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Well I am interested to see how they fit

drewcrane wrote:Well I am interested to see how they fit

I am awaiting a new complete rearend assembly from Dr. Diff, it should be here in a few weeks. I think you guys will enjoy seeing it. It comes with all the goodies and should be able to handle 600+ HP easily. I wont have the time to post as I used to, since my Fathers passing I am helping to keep my Mother from falling apart so I spend a lot of time at my parents home. Next time I post on here I should have the rear end assembly. later days,,,,eddie

I can't wait to see the stuff Ed.................good to see you back on here mate

Eddie, so sorry to hear of your father's passing.

He was a canny old fella.

Thanks Guys, he was an inspiration to all who knew him. World war II Veteran, was at Iwo Jima, Battle of the marianis islands,(the turkey shoot), and was at the Atoll for Atomic Bomb testing. he was also a Korean Conflict veteran too. My mother is still living in the house he bought her years ago, she is taking it very hard. Thanks again,,Eddie

Thats a serious achievement in life Eddie in regards to your father, we think we have it bad these days and you look at what he came through to live to such an age to see his family do well in life. I mean to have survived even one of those battles let alone two wars is unbelievable and then to go on to raise a family etc. Some were not so fortunate and suffered terribly through physical and mental torture for the rest of their lives. His passing should be celebrated Eddie if you get me as through you guys his life was a success. R.I.P. Sir.

RedRaven wrote:Thats a serious achievement in life Eddie in regards to your father, we think we have it bad these days and you look at what he came through to live to such an age to see his family do well in life. I mean to have survived even one of those battles let alone two wars is unbelievable and then to go on to raise a family etc. Some were not so fortunate and suffered terribly through physical and mental torture for the rest of their lives. His passing should be celebrated Eddie if you get me as through you guys his life was a success. R.I.P. Sir.

Well put, thanks bro,,,

OK, the differential was dropped shipped to our local Dodge Store. This saved me 85.00 bucks. Here it is and it's a work of ART! Another box will arrive in a few days and contain the disc brake kit which is easily installed with hand tools. Almost to pretty to use! Thanks Cass!!

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When I finish installing the discs, brake line kit, Leaf springs, shackles ect I will post more pics.

Cool stuff mate, I understand your reluctance to hide that under a car

I also now have a spare K-Member. I think I am going to weld the ends closed and place a few gussets in the steering box. Then weld the lower control arms closed with AR Eng. plates. I have enough to keep me busy for a while.

K-Member stripped. Tomm. I get the rear discs, wrenches flyin,,cussin, spittin!

Nice rearend!! Wouldn't you be embarrassed when you ask guys to look at your rearend though?

Ex Prison guard,,naw it dont bother me none!

Rear 11.7" Cobra Discs installed. I think I will fabricate my own hard brake lines and brackets to the stainless lines/distribution block.

Are the tubes just swaged into the center section or welded? Don't see a weld there.

Fully TIG welded 360 degrees around Barc.

Very clean welding then!!

HI Ed, I will PM you later; just looked at the video on page one -i agree...its better than i expected! the rear end is fantastic! you've got a good head start with all that new stuff (new headliner installed), tank, radiator, nice steering wheel, new chrome. Plus its got slapstick! Good point there. Yeah it is clean like you said. Didn't see the front but if its like the rear, even better. But if you need to pretty up the front area, i think a really nice touch is to black out the entire grill and between the headlights and just leave the stainless trim around the shark's mouth area as polished (or anodised, whatever). Many die-hard Challenger fans will not agree with me here, but IMO doing this takes away some of the awkwardness of the 72-74 look that it was criticized for initially. Gives it a more uniform and tougher look. And if its to be a mild custom as you plan, it doesn't matter. My car was factory black , so all this was already done. When they painted it blue in the States, they left all the front black, and i love the way it looks.

That rear end of yours (the Dana!) is an absolute work of art...haha, like you say, almost a shame to install it! Should handle anything you can dish up. It will stop on a dime, Are you doing anything to the front brakes? A set of Wilwood calipers and new master cylinder would be good, Wilwood do make a caliper to fit these 1" discs. And they are very well priced too.

I totally agree with everything you just said Mr GoldenBlack.

Thanks Steve. I'll take your advice into consideration but I dont plan on doing any more bodywork than necessary. The front discs will be Viper,, 1.250 thick and 13" diameter with Brembo Calipers. I want to maintain a 2:1 brake bias and the right alloy/plastic Master Cyl. from Dr. Diff,,probably a 15/16 unit. The parts that were included such as the radiator were all the wrong size and pretty beat up. They have all been sold off. BTW, whats a 'slapstick'?? LOL I am a manual trans guy,, NO auto's! A Passon or tremec 5-Speed box with a McCleod Twin disc will eventually reside in there.

fal308 wrote:Are the tubes just swaged into the center section or welded? Don't see a weld there.

Here is a better pic Barc. To answer your quest. Both! The tubes are both plug welded and welded around the circumference.The ends are Strange forged steel units that accept sealed tapered roller bearings and are held in by the bearing retainer and are .75 wider than stock to allow the use of the Bullitt wheels without a spacer. Pretty slick stuff from the DR.!

That is total quality
Are the rear disc assembly's late Mustang items then?

Yes Adrian, the rear brakes are Ford Cobra Mustang units and are manufactured by PBR. They are single piston units and should have a brake bias thats 1/2 of the fronts which is very important because I am using a front disc kit and rear disc kit thats made by 2 different manufacturers. The brake bias has to be a 2:1 ratio for all this to work effectively.

I forgot to mention the differential specs: Detroit True-Trac gear driven diff. 35 splined Strange S/T axles, Timken Tapered roller bearings on the axle ends, 1350 "Spicer" Yoke, LPW alloy differential cover, leaf pads on center, flanges 3/4 " wider to allow use of the 17X8 Ford Mustang Bullitt wheels without the use of a spacer. ALL hardware included,, I havent had to outsource even a washer or fasteners,,, brake lines, disc brake kit, parking brake cables included, gear oil as well,(80W-140W Lucas Hi -Po gearoil recommended by Strange). 3415.00 delivered

All I can say Eddie is, completely awesome! It was really great talking with you, tonight!