Guest daredevilcustoms Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 WTB Franklin Series 10 front tube axle. Do not need the springs or the spindles, just the front axle. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Braverman Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Do you have a Franklin, or are you building something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest daredevilcustoms Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 gathering parts to build a relica of Art Gerricks Model T Rajo racer featured in the May 1951 Hot Rod. It used a Franklin front axle and steering. Trying to understand what model years these parts were available to help with the search. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Braverman Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 All Franklins except the V12 and the Olympic used a tubular front axle. They got larger and heavier as the cars evolved, but they all look similar. I recently parted out a Series 10, but the front axle ans steering was sold to somebody with similar ideas to yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest daredevilcustoms Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Thanks, is the series 10 axle unique to those model years, or can the same axle be found under different models/years. Do you mind telling me what the "going" price is for an axle, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Braverman Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 For what you are doing, any Franklin axle from Series 9-11 should be fine. They are all slightly different. Going price is a difficult thing to say. These things are not too common. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest daredevilcustoms Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 While I got your help, what series is this steering from and which series are similar (this is the steering generally changed over to center steering) Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Braverman Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 It is hard to tell from your photo, but it looks like a series 10 steering box. The series 9 is similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Richardson Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 My Series 9 has two oiling fittings on top, this one has a single grease fitting, so Series 10? I don't know when Franklin adopted the Gemmer boxes or what pre-Series 9 looks like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Braverman Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Chuck is right. I believe the Gemmer steering came out in 1928, but I do not know for sure. The chances of finding a pre-series 9 steering box is fairly slim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Braverman Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Here is the front axle. Series 9 and 19 have the same part number, so they must be the same. I learn something new every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest daredevilcustoms Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Chuck and Steve, thanks bunch. Chuck you've been answering my similar posts on the Model T Forum, thanks again. Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest daredevilcustoms Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 1937hd45 it is a small world, the picture at the begining of the post was one that I believe you responded back with when I was asking similar questions on the HAMB forum! My Rajo BB is in my sprint car.Do you think that Gerricks car was strickly a salt flats car? No front brakes and only the Model A mechanical in the back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest daredevilcustoms Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 May 1951 Hot Rod had a write up. The car used a Model A reearend and then a Model A transmission adapted to the Model T pan that was using a Maxwell pan as a deep sump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Braverman Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 1937hd45</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Steve, just looked at your steering box part book pages. What I have are a Series 9 and Series 10 steering box. What years were covered by both models? </div></div>Hi Bob,I was wondering when you were going to chime in on this thread. The Series 9 was built from mid 1916-21, and the Series 10 went from mid 1921-25. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest roadtrip Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 I have a 1925 ser. 11 front axle if interested.I was wondering if you could post some picts of the Car you wanted to build.I would like to hold on to my steering box. I was told the Hot Rodders used them. I wonder what years were most desired???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Braverman Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 This just appeared on ebay. I believe it is Series 11 based on the tire size.http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Franklin-...1QQcmdZViewItem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest daredevilcustoms Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Great, love to see how the bidding goes. Here in Northern Ohio, under a farm wagon is about your only chance of finding anything that hadn't already rusted back to where it came from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest daredevilcustoms Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 thanks everyone, especially Roadtrip, bought both a front axle and steering box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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