'74 dart 8 1/4 stock rear BRAKES oddity

OK, mid 74 Dart. Go to buy Rear drum brakes for this. Only ones listed are 2 1/2 x 10's.

NOPE they don't fit. For giggles they look at '73 they list 1.75 x 10's NOPE don't fit.

I grab the drum and look close.

11 x 2's What the heck? How did I end up with backplates for a 1/2 ton Dodge truck?

I am the third owner. Original owner was a older woman..never made any Mods. The second owner, A young kid who had no mechanical savvy and then my son just bought it. Is it possible that the factory did this? It screwed up my day.. I was hoping to be done with the brakes by 9:00 this morning. the car is still on Jackstands with hopes they can get Shoes for it tomorrow.

A little more searching on Brake parts reveal that even the 1/2 (W100 series) has standard Drums where as the dart has the Finned ones.

It looks like this dart I have has the Rear Drum Brake setup for the '74 Dodge Monaco. Both Shoes and the big Finned Drums on that year Monaco are what I have on the Dart.

Maybe the Production line was low on Stock Backplates and grabbed from another production line???

Does it have the tow package or any other options that would indicate tow package on the fender tag? (i.e. heavy duty cooling, larger radiator, limited slip, heavy duty rear suspension, etc). That might explain bigger brakes. Also check to see if it has police package brakes onthe fender tag. They did make cop cars out of A bodies through '76.

I ran the tag a while back, I have that Info at Work.

It didn't list anything like Tow package of Cop/Taxi options.

And the axle is 'Open'.

these cars are old and sometimes have many owners.
even grandma can get a rear end swap from the local mechanic and either not know or remember.

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these cars are old and sometimes have many owners.
even grandma can get a rear end swap from the local mechanic and either not know or remember.

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with that age and not being the original owner, you never know...

Good luck!

JS