I just bought a 31 ford Rat Rod roller. it has a rack and pinon up front. ford 9" in the back.... it was put together about 5 to 10 years ago.
i was told it came from Speedway motors but i can't find any thing that looks like it.
the bolt pattern on the wheels are 5 on 4-1/2 .... ford?????
the control arms look like ford mustang 2 kinda.
but the rack does not have the bolt loops under it like the mustang 2 ???
as you can see the rack has kind of a square rubber block around it that straps to the frame ??
so my question is what are the front end components from????
This was a large version of a speedometer cable, made the same way. It was a pretty neat idea because you could mount the R&P most anywhere and the cable steering column would bend to accomodate it. Where the whole operation want south was that Ford failed to make the cable out of stainless. Result....it rusted from the inside out where you couldn't see it and failed at the most inappropriate time.
The rack mount in the first pic looks OK, but the opposite end looks like he didn't have the proper parts and cobbled something together with a piece of steel strapping. I think you would be well advised to replace both rack mounts with something far more solid.
The steering failure was only noted on those that hadn't exploded due to a rear end collision.
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