8 3/4 and 8 1/4 rear ends

Really it was all about money. The man was right in saying nothing had enough power to need one! But the fact is they already had proven tooling and everything to continue making the 8.75 rears. Some bean counting geek convinced the engineers that it would be cheaper to produce the lighter C-clip type rears with some of the components being made in Mexico and Canada (yes, even back then!) I used to pick up 8-3/4 complete rears for $50 or even FREE but now they are getting harder to find and so are the excellent Dana Power Lok carriers.