Thread: What will a junk yard 9" rear end cost?

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Depends on what it is out of, and where you get it. I've been seeing early Bronco 9 inch rearends on Ebay going for like $ 1000.00. Must be something special about them.

Obviously, the ones like '57 Ford Station Wagons are going to be high, because of supply and demand, but Ford luckily put 9 inchers under a lot of different cars.

Start with the width you want, and head to the local junkyard (Oh, I'm sorry, they are now called recycling centers) with a tape measure. Look under Fords of the 60's and early '70's, vans, pickups, station wagons, etc.

Mine in my '27 came from a '68 Mercury Montego, and I paid $ 100 but that was years ago. But I think at one of the pick and pull yards you could score one for not too much more than that. One I go to gets $ 100 for any rear axle assembly, and $ 200 if it is a posi. I'm thinking of starting to pull some rears and storing them, because those prices can't last forever.

Another thing, be careful because there were some rears that looked like 9 inchers but were actually like 9.25 or something like that. I don't know much about them, but they are out there.

Back to the cost question, I guess it is also dependant on where you live. Someone on here posted a few days ago that 350 Chevy's were scarce and expensive where he lived. WOW, Chevy made a zillion of these things, and I see them all the time like $ 100-$300, so I guess there are places where they are harder to find.

By the way, when you hit the junkyard, take a deepwell 9/16 socket with you. If it will not slip over the bottom pumkin mounting bolts, and you would need an open end wrench instead to get them off, it is a 9 inch. If it slips over them, it is an 8 inch. These would be the bolts that are all around the differential in a big circle. On a 9 inch, the pumpkin drops down there, so a socket won't go straight on.

Good luck.


Don