph club. laugh
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#547117 - 02/10/09 03:03 PM Re: Anyone interested in DIY front-end alignment? [Re: martx-5]
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It's slick, Art. Needs a nice level, flat floor to be really accurate but it works for Formula cars doin' some fairly high speed laps... for passenger type LBC's it's umm... nifty.
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'67 Lotus Elan S-3 DHC
'69 Lotus Elan +2
'78 Alfa Romeo Spider-current Daily: O=\*/=O
'84 300D Turbo:"Diesela"-SWMBO's Daily: OO|#|OO
'66 Alfa Romeo GT - Upscale Yard Art: Oo=\*/=oO
Hey! I LOVE my wife... She brings me KIPPERS!

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