[SS427]

I worked all weekend on the rear KQ differential (already partially painted) to get it assembled, finish painting and detailed and finally installed it tonight. As you can see, I am trying to replicate what I found exactly as I found it will minor additions such as inspection marks I know were on the majority of cars but were not visible on this car.

The gears were dated 2 67, almost two years before the rear assembly but from what I could tell during disassembly the rear had never been apart. Seems like a stretch to me but that is what I found.

The pinion flange was restored with the inspection marks that were found. Yellow on the side of the flange and mauve on the end of the pinion.

The axle shafts we cleaned and the studs pressed out and restored. I then ever so slightly turned the face, back and edge of the axle flanges after documenting the colored inspection marks I found. These were replaced exactly as found.

There were many yellow inspection marks on the differential and are what I normally always find on them. I should note first, this is a Baltimore car and more often then not the entire rear suspension as well as the crossmember is natural steel. Obviously there were minor pits in the steel axle tubes so I had to have bodywork done on them so instead of leaving them natural we had to replicate them in paint (Jamie did the initial bare steel color coat). I then went back and recolored some areas which consisted of one color for the tubes, another for the steel shock and spring brackets as well as the backing plates and rear differential cover all being different types of steel and/or manufacturing process necessitating slightly different colors. The center section was natural cast iron. All the colored inspection marks were replicated. I applied the yellow around all the plug welds then heated the plugs up to burn off the yellow around them and colored the plugs to replicated fresh welds. All the welds on the differential and crossmember were replicated to look like fresh blued steel.

I also replicated the cold rolled steel tube welding joint and replaced them in their exact location that they were originally located in. I likely have over 40 hours just in the finish work on the outside of the differential housing, axles and brakes.

Ok so I am over restoring this car and am insanely anal, I get it.