B body rear brakes onto A body axle

Can't you drill the "A" drums to the larger bolt circle?

What made you go with 7/16" studs?
Yes you could but why when new is at the store?

I doubt with the original A-body 8 3/4 axles? You can buy axles with the correct spacing.

That's exactly what I did.

If you have the backing plate, you just need to have the correct width brake shoes and correct width drum and your basically good to go. When I ordered my Dr. Diff HD axles, the guy on the phone noted to me the use of B body brakes.

I myself swapped on 11 inch drums.

The current Cuda I'm working on I went with 10X2 with OE axles.