Narrow the rear or get another housing?
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09/26/12 06:20 PM
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My '72 Dart has had the leaf springs moved into the frame rails, and minitubbed. It came with a B-body rear (60-1/8" drum to drum) with new spring perches already in place, and old stock-sized tires and wheels for rolling it around. I plan on either 295-60R15 or even 325-50R15 if they'll fit in there. 451, 4-speed, mostly street use. I got a great deal on Moparts for a pair of steel wheels widened to 10" with 8" backspacing, figuring on the sleeper look and that would be enough backspacing to use the B-body rear as is. Unfortunately it's not. The outer edges of the rims, even with that maximum possible backspacing, is just about even with the unrolled inner fender lip. And there's miles of room between the inside of the rim and the frame rail (actually more like 4" but I haven't measured it yet). So it looks like I either have to narrow the rear about 1.5 - 2" per side, which means new axles before I can even roll the body around, or get an A-body rear and run it stock for a while. I'm on a budget here so a Strange 60 is not really an option
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Re: Narrow the rear or get another housing?
[Re: DrCharles]
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09/27/12 03:42 AM
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See if you can buy, trade, steal or swap for a 1965 B body rear end, not from a station wagon though The 1965 B bodys are the narrowest B body housing with the standard 5x4.5 bolt patterns I think there right at one to one and a half inches narrower than the 1967 and later B bodys, not sure about 1966 B bodys, sorry
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Re: Narrow the rear or get another housing?
[Re: DrCharles]
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09/27/12 09:28 AM
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Narrowing it is...
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Dr Diff is out your way. check with Cass he is a great member for axle work.
I have seen plenty of good things about Dr. Diff but the website says he's in Montana... and I'm in Missouri. Not exactly next door
from here in Florida,Montana & Missouri are out that way. no?
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Re: Narrow the rear or get another housing?
[Re: TC@HP2]
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09/27/12 12:26 PM
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DrCharles
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No, you're not being silly, but the problem is that no usable tires will fit until I get it narrowed or get another rear... and the 8" backspacing on my 10" rims is the maximum possible. I suppose I could use a dually wheel but now I'm being silly (Even with the stock skinnies on 5" rims, the sidewalls are only 1/2" from the inner fender lips) Besides, I prefer the sleeper look of steel rims without that "deep-dish" Pro Street vibe. From the side, just how big the tires are will not be immediately obvious, and from behind... well, I'm already in front!
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