My neighbor in the next apartment building is building a very cool 64 chevy pick up. I think he used dropped spindles on it. I'll see if i can get some pics!
Had a '41 Ford coupe with a straight front axle. Ride was real nice. Had some rear sway. Sold it to a guy about five miles away. Told him he needed to rearch the rear springs ('56 Ford) to make it handle better. Nope, the bad handling has to be caused by that old straight front axle. So, out came the axle and in went the Mustang II. Ride comfort was worse, and still had the rear sway. He rearched the rear springs and the sway went away (imagine that). But now, the shock of hitting bumps in the road was transmitted directly to the front frame rails and you could feel everything through the front floorboard/toe board. Didn't do that with the straight front axle. New owner admitted he screwed up by changing the front end. I also had a '40 Ford coupe with a Mustang II. What a piece of **** that thing was. Front rear balance of the car was all screwed up. Could never get the handling right on the car. No more independent front ends on old Fords for me. My current fleet of straight front axled Fords will out handle and track straighter down the road than the MII front. As for ride comfort. I still prefer the straight front axle. If I wanted the plush ride of a Cadillac, I'd go buy one. Also, a lot of folks yank off the 16" dia. steering wheels and install something smaller and then complain about high steering efforts, then say they need to install power steering. Well, DUH!, when they went to the small wheel they took away the mechanical advantage to lighten the steering effort. Small wheel =s higher steering efforts and quicker steering. Not a good combination in these old cars. But maybe I don't know Nuttin' . I spent only 10 years as a subjective ride and handling test driver at a major tire company. In my next chapter, I'll discuss tuning the handling of your car with tire pressures. Yeah, I know, I must be crazy, 'cause air is free we know it can't work .
What kind? Flipped axle on a '46 Chevy pick-em-up Why that? Cheap When? In process How Low? 3-1/2" Any regrets? We'll see..........
78 mustang, cut it out with a plasma cutter. Set the nose on a 4x4 and cut the cross member to fit. The stock parts are pretty cheap. Wish I had the money to bag it.
What kind?'40 Ford axle and split 'bones(suicide style)model a coupe Why that? Super Cheap When? 6 months ago How Low? 6" Any regrets? Nope Did the whole **** for about 300 bones.
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