Wow!!!! Somebody needs a Snickers Bar. 😂

My favorite place to look is '70s F250s. They are everywhere, and they all had a Dana 60.

Be careful when you buy because the Dana 61 is out there in quantity and some of them look pretty good with semi floating hubs (car style). Mostly they come under vans, but they are built for low numerical gears and more of a hassle to regear. The Dana 60 HD has extra beef in the case and is too heavy for a street car, IMHO.

R.

Good answer.
How about an 8-3/4"?

I hear the 7 1/4 rearends are lighter and cheaper

I had a 7-1/4 under my first 383 4-speed Valiant for a few weeks. But I also left the stock skinny tires on. Lots of "sound and fury, signifying nothing". 2.76 gears were fun though, I could run 1st up to 65 mph

Would have been interesting to see how long it lasted Anyway I soon got a good 8-3/4 sure-grip and a pair of Centerlines with 235/60 tires. Still hard to hook up even with 3.23 gears, so it never broke.

a stock 8.75 is stronger than a stock 9 inch-------and a venerable dana 44 is stronger than a 9 inch-------that said if you go the dana 44 route there is much aftermarket support for it as a 9 inch---and if you are looking at a narrow axle for a back halfed car you can find an easy axle under a 68? jeep wagoneer---the center section is offset so you have a short axle side and a long side you can cut down to size........

What years/applications used the powerlock? I haven't been able to figure that one out

i would say the 60,s and early 70,s trucks had the power lock dana 60's----a friend of mine had a 68? date code 8.75 powerlock for sale a while back---couldnt get any takers----might still be laying around....

X2 minus the 8-3/4 part

NAPA has U bolts for the 3.25" axle tubes and they fit right through a factory Mopar shock plate w/ no grinding.

I prefer the side adjusters on the S60 over the shims of a D60.... and the 8.75+.25 is a great direction to go.

Shhhhhh unless you are going to buy it for him he wants to do it his way. With a non Mopar Dana Corporation rearend.

Make sure not to pick up one that is the heavy duty like I did,
It has two ribs by the cover. Way too heavy

If you want cheap look at the 9 1/4 rears.
Don't know what you plan on using it for but around here they are dirt cheap.
Don't know why they haven't taken off in the aftermarket?
As for the Dana 9 inch debate it's been done to death.

I think the crush sleeve and taper axle housing and gear selection has made them not popular

Srt-10 Ram came with Dana 60, with lsd and discs. The other rear end that might be useful, is the dana 44 from the back of wk1 jeep.

No way I'd use a Dana 44. 8.5" ring gear.
Doug

The Jeep dana 44 hd has an 8.9" ring gear, and the pinion shaft is same size as Dana 60.

Dana 44? Some of you really like beating your heads against the wall.

When I big blocked my w-150, I never once broke the 44 in 4wd, but busted the 9.25" more times than I can remember.