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You may be right. This guy is a mechanic and engine builder of the vintage F--ds. My dad - the man standing on the ground - knows him from the Model A Club they both attend. The PO - man on the tractor - said he thought it was from a '23 or '24 Chevy. He remembers him and his brother riding a "rolling chassis" down a long hill then pulling it back to the top with a tractor some 60 years ago when they were both kids. The memory bought a smile to his face and a chuckle to his voice as he told us this adventure of his childhood. Looking around the old farm as we loaded this into my truck I could almost see the two young boys barreling, half out of control, toward the bottom of the hill we now stood at so many years later.
I have had my project Chevy less than a year but I am learning every day how this has become a life long passion for so many.
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If you answer a couple of questions it will help in the identification. Does it have 5 or 6 lug wheels? Longitudinal or transverse springs? I tried to tell from the photos but was just not sure.
How Sweet the roar of a Chevy four!
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Hi Chipper,
The has the longitudinal quarter elliptical leaf springs that terminate right at the axle housing. These don't appear to be the proper wheels but I will be able to tell more as I take it apart. Also, it has 6 lugs on each side.
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It is likely a Chevy. Definitely not Ford as they had transverse springs and if lugs only 5 not 6.
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I don't think any Ford rear axle ever looked like that. It would have to be pre T. I think the quarter elliptic springs kills it for any Ford application.
I'm guessing the rear wheels are welded on to a wood wheel hub.
Mike
ml.russell1936@gmail.com
Many miles of happy motoring
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