Drilled front axles?

Just a quick question-does anyone know when people first began drilling holes into I-Beam front axles? Thanks.
-Dean

 

Hey, that's a great question. so i looked thru two of my books by Don Montgomery and found zero [1940 era ] pictures of any holes in axels. i was thinking of doing that to the axel in my modified. appears it may not be correct for a 40's era hot rod. i'm sure someone will probally correct me, but i didn't find any so far, but i only have a few dozen more books to look at yet.

 

1938 B.C.
It was right after the invention of the wheel.
A fella named Ugg had just invented the axle and placed it between the two wheels.....
As soon as that had been done a fella named Ogg drilled it full of holes. Oddly enough, they hadn't invented the drill press yet, so he had to train a giant prehistoric woodpecker to do the job.

(in other words...I don't know)

 

A quick run thru Al Drake's Flat Out: no drilled axles.

Mike

 

I remember them being on drag cars not B'ville cars....1950's

 

here's one on Mickey Thompson's '53 Bonneville Coupe

 

here's another from '54

 

earliest that I can find in my stuff, 1952. Good chance Alex was the first?

 

Anyone have any pics of slotted axles, i.e. where the holes are elongated or oval?

 

Mine was drilled when I got it and it was last tagged in 59. I would say that in the fifties it started

 

1914

 

Holey old thread Batman!!!

 

They knew about unsprung weight in 1914…amazing ….. and aerodynamics too.

 

Is 1914 when this thread started? Lol