What the heck is up with 8-3/4" rearends?

Might have been you who hid a nice Holley 1920 in a trunk at the Ecology yard in S.F.S., CA. Guess they figured no M-B diesel owner would also have an old slant. Wrong (me). I sold it to a local guy cheap to try to get his slant purring.

could have been! That yard used to rock, now we are relegated to the very back of the yard, but sometimes you find some gems in the back corner. I got my 2bbl slant intake off a truck there. I was on my way out and walked the truck section for kicks, bingo! Only thing wrong with the 8.8 is the thing weighs a ton.