Re: 1965 8 3/4 question

[Harry skalla <moweepea@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Scott that was the first year getting away from the tapered axel, other 
than that I don't know what makes it so special.....
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Rousseau" <srandsr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 9:15 AM
Subject: 1965 8 3/4 question


> Guys,
>
> When we replaced the rear end in my 330 wagon a couple weeks ago, we 
> replaced it with a '65  8 3/4, one of two that I bought from a reputable 
> 62-65 Dodge car/parts peddler out here on the West Coast. When I bought 
> them, the guy told me that these '65 rear ends were special in that they 
> were narrower than any of the other 1962-1970 8 3/4s, and they were a 
> one-year only deal. My buddy doesn't believe the story. He claims that he 
> "looked up the dimensions" and that all the 8 3/4s from 1962-1970 are the 
> same. But then I looked in a older copy of Mopar Muscle, and they had a 
> picture of a 1965 Coronet wagon in a junkyard in Arizona, stating at the 
> end of the caption, "Again, the '65 B body rear axle is a special one-year 
> only-piece. Come and get it!"
>
> Can anyone shed light on this. What gives? Is the '65 rear end a one-year 
> only piece, and if so, why?
>
> Scott
>
> 1963 Dodge 330 wagon
> 1963 Dodge 330 post
>
>
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