Some ideas and questions about the FORD 8.8 axle:

I am a bit behind the curve on this but it sounds interesting.
I have read that the axles pulled from the Explorers have a long side and short side. It is a common thing to shorten the long side and use TWO short side axle shafts.
What about buying TWO complete axles and having the axle shop pull the short side from one and the long one from the other.....To end up with two stock appearing 8.8 axle assemblies? One would be close to the A-Body width and the other would be about an inch wider than a stock 68-70 B body unit.
I have looked at 5 or 6 Explorers so far and read the tags on the diff cover.
4 L 10 seems to mean a 4.10 with Limited Slip. 4 10 seems to be 4.10 open. 3 L 73 is a 3.73 Limited Slip. Were there any other ratios?
What is the common practice to connect the parking brake cables ?