I have a 37-38 Dodge car "double-drop" tube front axel ***embly. I also have numerous early ford spindles, hubs and brake parts. To the naked eye, the king-pin boses look like they are close to the same angle. Do any of you know for sure? Has anyone tried to put Ford spindles on one of these axels? Sam
Not sure if this helps but Paul Schiefer ran a double drop axle under 3 of his cars. The spindles do look like pre '35 Ford units. http://ahrf.com/image_detail.php?type=search&position=5&keyword=paul Schiefer http://ahrf.com/image_detail.php?type=search&position=1&keyword=paul Schiefer http://ahrf.com/image_detail.php?type=search&position=4&keyword=paul Schiefer
Do I know for sure, NO. I have the same axel and bought a pair of F1, 1948 through 1952 Ford truck spindles. The Dodge kingpins are a slightly smaller diameter and appear to be the same inclination. The Dodge Brothers made a lot of parts for the Ford Company. Find someone with a vertical mill, clamp or lock Dodge axel in vice. Chuck up Dodge kingpin in mill. Adjust axel until kingpin goes through kingpin boss. Tighten vice or clamp, recheck that kingpin still goes through boss.Chuck up reamer, slowly ream to Ford size. Good luck DT
The Early spindle boss angle is 8 degrees w/ a .812 bore for the pin and a 2.385 thick spindle boss. Hopefully that will help.
Thanks for the info. A recent GoodGuys mag had a picture of a primer brown model T with a mexican blanket. The car is running a double drop axel and it looks like it has Ford backing plates. My Mopar axel is complete and the brake parts are probably available. There's more options for steering arms, etc. with the Ford spindles though. I already have F-100 brakes for the Ford spindles and a 37 axel but like the looks of the double-drop. I'll pursue this. Sam
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