driveline · FF-0525

What is a Ford banjo rear end, and what does an open driveshaft conversion change?

Ed identifies this as the rear end from a 1948 Ford. These are banjo rear ends, and they came with a closed tube drive shaft. This one has a conversion that somebody put on so it takes an open drive shaft.

Expert

Ed Smith

Evidence

expert attributed

Component

banjo rear end and driveshaft

Applicable scope

1948 Ford banjo rear end with an open driveshaft conversion, as Ed describes it