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You fellow junk yard dogs need to be checking the rears on all the A-bodies you find. Even /6 cars.
Just picked up this 71 Dart /6 3-sp w/ disc and 8.75
A friend has a 72 Duster that he bought from the original owner. /6 auto w disc and 8.75



I think the manual trans even in /6 tended to get the bigger rear end after 1970. Maybe something to do with the weight of the cars getting more and more as time went on. And/or warranty claims on 7.25 rears.

It seems a lot of these /6 and 318 1970 to 1972 Abodies with 8 3/4 tend to be sort of loaded (weight). A lot seem to have that option package that included the rim blow steering wheel. 8 3/4 and rim blow wheels seem to pair up often. And most of those also have A/C.

I don't think they were dumping this rear end in 70 and 71. I can sort of see late 1972. But Mopar didn't carry a complete 1 year inventory on rear ends.