71 Duster 360 (new project)

Been a very bad week....I tried to get the new rims and slicks on but they were rubbing on the inside of the frame rail. Which had me confused cause I ordered everything the same as that is on the 71 Dart. So after spending a few minutes under this Duster double and triple checking everything. I took those measurements and went looked at the Dart...after pulling a tire off I realized the problem. And after a few minutes with a tape measure my worst fear was confirmed. And then I checked the invoice from went I ordered the Dana 60 for the Dart from 2104. The Dana in the Dart is 48 inches...the Duster's Dana is 45. And that I as in ME, never double checked the invoice from the Dart just went off my memory.....LOL...

On the Duster I have 3.5 inches from the frame rail to the axles flange...my rims are 3.5 inches back spacing, the section width of the slick or side wall is what is rubbing. I looked at all possible combinations of wheels and 9 inch slicks and nothing will work that is readily available. Weld wheels have draglites with 2.5 back spacing but I dont think that is going to work. The Dart probably has about one inch clearance from the sidewall to the frame rail...

So tomorrow morning I will begin to unbolt the dana and reinstalled the 8 3/4 so we can finish out the season....Clean a corner of the garage so I can put this
Dana in and cover it up with a blanket so I dont have to look at my 2200 dollar FU.....LOL

Then i had an issue with the guy painting the AAR, he read the fender tag wrong and ordered the wrong paint....but we were able to get that corrected without problems...he ordered V2 instead of K2...the V and K look alike to old people with bad eye sight...

Life goes on........