Thread: 1940 Ford Pickup

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Hey Navy, sorry to hear about your 327! Maybe it's a sign for you to consider putting a Ford in that Ford!

Just curious how much you cut off your springs. Do you have stock spindles or dropped ones?

Originally Posted by randyr

Hey Navy, sorry to hear about your 327! Maybe it's a sign for you to consider putting a Ford in that Ford!

Yeah Randy, that '40 is probably just revolting a bit, not wanting to be wearing a bow tie in it's golden years!!

Navy, what do you mean by

....last to cross bars that I put in between the left and right side. Their off center to match the drive shaft and it looks like $hi&.

The pumpkin is off center, but the engine & tranny will sit straight, aligned on the chassis centerline, and the drive shaft will angle from the tail shaft to the differential, sloped so that the down tilt of the tailshaft is equal and opposite from the up tilt of the differential yoke, right?

Originally Posted by rspears

Yeah Randy, that '40 is probably just revolting a bit, not wanting to be wearing a bow tie in it's golden years!!

Navy, what do you mean by
The pumpkin is off center, but the engine & tranny will sit straight, aligned on the chassis centerline, and the drive shaft will angle from the tail shaft to the differential, sloped so that the down tilt of the tailshaft is equal and opposite from the up tilt of the differential yoke, right?

Looks like $#&^ because the bends are not center to the frame, they are aligned with the drive shaft. Engine and tranny are aligned to the chassis centerline.

Originally Posted by randyr

Hey Navy, sorry to hear about your 327! Maybe it's a sign for you to consider putting a Ford in that Ford!

Just curious how much you cut off your springs. Do you have stock spindles or dropped ones?

3/4 of a coil, I was told the spindles are 2" drop, don't know for sure never measured, there the ones I'm going to use no matter what.