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    8/07/2013 9:18 PM  #1

    terry
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    whats this ford 9 in worth

     

    8/07/2013 9:19 PM  #2

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    Re: whats this ford 9 in worth

    it is on a local rummage sale site  no info available on it.  said it was bought for a 68 mustang but sold the car instead
     

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    8/07/2013 9:28 PM  #3

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    Re: whats this ford 9 in worth

    Interesting, it has a back brace, and what looks like a fill plug. Makes me think it's an aftermarket housing. Might be good stuff.

     

    8/07/2013 11:49 PM  #4

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    Re: whats this ford 9 in worth

    See how cheap Ya can get it t. Prolly worth geting it, on spec alone.

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    8/08/2013 9:53 AM  #5

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    Re: whats this ford 9 in worth

    Housing looks like it could have come from a Versailles, but doesn't make sense they would have swapped the discs for drums.  I am sure Ford used that same construction of housing on lots of different models.  Somethign looks odd about the punkin.  Maybe it is a 9-3/8" version?  Ultrastang probably knows.  Obviously the brace was added to the back. Probably just resulted in a warped axle assembly if not done right.  Can't tell if the shock or LCA mounts were added after the fact or if the spring perches were added.  That colorful gizmo on the back side is probably not original to the rear end, although its purpose is to hold one.

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    8/08/2013 1:12 PM  #6

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    Terry, I think you ought to go buy that right away if the price is right

    That case looks like a Currie sportsman case.  

    There might be a locker in there, or might be a spool.    

    Looks like a lot of aftermarket stuff.....

    If multiple things can go wrong, the one that will go wrong will be the one that causes the most damage.
     

    8/08/2013 3:12 PM  #7

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    Greg, my initial reaction is that you were out to lunch, but a quick  search on Google images for Currie rearends showed a bunch of similar looking rearend housings and cases.
    To me it looked like an early single rib case in a welded up Torino style  housing, but now I think you may be on to something.

     

    8/08/2013 3:14 PM  #8

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    Re: whats this ford 9 in worth

    Greg B wrote:

    Terry, I think you ought to go buy that right away if the price is right

    That case looks like a Currie sportsman case.  

    There might be a locker in there, or might be a spool.    

    Looks like a lot of aftermarket stuff.....

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    8/08/2013 5:11 PM  #9

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    Re: whats this ford 9 in worth

    spring pads set up to ride under the spring (truck) vs on top, I am thinking early model Bronco.

     

    8/08/2013 7:59 PM  #10

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    Re: whats this ford 9 in worth

    The housing looks to possibly be a small axle bearing 9-inch drum brake rear from a Granada or Mercury Monarch (1975-1980). I have a small bearing 9-inch drum brake rear from an '80 model Monarch --although now converted to Cobra rear discs. The 'hood' sticking out over the companion yoke is a feature that would be found on a passenger car and not on a truck. It looks like someone maybe welded some lower shock mounts to the housing (?? --they could be ground off). Not sure if some one was going to put this in a Bronco (??).

    Very interesting brake line routing (but that could be undone). You want the hard line on the back side of the housing so that rocks being kicked up from the front tires don't put impact dings (weak spots for potential blow out)  in the line.

    The 3rd member shown is a common one that you would find in a 9-inch Granada/Monarch rear end (Versailles too, for that matter). IF the ratio is stock and IF it's a Granada/Monarch rear, it would have 1of 4 possible factory ratios; 2.47, 2.50, 2.75 or 3.00:1.

    Very few Granada/Monarch (and Versailles) rears came with factory Traction-Loks. The ones that did could be the 2-pinion version or the stronger 4-pinion version. Since someone has modded the rear, who knows what's inside? If you purchased it, you would just have to open it up to see what the ratio is and what type of differential it has.

    If it's what I think it is, the big plus is that it's the right width for an early Mustang or related Ford.

     

    8/08/2013 8:22 PM  #11

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    I knew ultrastang would have the most info.  One quick test to see if it a traction lock is to rotate one axle.  If the opposite axle rotates the opposite way it is a single track.  If it rotates the same direction, it is a traction lock.  You could get some idea of the ratio by turning the yoke and counting turns to get one rev of the axle.  You would have to cut the spring perches off to fit the Mustang, but you WERE looking for some extra ground clearance the last time I heard you were doing suspension work...  Those mounts would give you another 4" or so out back !!!

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