Having fun in the shop

Sometimes your life is so busy, you don’t have time to just play.
Lately, I haven’t had anything pressing so I’ve been a bit aimless.
I do a lot better when there is a deadline or an obligation to meet.
Sound familiar to you?
I got a call from a guy that needed a 7 1/4” axle. He blew the spider gears out and needed a direct replacement.
He called the right guy. I have four!

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He needed a big bolt unit so that narrows it down to two. This one here in the middle is a Dart Lite, it came with a 4 speed so it had the 2.94 gear. In my experience, 90+% of the 7 1/4” axles had 2.76 gears. I pulled the D/L into the shop….

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The 2.94 axle is out but to keep this car a roller, I stuffed another axle in it.

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Just for fun….

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Yeah…. Axle flip!

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The car looks like it is 1979 all over again.

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Remember when these cars looked like this??

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I have no plans on doing this to any car that I care about. This was just for fun.
What did you do just for fun this week?