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Originally Posted by Jack McCarthy
you pups should have been around before spools and unbreakable axles... them GM service package axles would snap like a cheap fishing line, hell lots of tracks had concrete barriers around the trees !!
jack mccarthy
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Gotta chuckle at this one Jack!
Back in the early 70's, I was convinced I didn't need/couldn't afford aftermarket axles. In my 67 Mustang, I had a 9" taken out from under a 58 Ford station wagon. I welded up the spiders from a single trac and went racing. To make a long story short, I got real good at changing axles and pulling out the gears. I did my best to deplete the supply of 57-59 Ford axles.
Oh by the way, I about took out a X-mas tree myself once due to a snapped axle. Car jumped, jerked and rolled hard to the right. I can still remember looking to my right and seeing that tree coming at me. I can feel for the guy, that's not something you live down real easily.
Robert Swartz