The Case of the Foreign Rear Axle. The last couple of weeks I've been hard at work both in the garage and on the internet trying to decide what to do about this 1967 Ford Falcon/Mustang 7.25" axle. Upon closer inspection it soon became apparent that not only had a previous owner cut the lower chassis middle cross piece out and welded in a lower piece (then butchered that!) but they'd also completely cut away the lower rails at the rear sides of the car, presumably to allow for the 'new' axle shafts to exit the frame. So the workload has increased again. This had all been done without removing the body from the chassis (obvious by the fact there are no welds on the backs of the rails) and when comparing original chassis photos one can see exactly what they've done. In the photos above none of the middle upright tubes should be there, (or the diagonal tube on the left in the top photo) and the outboard horizontal rails in the middle are also additions,...