I literally stumbled across this front axle at my brother in laws cabin last weekend and could not leave it alone. I drug it out of the woods and took it to the barn. I then torched the angle iron off and the other BS. Anyone have an idea what make or year this thing is? Oh yeah and right near the axle was a still to be identified small block chevy. I've also found a 1970 GMC (400 4 bolt in my garage now), A 1950? Stude, A 1948? Buick all left in the woods to rot.I love finding this type of stuff.
are those wide five huds? look like it was part of a hay wagon at one time i found a 30's international frame under a wagon now i have to find out who owns it
The I beam is 33 to 36 Ford. But if those bones were on it when new, that means it's 35 to 36...... if those drums are 5.5 pattern it is a 35, if it is the Wide Five pattern, it's a 36
Hey Scott, looks like you've got a '36 ford axle there. Might be a '37-'38, but the web between the kingpin and the perch bolt looks too long from here. Got any close-ups of the spindles?
Might seem like a stupid question but is the axle upside down? I know little about these things but had to ask.
The SBC looks garden variety... Pre HEI [before '74] and the 2V carb looks 69-70 ish. Prolly a plain jane 307 or 350. The passenger side exhaust manifold might help to identify it further, but IMHO, not worth the effort. Cool old stuff tho!!!
It was dome like that to make into part of a trailer or something like that. Usually, the spindles are welded to the axle. But instead the tie rod was bolted to the axle, and then it got bent. There is some little value to the parts, like the wishbone & axle. The axle is a 32-36 Ford.
Doesn't look like there's an oil fill tube on that intake. Flat, non-script valve covers... I'm guessing they have a breather hole in them. If you can flip it over, see what crank is in it. If it's a steel crank, that'd be good to yank. If nothing else, go back for that thermostat housing--it's mint, and they're usually rotted to hell. I like to have a few on hand all the time, because you never know when you'll drop a crate engine in a car with a vintage intake and need a t-stat housing with a different angle or something. -Brad
'36 Wide 5 is '36-9 but '37-8 were cable brakes. Looks like the kingpins are '36 and older rod type mechanical. UNLESS someone swapped the 10 1/4" bolt pattern "rocky mountian" open type wide 5 drums onto an earlier yet axle. Reguardless, parts is parts, getting the wishbone bolts will be a project.
Take the casting # off the back of the block and look on Mortec. It is a late 60's-early 70's. You can also take the carb # or the intake casting #. http://www.mortec.com/castnum.htm
Looks like a 36 axle to me. Drums appear to have longer snout(36 only, won't work with juice brakes) Axle has longer distance between perch and kingpin holes(32-36) Non cable mech. brakes(32-36) And it looks like the spring mount pieces that extend off of the bones in front of the axle were cut off(35-6)
Fun find. That axle will take some cleanup but looks interesting. The way it is setup in the photos it looks like the ones the farmers used to make around here to haul sprinkler pipes on . The thing would have been abut 25 ft long if that was the case though.
Nope, oil pressure was never taken from the front plug..........always at the reat next to the distributer. That front plug is to to cover up an accesshole that was drilled to provide an oil passage in the front of the block (beneath the plug). You can take oil pressure off it but it won't be exactly the same reading as the rear port. Not a big deal. Frank
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