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I have a 56 Dodge and swapped the original 8 3/4" for a 60s era 8 3/4"unit. I took the entire housing and diff to the shop, They transferred the hard point to correct axle tubes and fabricated the correct leaf spring mounts etc. I also asked for a limited slip diff upgrade, and changed to a...

fyi front brake assembly on my TR

The drums look like cut-down (trimmed) Buick alum drums (cast iron liner). There is also a so-called "Alfin" drum used by road racers in the 50s that is similar to the Buick drum, but I don't believe the Alfin was made in the 12 inch diameter. I designed a set of drums for my KD500 powered...

Jeff, Great info regarding the 1973-up B body system, food for thought. i should probably plan a major junk yard search mission. Many thanks Charlie

CBODY67 Very interesting insight, I'm learnin' . Thanks

traintech55, Many thanks, I'm grateful for your time and knowledge and the other enthusiasts who have offered advide. I seems this is a active info packed forum. Charlie

Good luck with your project Mike, For the record here is Richard Petty's father, Lee, beside his 1956 Dodge D500 at Dayton Beach equipped with 12 inch center-plane "metallic" brakes. The same brakes were used on on the Mercury Marine Chrysler 300 cars that dominated Nascar in that era. Note...

OK Big John I'll check out the links you sent, thanks. I agree that the stub frame is a well engineered and an integrated "device". Meantime, "Don't let the bastards grind you down." Charlie

Thanks CBODY67 Yes I did consider the Aspen/Volare front subframe. In my opinion, this too was not one of Ma Mopars finest ideas (for lots of reasons) and decided that this was a no-go for me. Very interesting you mentioned pickups. A few weeks ago I ran across and article stating that some...

Thanks for your thoughts Dave, you are correct this project would not be for the fainthearted. The reason I got to thinking about the C body stub frame is due to its integrated OEM structure, which if it could be grafted to an early perimeter frame would have OEM geometry fixed in place. The...