Frank Currie began designing and building differentials for material-handling equipment back in 1959. He worked out of his garage
fabricating and assembling rearends for personnel carriers, electric carts, tugs, scissor lifts and other specialty vehicles. By 1964 the Currie manufacturing
facility moved to a 5,000-square-foot building in Placentia, California. Frank's four sons Charlie, John, Raymond and David entered the family business
full-time in the late 1970's. They also decided to turn their off-road hobby into a family business and began developing superior aftermarket rearends for Jeeps.
In the late 1970's, the Currie's began building performance rearends for V8 conversions in Chevy Vegas, and mini trucks like the Chevy Luv, Ford Courier, and Toyota Hi-Lux models. Currie Enterprises hooked up with chassis shops in the early 1980's and designed and produced 9" rearends (based on the Ford 9") for kit cars and street rods. The popularity of the Currie Rearend grew and the enterprise expanded to a larger 7,000-square-foot facility. In 1984, the Currie product line expanded, and they moved to an 11,000-square-foot plant which included state-of-the-art cleaning and tear down capabilities for rearends.
The DANA 60 and Chevy 12-Bolt were incorporated into the Currie Product line in 1986. At that time, Currie Enterprises started designing and manufacturing complete custom-built 9-inch rearend assemblies, with Nodular Gear Cases, Alloy Axles, and Disc Brakes. Currie's in-house capabilities grew and expanded. By 1999, Currie offered a full line of driveline performance products including rearends, components, suspensions and off-road Jeep items.
