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BrianBurkert · 04-12-2012, 12:04 PM

My grandfather grew up in the 1920's and 1930's and he was a life-long car guy. He said Chevys and Plymouths had a lot of axle trouble (agreeing with some previous posts here). Ford touted his 3/4 floating rear axle that took away a lot of the fatigue that the Chevy's "semi-floating" rear axle was subject to. My grandfather said the Chevys were smooth when they were set up right, but he said people were forever messing with the overhead valve adjustment and many Chevys had tappy valves.

He said, even at that time, he saw the Ford as a tougher car with tougher transmission ("fully-jeweled") and tougher rear axle to withstand the rural roads. Also simple and easy to repair in the hard depression times.

04-12-2012, 12:04 PM	#32
BrianBurkert Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Fleetwood, PA Posts: 438	Re: Where are all the Chevy's from 28-31? My grandfather grew up in the 1920's and 1930's and he was a life-long car guy. He said Chevys and Plymouths had a lot of axle trouble (agreeing with some previous posts here). Ford touted his 3/4 floating rear axle that took away a lot of the fatigue that the Chevy's "semi-floating" rear axle was subject to. My grandfather said the Chevys were smooth when they were set up right, but he said people were forever messing with the overhead valve adjustment and many Chevys had tappy valves. He said, even at that time, he saw the Ford as a tougher car with tougher transmission ("fully-jeweled") and tougher rear axle to withstand the rural roads. Also simple and easy to repair in the hard depression times.