Re: 1928 driveshaft diameter

Posted by HH56 On 2019/6/30 12:49:54

No clue on the driveshaft but one thing you notice when looking thru parts books is a lot of different components for export cars. 12v in the case of some, different shock valving or heavier duty shocks for others and I think there is even a few junior model export components that have the same part numbers as senior components.

IIRC, there was an article written by one of the prominent auto writers of a few years back that said the heavier components on export cars were needed for road conditions in some other countries and that because mfgs didn't know exactly where the cars would wind up they shipped for worst case. I know American roads in lots of places were very bad in the 20s and 30s but is it possible Australian roads were worse or non existent in a large part of the country and needed the heavier driveshaft?

Another question is where was the Australian car assembled. Perhaps it was a non US assembly and a locally sourced part was used or an import agent had determined from experience the stock item was insufficient and had it made up.