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AlteWagen
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 15, 2019 10:19 am    Post subject: Barndoor axle tubes? Reply with quote
Got these in an old cleanout, was told they were early Johnson tubes but someone recently mentioned BD tubes with a home made no hop strut.

The other box has square oil fill plugs which I thought were pretty early.



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 16, 2019 6:43 am    Post subject: Re: Barndoor axle tubes? Reply with quote
Definitely not barndoor. Looks like a no hop kit for sure.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 16, 2019 8:38 am    Post subject: Re: Barndoor axle tubes? Reply with quote
The reduction box piece is post-Barndoor.

The axle doesn't look Barndoor to me either, unless it's been hacked.

The Barndoor axle end looks like this
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