Well, here I went, and thought I’ve bought a ‘32 heavy axle. And I must admit, it is heavy! But when aligning with my model A axles, it seems to be an inch narrower between the spring petch bolt holes/wish bone legs. And I was under the impression, they were aprox 36,5”, whee as this is only 35,5”: What is it, I’ve got: wrong assumption about ‘32 heavy being same width between perch holes, or different axle? Pics for reference: Keep ‘em kruzin! Dannerr
My 32 heavy out of my PU does measure 36.5 at the perch holes.My wild ass guess is its out of something like a 33-34 1 ton.The center of the ends on my heavy are different too.
Well, it is Ford, but not a regular Ford of any kind. Is it straight between the perches? Looks like it in the pics. Beings that you are in Denmark, I think it is some Euro-Ford special piece.
'32 heavies measure 2" high at the spring boss, and 2-3/8" at the king pin boss. I second the motion that it's out of a 1 ton truck, pre-1940. What is the diameter of the king pin? Same as a car? If so, axle bosses could be milled, and a longer main leaf rolled. Nice shape to it, pretty end sweep. Even in Denmark, Fords were smaller; German Fords, English Fords, etc. Trucks were larger. Anita Ekberg was the only Denmark import that was beyond 'ample'...IIRC.
My eyeballs couldn't get around the sideways photo of the axle this early in the morning. That's an interesting axle if you can make it work.
Only marking, I’ve found: A ‘32 spring perch is too small, leaving quite a gap: Keep ‘em kruzin! Dannerr
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