Another Build Thread - My '32

[J. Robinson]

With the rear end out of the way (for now) I turned my attention to the front axle. It's been resting quietly in the weeds behind my shop since I built my coupe 11 years ago. This axle is identical to the one in my coupe - it came from an old Jeep station wagon (1948 - '62?). A good friend of mine gave me two of these several years ago. Originally they were suspended on parallel leaf springs, had drum brakes, and used a 5 on 5 1/2 bolt circle. So what? Well, the good news is they have a factory 4-inch drop!

On my coupe I converted the brakes to discs using spindle stubs, caliper brackets, and rotors from a mid-'70s AMC Hornet. AMC parts are becoming very scarce, so the brake conversion may have to be re-designed; time will tell. I suspended my coupe with all home made brackets, radius rods, and Nissan pickup torsion bars. I will do something very similar here.

Here is the axle with the brake remnants and backing plates removed. Next step will be to trim off the edges of the spring pads and do a bunch of grinding.