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Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by hans mercman, Mar 18, 2019.

  1. hans mercman
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    Dragged a mangled frame out of the woods, and a front end out of a collapsed barn on my grandparents ranch. This stuff was their before they bought the place so they have no insight. Help? pretty sure the front spoked rims are ford but year? car or truck? parts1.jpg

    parts3.jpg

    i think the Gillette tires are kinda cool. That 4 x4 is bolted to the a front end, im guessing it had been turned into a trailer or wagon at some point.

    Then there is the frame, the only thing i can see possibly salvageable is the rear diff/axle. Can anyone identify? is it worth a damn to try to chop it out?
    parts5.jpg

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  2. squirrel
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    the rear end could be an early Chevy (late 20s-mid 30s?)

    front axle is Ford, someone will be along soon to tell you what year.
     
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  3. alchemy
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    30-31 Ford front axle. Not Ford rear axle and frame.
     
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  4. hans mercman
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    thanks, yeah i was almost positive the mangled frame/rear did not go with that Ford front axle. only other car parts i've found around are some dog dish Pontiac caps
     

  5. hans mercman
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    pontiachubs.JPG
    Have no idea if these came off that mangled frame, but i guess its possible.
     
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  6. hans mercman
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    i guess as long as im asking, who knows what year these Pontiac caps are? if they came off that rear i might be able to match it that way
     
  7. squirrel
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    how many lug nuts on each wheel on that rear? Chevy used 6, not many other makes did
     
  8. hans mercman
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    Damn didnt snag any pictures of the lugs and wont be back out for a month. I counted them while i was there though and i'm almost certain it was 6. There was a lot of beer being spilled over the weekend though so my memory is a bit foggy :)
     
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  9. squirrel
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  10. That should be a 30's chevrolet chassis and rear end.
     
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  11. hans mercman
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    Good to know, i think you guys are right, been doing a GIS for about a half an hour to be sure and cant find another pic other than the one squirrel posted though. Too bad the rest of these cars wern't laying around. Coulda had a pair of 30s!
     
  12. So, I was off by a few years- that is a '29-30 Chevrolet chassis:

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  13. 302GMC
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    The Pontiac caps are from a '36, the wheels they came on were 16'' 6 lug artillery.
     

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