My Dart build

[Joe mama]

Looks like your gonna have another cool car!

[67r/t4speeder]

Thanks Joe


I am having no luck finding a A-body 8 3/4 housing for Junior at a reasonable price. So since I like to tinker I was reading this article about a B-body to an A-body swap, and I have those all over the place. And I have spare wheels also that I could still use those super cool hubcaps on.

I would be interested in your input


http://www.hotrod.com/how-to/transmissio...sing-swap/

[65rbdodge]

my input? that article has some wrong info in it. all b-body axels were not the same width from 62-70. early b-bodys were narrower than the later ones, don't know the #'s off the top of my head but I do know when I stand a 69 charger housing next to a 65 coronet housing there is a noticeable difference. for some reason I think the early b's were an inch wider on each side and the later ones were 2" wider on each side.

[67440Dodge]

The housings themselves are the same size from 62-70. What differentiates them is the axles themselves. 68-9 are longer than 65, 66/7

5560

Now to Andy's question.. I had a 8.75 housing I sold to some kid, he was going to cut it down and put it behind his Dakota. So yea, do it.

[65rbdodge]

well its been a while since I measured them but I knew there was a difference, not as much as I thought though-





When I built my dart I had an 8.75 housing shortened to stock a body length and used Yukon axels. I have heard of people using c body housings/axels and having the axels re splined. I'm not sure of the cost difference though.

[67r/t4speeder]

Thanks for the measurements, it all helps me decide which way to go. So the B-bodies are 55ish flange to flange I see .



Getting more done on the hood last night, stripping down to bare metal since it was so roughly sprayed. Two area's I thought had dents it was just bad prep work on last paint job.

[67r/t4speeder]

The hood is all stripped and primed ready to block out and sealer prime for now. So on to a fender now.

340FOURBARREL call outs that go in inserts should be here today, I found a guy that makes them. They are not concours restoration ones but look really cool and I am not restoring just making look cool.

[67r/t4speeder]

I found a proper A-body length housing and axles not too far from my house, the guy is selling all his A-body parts he has collected over the years so I got lucky. It did not come with third member I put that in there to mock up for over all length. The axles have been drilled and tapped for 5x4.5 pattern and 1/2 race studs, I might just buy shorter studs since these look pretty beat and go with different wheels not sure yet. The holes for small pattern are still there so I can go either way.

I had to cut somebodies inner spring pads off and clean it up back to stock look, luckily they did not cut stock one off.

[ws27]

Nice score!

[cd45harris]

Coming along nicely... My '70 goes to the muffer shop in March, I should be terrorizing the neighborhood soon!!