End-of-May-wrap-up..150 days to finish the roadster!

Thought you may not know this....if you use a 9" with aussie Borg Warner brakes that were on XY thru XB Falcon, they used a flat drum with a spacer ring on the axle and the housing to get correct alignment......that is unless it was a commercial (ute/van) or GTHO, where they had wider finned brakes, and didn't use the spacers. You can also use these later 70s B/W brakes on a compact or early Mustang diff to narrow it by 3/8" inch, as compacts had stepped out drums.....you have to have a machine shop move the bearing location by that 3/8s, as well as taking same amount off the spline to allow the axle to go in further..but not forgetting that most (' we use are USA versions, and they had lots more brake combos...it would take this whole blog to explain the different ones I have used.

It's popular to use EA Falcon axles now, as they are easy to find and respline easily, but watch if you convert them from disc to use your xy/xa or compact brakes, because where the oil seal runs is right on a tapered part of the axle...I cured my leak by taking the seal apart, shortening the steel coil, and refitting by letting the axle "push" the seal to the exact depth needed as it bolts up...hence, leak free for years now...which is better than my own waterworks...haha.

Last weeks progress....time goes quick when you have to chase threads, find the bolts etc., but the motor/box is in now and well on the way...Glenn has the body just about ready to paint as well.

Few random pics from Sundays Capalaba swap...don't know who owns this?

Cop a look at this one....never seen this before.

And I don't remember ever seeing this 32...who owns this?....

John Parker turned out in John Andersons vintage highboy...I have a couple of pics to blog with some more old race rods from the 60s, this one included..

I even managed to sell the 30 model , gone to a new home locally.

Good to see Les Winter has the body back on the new frame...hurry up!..we want to see it finished!