Thread: distance from bottom of front axle to ground on a '32 Ford, an 'A' or a 'T'???

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4" dropped axle on my 32.

24" tall tires.

engine oil pan and Derale (tub style) trans pan are 6" off the ground and have never hit.
Lowest collector is 5 1/2" off the ground and it's never dragged when driving although the exhaust pipe on that side dragged on a trailer when transiting from ramp to trailer floor.

My 31 on 32 rails roadster project has a 25" tall front tire.
Same engine/trans setup.
The car looks plenty low, but will be very practical in use.

I ended up buying one of the aluminum "Racing" jacks.
It's fairly low and just barely gets under the 32's axle center.

Dave wrote: As far as road kill - You ain't lived until you wrap a dead skunk or raccoon around a suspension piece or drug the underside of the car thru the mess


Wow!! A dead Skunk???? Really??? That's something you won't soon forget. Smell will stay with you for 5 days or 1000 miles which ever comes last.

Originally Posted by mopar34

Dave wrote: As far as road kill - You ain't lived until you wrap a dead skunk or raccoon around a suspension piece or drug the underside of the car thru the mess


Wow!! A dead Skunk???? Really??? That's something you won't soon forget. Smell will stay with you for 5 days or 1000 miles which ever comes last.

Bob,
Unfortunately it wasn't just 1 but 3. One started out dead - the other 2 ended up that way - and a lot of their parts wrapped around the dropped drag link on my '53 Ford w/T-Bird 312 engine. Several hours with a steam jenny took most of it away but on a hot & humid day - some odor was still there until the car was sold

This was my 52 Chev in the last year of High school---1964. Notice the custom "no grill" look. I hit 2 skunks "doing the dirty" right in the middle of the highway!!! Miss skunk went under the car----the smell got worse and worse untill I couldn't breath---finally had to stop the car---And there was Mr. Skunk, laying dead in against the radiator. PHEUWWWWWW

Originally Posted by brianrupnow

This was my 52 Chev in the last year of High school---1964. Notice the custom "no grill" look. I hit 2 skunks "doing the dirty" right in the middle of the highway!!! Miss skunk went under the car----the smell got worse and worse untill I couldn't breath---finally had to stop the car---And there was Mr. Skunk, laying dead in against the radiator. PHEUWWWWWW

That's exactly what the second 2 were doing when I hit them - the first probably died happy just before I got there