Picked up this axle today and I'm trying to figure what it is.possible 32? Looks like a crude drop to it notice the stepping on the ends.appears that the perch boss was cut down to fit different year wishbone.any help is appreciated.
The 2" perch bosses were only on 32-36. All other years before and after, were the 2-1/4. Being that the 32 "heavy"beam is taller in profile, the boss will look like it was cut down, but it's actually stock machining . A 33-36 beam won't look cut because it's a shorter beam profile.
I think "Dago" was short for San Diego. It was just a style of dropped axel. Mine is on a car that was built in New Mexico in the early 50's.
Anybody have a guess on price on this?I know a nice stock 32 would go for 3-500 bucks.i was needing a 4"drop model a and this was laying in a guys yard in the dirt.got it for free.gonna get it blasted and clean it up
Even though it's kinda ugly, it's still worth all of $300 to 400. Those hammer dropped authentic axles are growing in popularity. Nobody drops them like that anymore, so you know it's a real old axle.
I went to a lot of work to make mine all nice and smooth and get all those hammer marks out. Maybe I made a mistake. lol
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