proposal, tot rod

I'm about half settled in, after returning to my house in GA: having spent the last three years at Ft Carson in CO.

Went by the nearby scrap yard, looking at possible tot rod materials, for me and my nephew Toad.

I saw a narrowed Ford 9" with wheels and tires, REAL narrow, like for a slingshot dragster: $100. I'll think on it, what a radical start for a tot rod.

Meanwhile, I grabbed a little quad runner, $50, has everything I need for the suspension,. In fact, it's a complete quad minus carburetor..

Also grabbed a wheelbarrow with a flat tire, $10.

For the Missus, a pedal car body, very small, old and rusted, to make into a planter.

What scrape yard, what town in GA?

Good on ya!!! Sounds like a great start. It's a project that will be a lot of fun.....and post lots of pictures!

I'll do what I can with pictures, just got some screaming fast wireless, so should be easier.

The scrap yard is Davis and Son, south of Hamilton.

Man, I want that rear end..

Thanks, I thought it might be Hamilton cause your location had that, wanted to check. You what assuming gets ya, checking resources the reason I asked.

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Future flower pot.

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Ok, officially lost track of my senses. I sprung for the narrowed Ford 9"- as you see it ( delivered ) $100.

At this point, the project can build around the rear end and the power plant.

Next: need to get the mill. Probably want to keep it around 20 HP.

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Originally Posted by firebird77clone

Man, I want that rear end..

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If nothing else, make a coffee table out of it.

that's one short drive shaft

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Originally Posted by green34ford

that's one short shaft

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that`s what she said ...

Coffe table isn't far off its worth

This thing was a deathwish, the scrap heap is where it belonged.

The welds are horrific. Tubing not radiused, just straight cut, then not even welded on the bottom. The brackets were assembled and welded in place, with no thought to disassembly.
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I had to cut the bolts to get them off. The brakes are trashed. How do I identify them for replacement?

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Anyone ? Best guess for replacement?

Try early Bronco.

Congradulation on your move.......you are getting closer to me in FL. What part of the state are you living?

Don

A "good" parts store should be able to match the shoes up by size (that’s what I have done in the past on mystery brakes)......but it takes someone who can turn catalog pages instead of a keyboard cowboy. From the looks of the brakes and self adjusters I would guess mid-late 60s passenger car.

Any idea on the gear ratio yet?

Don, thank you, still settling in.

Mike, I rotated the wheels together and counted input shaft, got 10 input to 8 wheel revolutions. That's 1.25 : 1. Crazy fast.

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I give up. This tag is not making any sense. Can anyone decode it for me?

New picture of tag. I found another couple letters

Here is a link that shows how to decode them. The important part (to me) it that it's a 2.58 ratio.

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The link didn't post. I'll have to recount the input/output turns, as I didn't come up with that ratio. Maybe the gears got swapped

Try this link.

Ford Rear Axle Information

The ratio is kind of an odd ball for a 9", which makes me wonder if what you have might be a 9 3/8 (often refered to a s a 9 1/2).

Best way to check is going to be to pull the carrier and count teeth (I’ve never had much luck counting rotations). Besides after seeing the workmanship on the housing I’d be real curious to see what they did on the axles.



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Ok, I found an extra couple letters on the tag , ( re-posted ) picture.

What I've found so far: built Sept 8 1970, 2.5 ratio, 8 3/4" ring gear,

Looking good for a Bronco too ( thanks tech, looks like you nailed it )

I just scored a trampoline for free, mat is rotted out. Lots of good steel tubing, lots of 90 bends and straight sections. Can you say full - tube frame and cage?

Tell you what I just did brakes on any 89 dodge Pickup and that set up looks just like it. adjusters, cables and all.