1954 Cadillac - GM Heritage Center
1954 Cadillac - GM Heritage Center
1954 Cadillac - GM Heritage Center
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INDIVIDUAL FRONT WHEEL SUSPENSION<br />
<strong>Cadillac</strong> individual coil spring front wheel suspension is<br />
designed to permit either front wheel to pass over bumps<br />
in the road without affecting the opposite front wheel or<br />
jolting the passengers. In <strong>1954</strong>, increased wheel travel has<br />
been permitted on both compression and rebound, thus<br />
increasing the capacity of the front suspension units to<br />
absorb the most severe bumps without "bottoming".<br />
NEW SHOCK ABSORBERS<br />
New double-end-type valving in <strong>1954</strong> <strong>Cadillac</strong> shock absorbers<br />
permits the shock absorbers to quickly counteract<br />
spring flexing on small bumps so that they are scarcely<br />
perceptible to passengers. On large bumps, the double-end<br />
valving permits less abrupt spring control, thus sudden,<br />
hard jolts are eliminated. Use of a new high viscosity, aircraft-type<br />
shock absorber fluid, less susceptible to temperature<br />
changes, assures consistent, full-range shock absorber<br />
control in any weather. A baffle tube prevents<br />
formation of bubbles in the fluid and consequent loss of<br />
shock absorber efficiency.
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