Look what I dug up!

I was at a small private lot yesterday and as I was leaving I noticed a spindle sticking up out of the ground. So just out of curiosity I went to pick it up..."holy shit! there is a complete front end here"

Then I knocked some of the dirt off.... "holy shit....is this what I think it is?!?!"

Yes, it is



Been sitting for a LONG time


Any chance I can save these spindles?


Once I get it all torn down this is getting shipped to Titus for his drop treatment. Then its going in my Av8

 

thats pretty lucky

 

You picked it too early. Should have left it til the brakes bloomed.

 

appears to be a 32 heavy.

 

Diggin' up bones, I'm diggin' up bones...

 

^ funny ^ only now that song is stuck in my head.

That will make for some interesting build history if you can make it work somehow.

Good luck!
rg

 

shot go back to that lot with a metal detector and see what else is buried.

 

Took about 45 minutes to get it all apart, a little heat goes a long ways.

 

When I first go into this hobby I was building a Ratrod. I wanted an old caddy batwing aircleaner, you know a rust covered original. Well walking through the same guys OTHER yard I literally stepped on one. Its a shame the village stepped in and brought a crusher. Not a whole lot left.

 

Digging for treasure,i like it...

 

You got that apart in 45 minutes? After some of the trials and tribulations I have had getting them apart, I guess I'll bury the next one for a couple of years before I start taking it a apart!

 

Alert to NYPD;
I have been storing a 1932 Ford front suspension assembly in a "Dirt Yard" for many years now. Apparently it was stolen yesterday by some Hooligan that wants to use it for a Hot Rod.
The perpetrator appears to be the same person that stole a Cadillac air cleaner assembly a few years back

 

Patina that goes all the way through.

 

used a rosebud and an air chisel. As I was heating and chiseling on one spring perch the other one fell out all on its own. The kingpings pretty much fell out too!

 

Dam! Every time I pick up a shovel all I find is fing rocks LOL

 

You know the rest of that 32 roadster is still under there don't you!
Happened to a friend of mine in the 70's, found a model A windshield stantion sticking out of the ground, it WAS still bolted to a 29 roadster.
He's still driving it today.

 

Wow! Damn nice find hillbilly!

 

I like treasures. Last saturday I was digging up some old concrete chunks and found some old uhhh concret chunks. You find was a lot better.

 

Dang nice find!

 

I too am seriously impressed by your speed in disassembly...
On the spindles, invest in a gallon of evaporust, about the only good rust remover without the destructive effects of acids. Once they are clear you'll know. If missing metal is very local in the visible scabs, and not too deep...I'd polish any such scabs a bit to kill sharp edges, and carefully compare the critical diameters with a micrometer and a spindle with a little less history, but those might well be usable..."I dug those out of the dump" is a helluvalot more interesting than "I ordered them from Speedway"!!
I think I might just pass on that tie rod...looks like you have those dreaded "Blacksmith ants" in the area.

 

Nice find i found my 33 front end half burried in the woods couple miles towing it back with a locked up wheel was no fun especially when the ratchet strap decided to meet the sprocket. wish mine was a 32 heavy

 

DAM! Now that was a good find.......

 

I done that one day.I walked past a 26-27 T door and dug up a Touring body.

 

Bruce, the kingpins were good and the spindles were TIGHT haha. Once a little heat was added to the kingpin areas the old grease loosened up and the spindles flopped around like new. I'm totally with you on the "dug it out of the dump" mentality. It really suits the rest of the build
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=704931

I'll definitely do the Evaporust thing. It was either that or electrolosis, which I've never done before.

While putting all this stuff away today I noticed a very slight bend in the axle, I'll be puttng it on the shop press tomorrow to tweak it a bit. After that its off to Titus.

 

I'll be telling the story of where those perch pins came from.... Very cool. All I ever dig up is somebody's old sewer line.

Thanks for the pins, they'll be going to a good home.

 

Damn! Now I've got that song in my head too.....

 

Start reproducing those simple parts. In fact , reproduce the whole enchilada and get rich quick!! After the rust and heat is it still useable??

"I'm a Dinosaur... somebody's diggin my bones."

 

I know some local rat rodders who would probably use that rusted out tie rod.