Quote Originally Posted by DaveHH View Post
With the non-banjo rear ends (49-51) the trick was to take a broom stick and put a wire loop on the end. Reach inside and drop the loop around the broken part and pull that end piece out. I used to remove about half of the cross member bolts because I broke transmissions so often. They would never break when you were abusing them, it would go "Tink" when you were on a date or something. The engines were great.
My Dad bought a new '51 Custom 2DR when I was about 6 years old. By the time the (3) of us boys were teenagers we had another (4 ) '50 and'51 "shoebox" Fords surrounding the house. Yep, a cousin who worked at the wrecking yard showed me that trick with the axles! The 51's had a stronger transmission but could still be broken! - Bob