Using 8 3/4 with /6

I see you live in San Jose. There are two pick n pulls in town as well as one in Newark and one in Moss Landing. I have had good luck over the years finding bits and pieces for A bodies. You may want to sign up for "Row 52" that advertises on the pick n pull sites. It may help you find a donor car for an 8 1/4 rear end. It is possible to find an 8 3/4 in a yard but rare. Keep your eye on cars that may be wider than an A body. As others mentioned sometimes a wider rear end can be made to fit but my reason for looking at them is the center section. You can find an 8 1/4 sure grip in the high performance versions of the volare as well as 8 3/4 center section in trucks or grocery getter grandma cars.

There are other ways and places to get an 8 1/4 or 8 3/4 but they usually involve more cash than the flat rate pricing from pick n pull. I learned a lot about cars by spending a lot of time in high school with a buddy at our local wrecking yards. Be careful if you go out yarding. Even though they place cars on those welded together rims as make shift jack stands a car can still fall on you. Bringing a friend is always a good idea.

I don't have the information on hand with me at work but you can look up the model year cars that have the parts you are looking for and use it for reference when looking online or if you go to a junk yard. BTW, if you find a rear end and you put it in the trunk of that pretty car of yours make sure it does not slide in the trunk and make dimples on the sheet metal of your trunk.

Good luck and enjoy that car.

Mike