Re: wagon rear end strength

[Jimmy Peavy <peaver63@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Use it!
It's plenty strong, and a whole lot lighter than the Dana.


   Jimmy

Robert neal zimmerman wrote:

> vehicle:  my 64 plymouth fury wagon
> subject: 8.75 rear end strength
>   concern:  over at the Wagons of Steel Mopar site they were talking
>   about the weight of the wagons and wether or not the 8.75 was strong
>   enuf for such a heavy assed car such as a wagon, they were upgrading
>   to a Dana.
>    I found a rear from a 67 coronet 4 door for  100 bucks , so i can
>    dump the tapered axle setup, but is this going to be strong enuf for
>    a beefy 440 ?? maybe Don D.  old reliable or more??
>  I know the 8.75 is a strong rear but the guys at Wagons of steel got
>  me concerned about the ass weight issue?
>  granted they were discussing a later wagon, i think it was a 73
>  coronet wagon so those might weigh more,  or it might have been a
>  suburban or somesuch which i think is actually a C-body. I imagine my
>  64 is a little lighter.
>   neal zimmerman, eugene Oregon
>   
>
>  


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