View attachment 4094732 Don’t know if anybody makes them but I’ve got a 4” dropped Superbell 48” axle on the car currently. Looking at the front of the car it just looks so narrow now verses the stock model a axle. Does anyone make a dropped axle wider than the 48” ones ? Model a is 50” king to king I believe.
Hereabouts, (Atwater & Merced) some of the older guys built hot rods, in the '53-'58 era. One guy had a channeled '32 roadster, another a channeled Model A coupe. They both used '39 Lincoln front axles, which were 54"? (king pin to king pin thereabouts, at least) They looked hideous. My concern was the width was such that the front wheel was 'in harm's way', I drove the coupe once...Laughable, if it wasn't so dangerous... The 'call' for special width axles that was heard by the manufacturers was for a narrow dropped axle...that one was (is) 46". Be glad for what you have: Your coupe has a nice, gathered look about it: the word is 'sanitary', or 'San-eye'. Leave it.
I just bought a Super Bell from Speedway and I think I had to choose between a 48" or 50". I had to measure the one I was replacing (due to collision damage) and it was 50". Gary
Thank you mike. Maybe I am just not used to it. Gary a 50” would be ideal in my opinion if it can still have the 36.5” perch center to use stock wishbone. The rear width is 63.5” front is 53.5”. A 10” difference from front to back. I’d like that extra 2 inches. (Sounds bad but keep the minds out the gutter).
I think it looks purty sweeeeet, myself(but what eye-no!) No kidd'in .......Maybe the big headlights give the impression of axle being too short?!!? 6sally6
Have someone strech drop a model A axle for you. It looks like you are running mechanical brakes. Be aware i f you intend going to hydraulics it will move your wheels out about an inch each side.It looks good as is to me but if you intend putting fenders back on it will be too narrow.
I am running mech brakes at the moment. But will be going to juice when the flatty goes in. So the juice backing plates/assembly will move the wheel outward a little more ?
I may be wrong but I think many of the dropped axles are narrowed a bit to help wheel to fender lip clearance while the wheels are turned.
If keeping fenders you’d use a 46” axle. A 48” axle will not work on a fendered car. From what I’ve read. Fenders are never going back on the car but that’s why I went with the 48 to get as close to stock width. Little bit of a better picture
[QUOTE If keeping fenders you’d use a 46” axle. A 48” axle will not work on a fendered car. [/QUOTE] '29 Tudor running a dropped A axle, 49-1/2" kingpin centers, F-1 juice brakes, and 5-1/2"x 15" Ford truck wheels and everything fits under the fenders.
Superbells come in 46 or 47-3/4. 4 and 5" drops. Only one wider is the new "32 Heavy" but it's not dropped. SPark
Your going to need to look for a dropped original axle they will be close to the dimensions you are looking for
I was thinking the choices were 48 and 50 but I just looked again and it looks like they have 46 and 48. I must have the 48 too. Gary
Yes they do. Just checked where I worked it out back when I did mine,1 1/8" each side .Have a look at he mechanical backing plates and you will see they wrap around the stub where they bolt on.
failing memory says the aftermarket dropped axles became narrower after THOM TAYLER started drawing the early fords where the front wheels fit way up into the fenders... looked cool but not going to happen in rear life without a skinny axle.... … in the real old days when the stock axles were being stretched they became slightly narrower in the prosses ...
Looks right to me, The scrub looks spot on too. You could use some bullshit parts that jack the scrub radius way out and it will look wider just like the many out there. What's the track width (center to center on the tire)