zoltan c
65Fish
I found an 8 3/4 rear end housing that came out of a 65 barracuda and it is 41 3/8" wide flange to flange with a perch to perch measurement of 31 1/2". This sounds very narrow to me but since it has the leaf spring perches I think it was in a leaf spring car and not a for link or ladder bar set-up. The perch to perch measurement could be off, because I got the numbers over the phone and I don't know if the guy measured them center to center. The shop selling the housing is not the owner of the car so all they know is that it came from an early barracuda.
The stock A body 8 3/4 housing was 51.4" flange to flange. This one is 41.375 which is 5" shorter on each side. I read here by on one of our members that if he was narrowing a rear for these cars he would make it 5" shorter per side, because of wheel choices. I of course can't find that post, it was under the wheel and tire section if I remember correctly. Anyway, if some of you could let me know what kind of measurements you have on your narrowed 8 3/4 it would help me a lot. Thanks.
The stock A body 8 3/4 housing was 51.4" flange to flange. This one is 41.375 which is 5" shorter on each side. I read here by on one of our members that if he was narrowing a rear for these cars he would make it 5" shorter per side, because of wheel choices. I of course can't find that post, it was under the wheel and tire section if I remember correctly. Anyway, if some of you could let me know what kind of measurements you have on your narrowed 8 3/4 it would help me a lot. Thanks.