34 ford chassis a mile from home

went to look at a 37 ford truck , ended up with this!

 

Nice score. I hope you bought the '37 also....

-Abone.

 

the 37 was alittle too messed up.

 

anybody recognize the motor mounts? it looks like an olds rear i think.

 

The motor mounts look like Y block.

 

lucky dog

 

i like that. i wonder what this car was like, the engine sat really high. and the front sat really high.

 

For sure y block and cross member looks like 57 or 58 ford car.

 

I wonder where the body ended up? the frame is very solid.

 

I cant see enough of the rear end to identify.

 

better?

 

I would say Olds or Pontiac.

 

Score!

 

It looks like it has Buick trailing arms on the rear end too.

 

Look like it was set up for a long tailshaft trans, maybe hydro?

 

The late 50s Merc 3 speed trans had a much longer tail shaft then the Fords did.

 

5 grand for the 57

 

Nice score.


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the trailing arms look like they came with the axle

 

The only cars I know that had trailing arms like that were Buicks but they had a enclosed drive shaft up into the 60s unless Packard had something like that with their torsion bar suspensions.

 

Pontiac and Olds also had trailing arms with coil springs from 1958 up for their full size cars...not exactly sure of their design or appearance tho.

 

did buicks and pontiacs have 5 on 5.5 wheel bolt circle?

 

5x5 bolt pattern on the big GM.

 

I dont remember them being that long,I looked under a 49 Buick the other week and it had arms about that long.

 

Rear end looks very similar to my '46 Oldsmobile. Identical trailing arm set up and differential centre. Differential has a 5 on 5 bolt pattern, LH side wheel studs are LH thread. I thought the engine mounts look like old Ford FE, Galaxie 332 / 390.

 

Nice score. If I only ever build one more hot rod I'd like it to be a 33 or 34 3 window coupe.

 

thats the rear end/ trailing arm set up

 

the trans mount looks like a57-59 ford car mount. motor mounts do look to be y block. 35 or later front axle , olds rear . thanks for the help guys. wish I had the rest!

i will try to piece together a body this winter.

 

I thought FE when I seen the mounts also.