An 8.8 out of a ford ranger pickup is also the correct width, easier to find and lots of gear selection, sell the 9 inch to someone who will actually use it, put the cash in a jar on your bedroom dresser. Works for me..
I got one ....it was on a rack and then I needed to cut the rack up to make another rack and a bracket....which was weird cause' I got a steel rack full of steel to make that stuff out of, but it was handy and I got a tractor to pick up heavy shit like that rear end ,so I did and dumped it out beside the shop.... I figure since I got out of a yard where it sat hooked under a old ford for about 40 years, that a while more outside in my yard ain't gonna mean crap.
If the rear end is going to be outside, ya might do better with a little shed over it that looks like a trunk floor. That’s how the usually live outside
I built a rack similar to that with 2x4s for a couple of 8.5" GM rears for my 55 if I ever swap it out. Does not take much room and you can stack stuff on top of it. Maybe that's why I cannot kick my way through the shop.
Not as heavy duty as the axle storage stand shown earlier, but here's mine, built from "drop" materials. It certainly makes good use of floor space, but usually things end up cluttering in front of it. Lynn
As for outside storage, in the years before store bought rear ends for my chassis business I was hitting the local yards for round back 9 inch rears and while most of them had usable housings and axles the gears were usually rusty and many times the brakes were also needing a complete rebuild including drums as they were frozen tight. When I moved to my new digs a few years ago we sent quite a few old housings to the scrap yard as we now only use new rears.
Danny, considering how hard those Bronco rearends are to come by at any price I'm with those that feel you should prep it for storage (indoors) and keep it. I should have put this imoji at the end of my previous post. This 9 inch housing was one of the first things I got for my roadster project, long before I had a body or chassis, hence why I made that statement. Of course it didn't look like this when I got it.
Might get on somebody’s wrong side here, but go ahead and store it out side, put a piece of tin over it! I just bought a C scratch 428 short block , that was stored this way for 25 years. Took it apart last night still in good shape! You could also , take a brush and paint it with used engine oil, every once in a while. That will preserve it and deter thieves, at the same time! Bones
that is by far thee most complicated piston top I’ve ever seen. Lots and lots of edges to catch carbon
I'm really not worried about it being stolen, thieves around here are to lazy to steal anything that heavy! HRP
@DDDenny, Those are some magnesium housings that I bought off the auction site. Have not been able to track down the original manufacturer. I'd love to build it for someone. Certainly one of a kind.
Under the bench, then find a space for what’s under the bench. Once you find a spot for was under the bench, clear that out......soon this will be over
I use the Harbor Freight dollies. Transmissions rear ended what ever. Roll it under a bench or in a corner. And they are cheep
Add a bench in front of that rack and you can save going to the gym! If the axles are in it, I have taken a drum off and turned it around then put the lugs back on so the rear end can sit up on end. Add a piece of heavy cardboard underneath and shove it in the corner of the garage. Nail a length of plumbers strapping around it so it doesn't fall over. It rains so much here I can't see storing anything of value outside.
works for me. Maybe lean a piece of tin against it. or maybe if things happen here as they may I'll have to come after it.
I laughed when a buddy of mine bought one of those plastic storage sheds from Home Depot or Lowe’s. It seemed so small and cheesy but he packed his extra 9” rear ends and a bunch of engine parts in it. We unloaded it years later to relocate it and everything looked just like it did when he put it away. I was amazed. Lots of spiders but the parts were fine. He put his on 4x6 skids to prevent flooding from heavy rain. Just a thought. Sent from my iPad using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
I know Danny and a 8.8 ranger pickup rear end wouldn't last long under one of his cars, all the 1932 fords he built has the strong 9 inch bronco axle.
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