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Originally Posted by glennpm

"I thought somebody might cruise over to the HAMB and check out the ad and determine exactly what is involved) the seller says that it came off a 34 Ford stock front axle including '34 spindles, NOT Corvair spindles"

Here is the HAMB ad:

Hey Glenn.....I went snooping-around looking for that ad last night, with less luck than you had. Anyway, you found it, and here's what I get out of it.

The seller, if not intentionally, did a good job of convincing you AND DON that those parts were mounted on a '34-ish I-beam axle. I just didn't see how that was possible. BELOW, I have directly quoted the verbiage the seller used.

"This came on a '34 Ford I bought. I am GOING BACK to a dropped axle."

Clever & convincing if you read through it quickly. MY OPINION....that junk was NEVER mounted on an I-beam! In the picture shown below, you can clearly see the spindle on the right (as well as the other spindle) appears to be unaltered, and also looks to be set-up to mount between upper and lower A-arms via ball joints....just like a stock Corvair! My God, you'd even have to convert to rack & pinion steering to use that Corvair 'thingy'.




I'm tellin' y'all, that poor old '34 had the entire Corvair front crossmember mounted on it like SOME guys did in the '70s, this one BELOW being taken out of a '32.



It looked like Maggie's old red drawers, and this seller wisely decided to bring this one back to an I-beam. And you'll note (probably for good reason) that he DOES NOT plan on re-using the disc brake parts on his I-beam.

Glenn....Are you & I back on the same page together, so far?
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Don (and Glenn, too)....I honestly am not trying to shed a dim light on your desire to run 4-wheel discs, especially with your hope of running the '35 wire wheels. The more I think about it, I don't remember ever seeing the '35 wires mounted REASONABLY or SUCCESSFULLY on disc brake rotors, where everything looks "RIGHT". There have been a few examples over the years, but the wheels/tires either stuck-out way too far, or there was some other sort of exotic (read expensive) machine work involved. But there is another fundamental problem with interference between a mounted caliper, and the bowl-shape of the center hub on a '35 wire wheel. BELOW is a '35 WIRE wheel & a typical brake disc with caliper mounted in position. Now try to imagine the five holes in that wheel being bolted to the disc. With that in mind, now try to imagine that BOWL LIP on the center bowl CLEARING that caliper....AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN! And you're going to have the same interference with a disk brake caliper and a '35 wheel in the rear, too. So Don (and Glenn)....what do you think about what I've pointed-out here? If either of you feel like I'm full of it in any way, let me have it.

Don - There ARE reasonable alternatives that WILL make your A-bone stop...WITH your beloved '35 wires.

"rich b" in post #45 ABOVE has it right!











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