[Bob Carriere]

In most instances where I have seen GM front axles on early Fords they are the early massive HD cast Gm axle which has no bolted cover on the front.... and they feature extra cast ribbing for strength......

Those same HD cast axles are also found on early 1942 cab 13 Ford trucks and also on early cab 13 Chev trucks..... yet other Ford that we have observed have regular cab 13 Chev axles front and rear.....

The question remains which ones are original and how much mix and match have occurred in the last 60 years.

I have only seen one very early CGT cab 11 with both front and rear HD GM cast axles...... and have pictures to show.

Then of course you have all the Aussie PE-197 contract C60 with C15a small axles and 16 inch rims..... built in 45 with early rectangualr civilian instrument cluster and a week before the same model built with round instruments.... assembled from leftover parts or later retro fitted with available parts from stores.

On the rims manufacturing...... was there not a picture of a giant press (120 tons ?? ) standing 3 storey high ...flywheel half under the floor ...installed at a GM plant that struck wheel rim halves in one big bang !!!!! ....operators are seen loading flat blank steel circles...... seen it somewhere but can't remember where.... may it was K-H

Bob C.