[FC] need help in ID'ing a rear axle (no Corvair directly)

[Merv and/or Loretta]

Any chance it might be the model T tractor attachment?
m2c
Merv
----- Original Message -----
From: <LonzoVair@aol.com>
To: <virtualvairs@skiblack.com>; <corvanatics@corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 7:26 PM
Subject: [FC] need help in ID'ing a rear axle (no Corvair directly)


> Hey guys and gals,
> This past weekend I went down to western KY to see my brother near
Kentucky
> Lake. I hadn't seen him in almost a year, so we had a blast picking at
each
> other (he's smaller than I am, about 5'11 and 180#)... anyway, he had
managed to
> do quite a bit of horse trading and wound up with a small "pull behind
> trailer"... it's really cool, though, and he gave it to me!!! The axle
that is under
> this 6.5'x4' bed is an old Ford axle... and I mean OLD. The hubs have been
> redrilled to use an old Chevy rim (early 30s vintage?) but the hub has the
old
> Ford screw on type wheel bearing dust cover. The hubs have a brake type
lining
> on the outter edge. The differential is symetrical, and is bolted together
in
> the very center, and out by the wheels where the bearings would be are two
> little screw-on caps that hide the grease holes.... oh, and the rear
spring looks
> like it belongs on a covered wagon, a big transverse 3 or 4 ply leaf
spring.
> My question is was it a "T" Ford or an "A" Ford or something else... It is
> the perfect size to pull behind the 'brier, and it is high enough that I
don't
> wear out my back loading it.
> Any info would be appreciated, and any pictures would help... I haven't
been
> able to locate any pix on the web.
> Please respond privately.
> Thanks a bunch!
> Lonzo
>
> Lon Anderson in Crittenden, KY
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