The easy "hot ticket" to find is the 8.8 out of an Explorer that came with the factory Discs and a Factory Auburn 3.73 or 4.10 Posi. The explorers also came with 31 spline axles and with rear discs/Calipers you don't have to worry about C clip eliminators on a street car unless you're running 10.99 or quicker IIRC....unless you switched to drums of course (for whatever reason).

And you can both shorten the 59.5" width AND center the pinion by shortening the longer tube 3" and using 2 of the shorter side axles. You wind up with a 56.5" end to end which is perfect for A bodys and narrowed B/E's.

Not what I'd put in a track only car but for a street/strip car it's tough to beat, not that they're so great it's just that it seems what people are asking for even 'run of the mill" open 8 3/4 Hogs heads and housings is getting pricey enough that you might consider other options.

Stephen Daurity talked me into putting an Explorer 8.8 in my 66 Valiant Wagon, if he says they're strong enough that's good enough for me.

We're going to perimeter weld the axle tubes once it's all back together for extra strength.