1932 ford truck

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cdan

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does anybody know if a 32 pick up has a k member and is it the same as a passenger k member?i was wondering if a guy could put one in a car without alot of issues or if it drops lower and changes the caster of the front end or is all together bigger and wont work at all.
 
Also remember the 4 cylinder K member and the V8 are slightly different.

Sorry guys. Useless information. See my follow up post below.
 
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With respect, only very early passenger car/commercial vehicle chassis frame front cross members were briefly unique between fours and V-8s. While there were many changes to the center cross member early in the '32 model year, at any point in time they were common for the two engine types.
 
There was a discussion here the other day i thought about crossmember (K member) w/pictures showing diff location for holes for chatter rods on a "B" vs V8. Maybe this is what he's referring to?
Paul in CT
 
whats the difference between the 4cyl and V8 crossmembers?i just wanted to know if a pick up k member is the same as a passenger k member,i have the option of using one in my car but i havnt seen it in person and didnt know if it was the same
 
cdan said:
whats the difference between the 4cyl and V8 crossmembers?i just wanted to know if a pick up k member is the same as a passenger k member,i have the option of using one in my car but i havnt seen it in person and didnt know if it was the same
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Probably for what you are doing the answer is that there is no difference. If you are doing a high point restoration on a very early car there are slight differences. The engine steady rods are in different locations but except for a very few early ones all of the holes are there. If they are missing, get out the drill.

Charlie Stephens
 
Sorry guys. I guess I mis-spoke. I was going from memory and was thinking about what I had read several years ago in the book "How To Build a Traditional A-V8 Ford Hot Rod" by Mike Bishop and Vern Tardel. In fact (I just looked it up) on page 29 they diagram the right leg, which according to them is different between the 4 and the 8. The rest of the k-member appears to be the same. As you have pointed out it would not matter much in a 32 frame.
 
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