Never noticed a difference before.
Driveshaft housing on my current touring is a tapered tube.
Driveshaft housing on my bare chassis is "stepped".
Why the difference?
Driveshaft housing
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Will_Vanderburg
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RajoRacer
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Re: Driveshaft housing
Some believe the stepped torque tube was introduced with the "Improved" Ford or somewhere in that neighborhood.
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Re: Driveshaft housing
Later production cars after around about 1924 used the step design but not all. Just a Ford design change for cost I guess. Ford did the same thing with the Model A tubes having differences over the production.