Projects LA HOT RODS Get's A 37 Pontiac

Holy crap it’s norb I thought you give it up when you sold the chevelle I need to see this 56

 

Like Salty said "slow but sure"

 

Been a long time Norb, we should drink some beer again.

 

Norb that’s a good looking ride hope to see it running soon same with James coupe and now back to the show lol

 

Today was a road trip to pick up a rear end for the car.
Dana 60 with Strange spool and 35 spline axles with 5.13 gears. This thing is a beast.
I do need to get the axles drilled for 5x5 wheel bolt pattern.

 

you really going to need that kind of beef?...and weight?

 

I like "work good and last long time".
I'm sure I wont have any problem building enough power to put it to the test.
I have a 9 inch rear end that I could have built for it but I'm not a real fan of the 9 inch.
Pluss the price point I bought this one for I couldn't build the 9 inch.
This is going to be a track car not a street or show car.

 

The truck motor will handle it, giddy up giddy up 409

 

Now that's funny Norb
These were used under a lot of trucks. But the car rear ends had smaller axle tubes.

 

That's the kind of Dana 60 I originally wanted for my '29 AA truck, but availability at an affordable price just wasn't happening at the time I was looking for a rear end back in the late '70s. I settled for a Rockwell 140 with 5.14:1 ratio, which is kinda steep even with an AOD. Now I know the only other ratio available for that differential is a 4.86, and that really doesn't offer much of an improvement. At 75 mph, the engine will still be singing a pretty high soprano note, don't ya think?

 

Wouldn't that AA truck have pretty tall tires on it?