1968 Hemi Dart Dana rearend width?

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The 1968 Dana axle shafts have 30 splines

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That statement would make the accuracy of rest of the quote suspicious.

The pic below shows a '68 Hemi Dart fresh from the factory, notice the wide track of the rear end.

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The 1968 Dana axle shafts have 30 splines

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That statement would make the accuracy of rest of the quote suspicious.

The pic below shows a '68 Hemi Dart fresh from the factory, notice the wide track of the rear end.

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There are special offset rims to make up for the wider B-body axle width. For sure they did not shorten it down to A-body size for Dana's or 8 3/4.

Question is whether they used a 66-67 Dana and/or 8 3/4?

I think it's implied they used production assemblies and put the gears in them. Production for 1968 when they built the Super Stock cars was the 68-70 B-body width.

If they used 66-67 pieces they would be raiding Mopar parts inventory of non production parts.

Here's Troy's Hemi Dart clone with a 1968 date coded rear end, offset rims and as delivered tire size per factory specs.