Wednesday 10 December 2014

1960 Ford F100 Front Axle

I was chilling out last night, cruising around on the net, ropey reality TV car shows in the back ground, a pretty standard evening for me. As always I was searching the usual sites classifieds for cheap parts, inspiration, boobs etc.
I came across a chap, not literally of course, that had just finished a Jag IFS conversion on his '60 F100 and had a post up on a Facespace page offering the remaining parts, "if anyone can make use of them"

"Sorry for the bad pic. I have a 1960 Ford f100 front axle
and a few oddments available if anyone can make use
 of them. Message me if interested thanks"


After messaging a couple of buddies and chewing fat about possibilities, design concepts, and suspension options I started the usual lengthy process of "instant" messaging to procure said parts. I decided to make an offer on the entire font axle assembly and the rear leaf springs to allow me to assemble and adjust a suitable set of leafs suited to the T.
During the course of the evening/early morning I have set my sights on building the solid axle with a 1/4 elliptical leaf spring, the shock and attachment details are yet to be decided upon, but are in the mix.