Technical What is this Axle from?

I was grabbing some iron from my racks this morning for a 1950 Fleetline project we are working on and I found this Axle laying there. Does anyone have any clue what it is from?

King pin to Kingpin is - 48"
Spring Perch to perch is - 39"

From all the info I have found it does not match anything, and does not appear to be a dropped axle of any kind.

 

Those numbers are pretty close to the '37-41 measurements I have in my notebook, measurements that are very quick and dirty. I never intended them to do more than allow me to distinguish one model from another in a pile of junk...
I have 50 and 38 1/2 there, center to center. The measurements you give don't sound far enough off to be Anglia or such...only Ford model I can think of that was just slightly shrunken was the model 62, don't know its measurements but it would be incredibly rare on this side of the Atlantic. I'd like to see it right by a known '37-41!
Does it have EE or AA markings in one of the end spaces?

 

Either 37-41 or 42-48.

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2.25" Perch width, I don't see any sort of markings anywhere on it. I just got to thinking it could possibly be a Chevy axle? We have a 26 that is laying back in the grove and a 28 Fully restored, ill have to slide under that tonight and see what that comes out at.

 

Year Kingpin Perch Perch Height
1937-41 50 7/8 38 1/2 2 1/4
1942-48 52 40 5/8 2 1/4

I just don't see how it can be 2-4" narrower and be correct for those years, were there really that much variance in them?

 

Without even laying a tape measure on it, I say itsa 42-48. Probably not a 48 because they had another hole in them for a tube shock.

 

No, not that much variance...but were those measurements made carefully? the ones I use weren't.
It IS Ford, very definitely not Chevy or other wagon sprung cars.
One other thing...I know about nothing on '30--39 or whenever they dropped front crossspring Ford BIG truck axles like AA/BB. Easiest check for that would be to drop in a Ford kingpin...the big trucks were substantially bigger there, somewhere around an inch. Fords, .812., Lincoln another possibility for odd size, .937, big truck 1.004

 

Any part numbers?

 

Fordson ?

I'm guessing because in the last week or two, there was an axle ID thread where the pics were a dead wringer for a ford axle but the measurements were smaller. Check it out.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/help-to-id-beam-axle.946622/#post-10650379

 

Start off with the pin measurement. I think that will be normal Ford 8.12, then it needs to be compared with other axles, as I think there are just some bad numbers floating around here...

 

I just went and measured a 37-41. The measurements are roughly the same as yours. I would question the measurements you are comparing to.

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Hope this helps.

 

It's 37-41

 

Yes, I think I have found it to be a 37-41. From further research, it seems to fall into those specs.

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