| sarahcecelia | -- 05-03-2019 @ 9:09 AM |
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A guy from Canada asked me :Will this rear fit a 1950 car axle housing? Will that ratio work on a standard shift, non overdrive car? will it help gas mileage?
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| trjford8 | -- 05-03-2019 @ 10:27 AM |
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The 3.54 rear gears will work in a non overdrive car. The bigger question is what housing are the gears mounted. As I recall The 49-53 rears are the same.
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| carcrazy | -- 05-03-2019 @ 1:24 PM |
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The rear axle housing type depends upon the vehicle body style. Passenger cars 1949-1953 use a housing with a removable carrier (like the Ford 8" and 9" rear ends). Station wagons, sedan deliveries, pickup trucks, and Mercuries use an integral housing rear axle often referred to as a "Spicer" type.
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| sarahcecelia | -- 05-06-2019 @ 7:48 AM |
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YEAH, RAY MARNER, AND OLD TIME FORD MECHANIC, SAID THEY ARE THE SAME AND CHANGED IN 1956. Regards, Steve Lee This message was edited by sarahcecelia on 5-6-19 @ 7:59 AM
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| trjford8 | -- 05-06-2019 @ 9:20 AM |
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carcrazy, just curious where your info on the rear ends came from. I do know that the pickups of those years did use the Spicer type rear end, but did not think the wagons, sedan deliveries, or Mercurys used that same type.
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| carcrazy | -- 05-06-2019 @ 12:49 PM |
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The information comes from two books published by the Early Ford V-8 Club: "The 1949 -50 -51 Ford Book"and "The 1952-1953 Ford Book".
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| trjford8 | -- 05-06-2019 @ 1:01 PM |
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Found the rear end info, thanks. This message was edited by trjford8 on 5-6-19 @ 1:11 PM
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