rearend worth it??

[DUVAGA]

Found a guy that claims to have a 9" Posi rearend that's been rebuilt off of a '67 he's parting out. He wants $450 for it. Wasn't on my list of priorities for the car right now so I haven't even priced them, but is is too good of a deal to pass up?

 

[Realmongo]

Sounds promising. Just verify its condition and application first.

 

[DUVAGA]

just to clarify, it's the whole rear axle, tires and all.

 

[65ShelbyClone]

If it's a Traction-Lok, then go get it already. Or if you're in SoCal, just tell me where it is and I'll get it.

 

[dennis112]

A 67' rear will be a little too wide to install in a 65/66'. You would have to either have the housing shortened (and the axles) or run a large offset wheel.

The price is fair.

 

[Cannoball888]

I have a '65 which came with a swapped 9" open rear with highway gears. It is too wide for the car. But I've heard that having it shortened can cost just as much as buying a rear end already made to factory dimensions. So, I bought a whole new rear end. It should be here in a few days. Here is my cost breakdown. Do you think this was a good deal?

9" Ford housing, big bearing, 31-spline, new Moser axles, new 3.70 gear, new Detroit Truetrac

Total $1525

 

[mfp4073]

yep, I agree with the others. If its out of a 67 and you are trying to put it in a 66, then you are going to end up spending more than its worth to get it into your car by either having to do special offset rims (that will only be good for your rearend in your car..think trade/sale in the future) or have to cut up the rearend, new axles, etc. What you could do is pick it up, use the parts like the brake assemblies, center section and then trade/sell the housing/axles to someone who needed it.

 

[dennis112]

I have a '65 which came with a swapped 9" open rear with highway gears. It is too wide for the car. But I've heard that having it shortened can cost just as much as buying a rear end already made to factory dimensions. So, I bought a whole new rear end. It should be here in a few days. Here is my cost breakdown. Do you think this was a good deal?

9" Ford housing, big bearing, 31-spline, new Moser axles, new 3.70 gear, new Detroit Truetrac

Total $1525

I'd say you got a good deal, although maybe not a great deal.

I spent nearly $1000 in just individual parts to get what you have(31 spline axles/bearings/3:70 gear/truetrac/fluids.) I've had the 9" housing/center section/backing plates/brakes installed since the mid 80's so that was a non-cost thing. Probably a couple of hundred bucks there. All the labor to set up the gears and press bearings over a couple of days was supplied by me so I suppose (counting labor) that we have about the same amout of $$ invested.

 

[DUVAGA]

ok, alarm bells are starting to go off in my head now that I slept on it. Besides the fact that over the phone this guy ends every sentence with the word "Holmes" and he lives in an area I won't go without my Beretta, when I asked about body parts he said someone bought the whole chassis but wanted it completely stripped to just a shell. Says he has everything he stripped off the car in his garage. Why would someone want the car minus good, working, desirable parts like a 9" Posi? I'm thinking I'd be buying hot parts.
And besides, it's $450 I really need to put toward badly needed paint. Hope I'm not kicking myself later. My car is a '67 coupe, so it would in theory be a direct swap.

 

[geostang351]

Besides the fact that over the phone this guy ends every sentence with the word "Holmes" and he lives in an area I won't go without my Beretta,

 

[geostang351]

Edit: sorry double post

 

[Cannoball888]

Besides the fact that over the phone this guy ends every sentence with the word "Holmes" and he lives in an area I won't go without my Beretta,

Yo, Ese, wut you talkin' bout Beretta? You talkin' bout me bario, Holmes. The car ain't hot, Holmes. It's like dis---I'm just parting it out to make it into a low rider, Holmes.

 

[BullittStangV8]

No one in their right mind would buy a 67, then gut it, take it apart, and then not want the 9 inch when they were putting it back together. (or the body parts for that matter). Since the panels and the rear would both be needed to put that car back together...it would be a good hunch that some poor guy is sitting at home crying because his prized 67 was stollen and torn to shreds.