Hot Rods 1940 Ford Beam ?

I picked up a 1940 ford front end, for my "a" project and was wondering if this is normal. Its really hard to tell in the pic but the beam dips down twice just wondering, if thats is how they all are. I searched but cant find a good pic to be able to tell.

 

it has the exact same dip on both sides though

 

Uniform and Symmetrical?? A thought: That is about where the contraptions used with hydraulic jacks to bend axles for camber alignment hook on. This might be local deformation from such a process??

 

ya im pretty sure its from an machine like bruce said ive come across a few just like it.

and yes it is a 37-41 axle.

 

If in doubt, throw it out!

 

The alignment fixtures (there were Ford dealer ones and other versions used by alignment shops, and of cours modern ones used for big trucks) came with several arrays of stout linkage that applied a big hydraulic jack to bend the axle ends for camber and caster adjustment. Bend is in about a typical anchor point for some camber work. The ones I've seen apply all forces with axle structure...rig hooks on to one part of axle, jacks against another.

 

thanks for the help

 

Nothing wrong with a bent axle, that's just how they adjusted them

 

Drop it and straighten it at the same time.

 

I've got adjusted wishbones to match your adjusted axle.
kinda hard to see the bend in this pic,
it was obviously done when it was unsplit and on the original car.
I'm still deciding wether to straightne them or not....I kinda like that they are different.

 

forgot the pic