A fellow Hamber asked for some information about the Quick Change cover I have on my old Ford. I purchased an old Winters quick change cover off Ebay an then made an adapter to fasten it to a 9" Ford rear axle. Ebay purchase: Stock Extra Capacity Franklin Quick Change Cover I made an adapter that bolts to the cover out of 3/8" steel and drilled / tapped mounting holes. Next step is to form some 16 gauge steel around the outside of the adapter and welded it to the adapter: The next step I don't have a picture of. Wrap cardboard around the adapter and trim it to fit the contour of the rear end housing that you will be attaching the QC cover to. This takes a little time to get the fit-up just right. Much easier cutting cardboard though than steel. Then transfer the template to the steel and trim to fit. After a little grinding you should end up with this: And the finished product: John
Nice work. It looks good to me! Don't be surprised if the whiners don't jump on the "fake parts" band wagon. Don't listen to them. They probably don't have ability to do what you did anyway. The same guys probably have finned aluminum valve covers unless they are driving Civics.
my only WHINE is about you shoulda put an alighnment bar in the housing before you started welding.9" housings are weeker than you think.
yeah I'd check the rear for trueness, you welded on the weakest part of the housing and I bet its pulled the tubes back at the ends.
So when I say it looks exactly like a quickchange cover mated to the back of a 9 inch, would you consider that a compliment or criticism?
Reminds me of Coles MFS quote "Americans make covers for covers" Its fake and non funtional, kinda like a sock stuffed in your pants.
I get it. And I fully respect your opinion too. Right up to the point where not liking it would make me a whiner with no ability. This is just one of those things with hot rods I can't understand. I like it when someone is paying enough attention to what I'm doing to point out something that might be lame. And I'm usually confident enough to take an objective look before I tell them they are wrong.
I thought this was a conversion thing,,lol I was like this is gonna be neat..then when ya did'nt cut a hole in the rear ,,I was lost.... is what it is I guess
It's like sticking a banana down your pants, and the hell of it is, you could almost build a quickchange for the same price http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=377014&page=2&highlight=tech+quickchange
Good point guys and I am with ya on the welding point...... If you look at the picture you won't see any welds on the rear housing. The adapter is attached to the 9" rear housing by (4) 1/4" long 1/8" fillet welds, made inside the adapter so they can't be seen from the outside. It's not a structural attachment and it doesn't have to be liquid tight. I sized the welds so they wouldn't 'cause any distortion. John
Lakeroadster, you OBVIOUSLY don't take these old cars SERIOUSLY enough. Better save face and send me your roadster pickup right away.
I think you did a good job. At first glance it looks real and going down the road you can't tell it ain't. It'll fool 90% of the crowd at a show. It's better than fake Olds valvecovers on a sbc, but not as good as fake ****s!
You're kidding, right? Like I said, he did a great job but it looks nothing like the real deal. No way I'd think it was real in person and only on the road if I only got a fleeting glance. Here are a couple pics I just scarfed off of the cl***ifieds.
Nothing wrong with it. In fact...If you DID do all the work to make it look totally like an original it WOULD be lame. Now in the meantime...its just as likely to get a ratio change as often as 95% of the "real" quickchanges being used on the road...which, lets face it, are nothing more than a high dollar fashion accessory for most Hot Rods anyway. I got an idea! Why not weld it solid and open it up internally? (to one side of the ring gear to allow the OG rear plate to continue to guide gear oil toward the pinion bearing...)The extra gear oil capacity alone would allow for cooler running and those aluminium fins would regain a purpose doing the same! It really could become a REAL "Quickchange" then! For your gear oil!!!
Old thread, but Bill hit it on the head with his post, positive, complimentary and good functional advise. This is what Hotrodding is about.
Looks good....nice job, I like it! Doesn't look quite as good as a $2500.00 quick change, but close, especially for what you have invested in it. It was time well spent.
would like to see the pictures, is just me or are they missing, i have a quick change that i am not ready to invest a few k on it , but got almost for nothing, was thinking of cutting in half from end to end with the aluminum bells and put over a ford 8'' from the rear
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