Guest cadaber Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Does anyone have any good pictures of the rear end from all perspectives? The one under my vehicle has some welding on it and I am not sure if some welds were factory and some were done at a later date. I am not sure at this point if I can use the rear end or if I will have to replace it.Any help/guidance would be appreciated.Thanks and happy holidays to all,Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Car year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwollam Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 I believe it is a 34 DB Sedan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cadaber Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Oops...sorry. Yes it is a 1934 four door DR model.I am assuming the driver had a "Bonnie and Clyde" moment and hit something on the front side of the rear end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Probobly not Clyde. He liked the V8 Fords.Maybe a pursuit car ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cadaber Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Here is a picture showing the weld on the seam of the rear end. I am not sure if I should try to locate a replacement or just run with this rear end. Can anyone share some pro's and con's? Trying to field advice from those of you who have "been there and done that" so to speak.Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 1930 Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Lokks like a good weld with good penetration. I would grind it down a little just to dress it up and hope for the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cadaber Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 That seems to be the consensus with my friends. I am thinking of grinding them down so the rear end looks uniform. Thanks 1930 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idrjoe_sandiego Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Not sure because its a low res picture, but it looks like you have more welding to do. See red box in picture. Is this part of the crack? If in doubt, get someone with a dye penetrant to check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwollam Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Man Joe! Quite the eagle eye! If that is not a crack it sure does a good job pretending! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cadaber Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 To be honest..I dont know how that rear end is supposed to look. It appears to have a seam, but I have no idea how it went together. I suspect that is a crack and it will need to be hit with a stick or two.btw...that is quite the eagle eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 1930 Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 The mirror opposite of the housing that has not been repaired has the identical seam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 After any welding you will need to check it for being true.The heat will tend to warp the housing. My friend that used to help me with this has died but I was always amazed at how he would heat the housings and splash water on just the right places to warp it back the other way.We would quite often weld spring perches or shock mounts on the racecar rear ends.He had fixtures that he used and a long shaft that ran thru the fixtures. I got hit on the tire once and had trouble getting the axel out, and absolutely could not even begin to get it back in without this straightening procedure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knobless Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I have the same car 34 DR ,I can shoot a pic maybe sometime this week, also have complete 1933 Ply coupe front end, rear end, with springs and hangers, cross member, , with pedals, trans,steering wheel with colum and steering box,shocks ect. if anyone is looking..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cadaber Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 That would be great to see what it looked like before all the welds. It also has a weld completely around it as well. Not sure what to think about that...I am guessing it worked fine, but have no way of knowing. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knobless Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 http://forums.aaca.org/members/knobless/albums/1934-dodge-dr/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cadaber Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Thanks for the pics...that helps a bunch. Now I can see the the welds in the center are stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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