Thread: Restoration of California Charger TF

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Originally Posted by jerry clayton

thats not the rear we had in car---ours was a much narrower mopar 8 3/4

I didn't think that that rear looked 'at home'
I recall Mickey Thompson making some of those rears, is that the one you had - they were magnesium weren't they?
I remember that a batch of aluminum 8 3/4 were made, i looked at an SPE chassis a while back that had one but i doubt they'd hold up with the power you made.

Originally Posted by ojh

I didn't think that that rear looked 'at home'
I recall Mickey Thompson making some of those rears, is that the one you had - they were magnesium weren't they?
I remember that a batch of aluminum 8 3/4 were made, i looked at an SPE chassis a while back that had one but i doubt they'd hold up with the power you made.

i remember the M/T center drop out of my dads .i was thinking it was mag and was a olds? that axle came from ron ellis T .i still remember my dad pluging a small hole in it with epoxy that was 38 years ago .i still remember the old floater GMC and the day putting in the fully chrome olds rear end under the car with the 16 americans split rims .i wonder what ever happen to any of rons stuff