8 lug rear end gasser

i'm building a 55 ford g***er i have a dana 60 laying around ot of a 62 ford f-250 i was wondering if any of the guys ever ran 8 lug rear ends in g***ers


thanks guys

 

My 55 chevy g***er from back in the day had a 1 ton chevy axle. Absolutely unbreakable and low ratios available from the junk yard. The drawback was the weight.

 

this looks good and you can find slot mags for 8 lugs all day

 

You can ditch the heavy drums and run discs, but it will still be pretty heavy.

 

I think ... in the drag racing cars in action picture thread it was , there is a 56 FORD with that set up from back in the day

 

you arent kidding. i have one here at the house and theres no way id ever wanna put it in something that i wanted to go fast. would probably take an extra 50hp just to compensate

 

You could get a couple earlier 3/4 ton rears and make a quickchange....
But as the original Q went lotsa guys ran roundy round out here with 3/4 ton rears when my dad was on a race team in the late 70's so i dont see why they couldnt be on the strip too

 

Kind of a lousy pic but here is the Carroll Brothers 55 Ford g***er/custom with a 3/4 ton rear axle(full floating=easy axle changes)and a Hilborn injected 430 Lincoln motor.John Carroll bought it new in 55 and chopped it in 1956.Raced in the early 60's.

 

Where is the Carroll Bros. car now? I haven't seen it since before Timmy p***ed, parked in his barn.

I take that back, I think it was at Epping Dragway shortly after he p***ed. Possibly for sale.
Cool car. I'm surprised it isn't better known here in New England. Especially since it was in the orig owners garage/barn for so many years.

 

Atleast the weight is where it needs to be...over the tires. Bulletproof, and easy to get parts for. I'd go for it.

 

You forget lots of the stock and modified production guys played with weight to fit into a cl*** better.

 

if you got it and need and it will work i say use it.

 

I'm not sure Joe;the last time I saw it was in Tim's garage in Chelsea M***achusetts around 1964.The pics I posted were originally posted here and I think they were from an e-Bay ad.

I went up to see Tim shortly before he p***ed(I was in MA for the old Ty-Rods show).I believe that Richie Willet helped Tim's widow dispose of some of his cars and parts so it may have been at Epping for sale.

A funny story about that car:When it was in Chelsea,Tim and I believe Jimmy Smith were wet-sanding the Whale in preparation for a paint job(white with candy red scallops)and John grabbed the Vertex mag that was out of the car at the time,d****d a couple wires on the back of the car,and spun the shaft a couple times.Both Tim and Jimmy got a really good belt and it took them awhile to figure out what was happening.

 

X3 on this.

I just did a pair on Dana 60 front hubs for a jeep kid. turned the back side down for F-250 discs, turned the front side down to fit a Ford 5x5-1/2 wheel. I betcha I took 10 lbs of iron off each hub. redrilled for the new pattern. You might be able to do the same on the rear hubs, too.

Also, the big time drag guys use floater rears with an alluminum hub that's 5x5", they use a drive plate and an axle that has splines on both ends.

I like the look of the axle flange with bolts on the floater hubs. It looks like you mean business.

 

I put one in my 56 Chevy g***er out of a 48 Chevy 3/4 ton. I had a 69 Chevy 3/4 ton pickup with 4.10 gears and a detroit locker. I did a lot of measuring and the 69 pickup housing was just too wide unless you wanted the tires to hang out about 3" per side. The 48 truck was just right for my Chevy and the center section from the 69 dropped right in the early housing. I had all these parts laying around too and the axles are huge so for the price of bearings and a brake job it looked like a good way to go. I would start looking for wheels right away though because if you want 15" eight lug wheels you will have to do some digging. I looked a long time for a set.

 

thanks for the input guys i think it's a go as for the extra weight i'll just have to put a little more nitrous to it

 

Hello:

By chance did Halibrand ever offer factory drilled 8 lug magnesium wheels?

 

I have built several eight lug 9" Ford rear ends using the snouts off of Dana 60 3/4 ton rear ends welded onto the 9" housing. The axles are 31 spline circle track pieces that are in-expensive. You end up with a full floating 9" pretty cheap.

 

I believe parasitic drag is a lot worse in the Dana 60 than a 9" Ford.

Blue

 

Several good reasons for using a 3/4 ton years ago.. Then most flat towed to the strip.. You just remover the axel the installed a cap over the hub and went on your way.. Also most came with gears 4.11 to 5.38 from the factory.. These units were very cheap to buy.. Back in the old days the best tire avaiable was very hard.. Todays tire give so much traction I think the shock to the axel on launch would snap the axel at the drive flange. Good luck and I think those old rears look very racey..

 

i use to go to timmys house every night after he stopped at my house in everett and at one time i almost bought that car and remember the chopped 55 he had and the tall t and 53 chevy with the corvette grille, the funny part timmy drove that rotted chevy pickup with the kelsey paint on the side every day lol what times we had