major score..... woooohoooo..... :)

What also seems strange is the 8-3/4 in a slant 6 car...if it came that way from the factory.

That's one of the best ways to go for getting major parts you need for your project. That's how I got my disc brakes setup...from a '75 Dart 4-door I bought. Took off many other parts I didn't need to eBay them and recoup my initial investment. In the end I got my money back plus some. Then I sold the car. I actually wished I'd held onto it a while longer, in retrospect there are even more parts on it that I could have used in case anything on my Scamp failed.