Lil Red

What width 8-3/4 housing will fit under this truck? Perches don’t matter I can weld them anywhere. I have one out of a 70s era van (wide perch pads on top) but it seems too wide?

I have a friend who swapped an 8 3/4 into a step side truck. It came out of a C body car, but I have no idea what year car. I do remember it was almost identical to an E body rearend. He lowered his truck, but you could weld perches on top and use it regular truck style. I'm swapping an 8 3/4 out of a 68 Dodge pickup into my 88 D100 and it is a bolt in. I even found 8 3/4 truck axles that have the 5.5 bolt circle so I can use the brakes back from the existing 9 1/4 in the 88. Good luck with your search. If you want me to do some measuring for you when I get home from the beach, shoot me a PM. I have the truck 8 3/4 out where I can measure, and also have an E body 8 3/4 in my stash to compare it to.

Here's an axle width chart from the Moparts Archives.....Width Linky

While there's no van listed, you can compare it to the widths shown here for C-bodies and D-100 truck.

From personal experience, a '77 C-body axle was the same width as the one in the '76 D100 truck I had. Just needed new perches as you mentioned.

The van one I have is the right size 64-1/4, 2.94 8-3/4 941 housing. Will work great thanks
Also have the 8-1/4 under the 73 Newport that’s 64-1/4 but don’t know that ratio yet. Once I put the 440 in the truck I want a nice low RPM street gear. Options