Vehicle drive wheel suspension

In a vehicle, a body member, a differential securely mounted to the body member, driving wheels laterally opposite the differential, live axles drivingly interconnecting the differential and wheels and having universal joints accommodating swinging movement of the wheels relative to the differential, a dead axle for carrying said wheels, said dead axle being in the form of a rack of generally rectangular configuration as viewed in plan and having two cross-members, one cross-member spaced rearwardly of the differential and the other cross-member spaced fowardly of the differential, two wheel bearing support members extending longitudinally of the vehicle between said cross-members, said cross-members and wheel carrying members being rigidly interconnected adjacent their respective ends, spring means interposed between said body member and said rack, a universal pivotal connection between the body and one of said cross-members intermediate said wheel bearing support members, an engine extending transversely of the vehicle and spaced longitudinally thereof from said one cross-member, said engine having an angle-drive transmission at its output end, a prop shaft having universal joints at its opposite ends drivingly connected to said transmission and differential respectively, a supporting frame for said engine, a pair of generally vertically extending links pivotally interconnecting the body and the lateral extremities of said frame, and a universal pivotal connection between said frame and the body longitudinally opposite said universal pivotal connection between the body and said one cross-member.