Hepcat I've put a 307cu-in SBC in my 53 poncho, using the stock rear axle with no problems at all. A friend of mine ran a V8 pontiac engine in his '50 Poncho for years with no problems. I think you will find your stock axle will be strong enough.
I run 350/350 with the original axle (1949), I'm not a racer rather a cruiser - I just wonder how much this axle can take and what would be a good replacement....
Those 3rd members are the same from '37-56 and take a lot of punishment. I broke one in the folks' 55 0lds [same thing] when I was a stupid 16 year old but it took a full throttle neutral-drop to do it. Their weakest point is rear axle ball bearings and occasionally a rear wheel bearing seal will leak. Gotta remove the bearing to change the seal....
shit... so you're tellin me that i didn't have to buy a 93 roadmaster rear end and suspension set (whole thing, rear frame and all) and weld it into the car, and that i could have spent the 300 on something else, and that i could have had my chassis done by now... great. fuck.
I just dropped a 283 and glide in my '50 and had problems with rear uni joints so I put in a '55 chevy rear in a day and now have a better rear ratio. The stock Pontiac rear will hold up pretty good.The Olds has the stronger centre but the Pontiac were the choice axles.
Thats a twin to mine, I'm running the straight eight,split manifold and straight lakers on a 49 4 door fast back.with a 50 grill. black primer and very similar flames
Hey Jim! That pontiac looks amazingly like yours. Just needs the purple velvet interior and a wheel/hubcap change.
Here's one of Heather's (Dollar For Dollar) car in Detroit at the Broken Dream Kruise... <img src=http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid74/pe1cec9238ae388e42b33bed521e41011/fb64e24a.jpg>
@Jim: please post a pic of your car, now i'm curious... mine is a 49, but it already came with the '50 grille!
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