Question about backing plates

If the perches line up, its an A-body rear end unless the perches were moved. Same with the SBP axles. They only came on A-bodies.

Here's the bad news. If you're going to use the SBP axles, you MUST find backing plates that are for SBP drums. Nothing else will fit. BBP drums have a different offset on the backing plate, and can't be used with SBP axles. So even if you find a set of 10" backing plates, you have to be sure they're for SBP drums. That also severely limits your ability to find rear drums, as I believe there's only one or two places left that sell SBP drums.

I don't know about the SBP 7.25" backing plate, but I know that the BBP 7.25" backing plates are the same as for a BBP 8 3/4, you just have to drill out the 5th hole. The other 4 bolts line up. But that may be different on the SBP 7.25", because they don't actually swap parts with a BBP 7.25".

Wish the previous owner of my Dart would have read this. He swapped to BBP and 10 inch drums and they bottomed out on the backing plates. His solution was to add spacers behind the axle flanges to get drums to clear.:wack: