Model A Front Axle rescued

[TonyM]

I rescued from the trash man a Model A front axle with radius arms attached; no spindles or leaf or hardware. There is a little rust on one side of the axle I-beam, but very minor, it looks pretty restorable. The nut is rusted to the bolt on this side and is deformed ( that is the bolt holding the radius arm to the axle). It will have to be destroyed during removal. The end piece of the radius arm that attaches to the axle looks a little rusty too. Not sure if it is restorable as is; could be. If not, it seems that the piece could be cut off and a new one welded on to make the pieces roadworthy.

Is this thing worth anything? I am not out to make money, just want to rescue and recycle the piece for a future Model A guy. I would probably give it away to the right guy, so there is no profit motive, I just want to save the piece if it is practical to do so.
I am going to try and post some photos.
Thanks ahead of time.

 

[Steve Plucker]

Tony...not to take away from your question but it reminds of all the Model A parts I "rescued" from our local metal recycling yard. Of coarce it cost me to haull it all away but well worth the haul!

Pluck

 

[Bruce Lancaster]

No one is scrapping Model A's any more, but lots of the bigger pieces still appear brought in and put into the junkyard's scrap pile. A common source of axle stuff, front and rear, is still trailers and portable machinery welded up from Ford stuff long ago.