History why is this front axle wrapped??????????

A pic I downloaded from somewhere at sometime:

 

probably didn't want the tow chain to screw it up...

 

It’s a diaper for a fluid leak…..

Ray

 

Appears to have a y-block with no PCV system… Ray would be correct. We just can’t see the one at the rear of the engine..

 

Ducklings..........???

 

Look at the weird firewall…it isn’t wrapped, it’s upholstered.

 

The cops told him the car needed a muffler

 

@hotrodjack33 …..that’s the hairiest muff I have seen in a long time…maybe ever!

Ray

 

^^^^^^

 

LMAO Ray. That one must be from the '70s...diving nowadays is much smoother

 

It was cold!

 

You sure that ain’t an early olds?

 

Nope, look at the center exhaust ports; they are obviously not siamesed like an Olds. Also, the valve covers are distinctive.

 

Am I the only one that sees a 32 sedan in the background?

 

Maybe. But it doesn’t matter….it’s long gone by now!

edit: what make/model is the vehicle in the garage?

Ray

 

Bingo!!

 

Hydraulic clutch too.

 

LOL!

Ben

 

It looks like the Car in the Garage is either a 49 or50 Mercury & the
engine is a Ferd from the Valve Cover's Just my 3.5 cents.??

Live Learn & Die a Fool

 

I wonder if it wasn't wrapped to protect the paint on the axle while driving? Maybe it got removed when he got to a show, or whatever?

 

A very short lived fad that didn't catch on.

 

Looks like a heavy piece of wrap on there loosely (as a matter of fact, it looks wrapped around a couple of times) and the car was probably pulled out of the garage/shed behind it. I'd say someone was preventing damage to the paint on the axle and using a floor jack under it to jack it up and pull some maintenance.

 

That is my take also as the firewall wrap looks to be easily removed.

 

Slow furry animal? HRP

 

Sorry, looking on my dumb phone while half blind I guess fords look like olds.

 

Looks like someone forgot to remove the rag after changing the oil.....

 

I'm going paint protector and the firewall upholstery backer warped after the first year making it wavy.

Is there a plate on the car in the garage to tell approx timeline ?

 

I finally figured out what that piece of Cloth is........................................!
In Cold weather You pull it up in Front of the Radiator to keep it
From Freezing in the Cold Weather, they do that on Trucks.!

Just my 3.5 cents

Live Learn & Die a Fool

 

Easier to remove than having to clean up than the greasy blow-by grunge puked from the Y block.

 

Looks like @jadeidol ‘s dad’s car? Wonder if he recalls...