[Kube]

Originally Posted by Vic Piano

Kube & Coopman, I was wondering about the castings myself because the rear that came out of the '39 Zephyr and the rear in my '39 Ford CS are both smooth, as is the banjo on the Columbia. This Columbia came out of a '39 Zephyr Coupe...

Hey Vic, If you wouldn't mind, I'd really appreciate you sharing with me the documentation you found that shows Columbia cast their own housings. I really enjoy that kind of stuff. It never occurred to me they (Columbia) would go to the expense. Rather, I figured the housings were supplied by Ford and simply modified by Columbia. I figured that as the Columbia housings all have the regular axle housing Ford part numbers cast on them.
I went out and looked at all the housings in my cars (Lincoln and Fords) and found all of them, including the unrestored cars to be smooth.
Might just be the photo but it looks like your Columbia housing is pretty decent. I was wondering about the Ford (Lincoln) axle housing.