E body 8 3/4 value

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I know it is E body but thought someone here might be able to offer an opinion.

I have been on the lookout for a set of leaf springs, rear brake assemblies and housing ends so that I can cut down and mount my truck Dana 60 in my 50 Dodge gasser. This week a complete E body 8 3/4 came up for sale, so I bought it for $300 Canadian. It is complete from leafs to an open 489 center section with 2 something gears in it.

My intent is to harvester the springs, housing ends,brake assemblies and u bolt / shock mount plates and sell the center chunk / axles if possible.

Is this thing worth more complete? Should I try and sell it whole and just buy the individual parts that I need? Is an E body housing rare and sought after?

Any thoughts and opinions are welcome.
 
It's not worth as much as a A body housing in my opinion. Most of the E body's came with an 8 3/4 so they seem to be more of them around. I often see them for sale. As far as what it's worth it depends on the demand in you're area. I do think you did good on you're purchase though
 
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Valkman said:
It's not worth as much as a A body housing in my opinion. Most of the E body's came with an 8 3/4 so they seem to be more of them around. I often see them for sale. As far as what it's worth it depends on the demand in you're area. I so thing you did good on you're purchase though
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Yes, I figure that I should be able to sell the 489 center section for at least $100.
 
d55dave said:
I know it is E body but thought someone here might be able to offer an opinion.

I have been on the lookout for a set of leaf springs, rear brake assemblies and housing ends so that I can cut down and mount my truck Dana 60 in my 50 Dodge gasser. This week a complete E body 8 3/4 came up for sale, so I bought it for $300 Canadian. It is complete from leafs to an open 489 center section with 2 something gears in it.

My intent is to harvester the springs, housing ends,brake assemblies and u bolt / shock mount plates and sell the center chunk / axles if possible.

Is this thing worth more complete? Should I try and sell it whole and just buy the individual parts that I need? Is an E body housing rare and sought after?

Any thoughts and opinions are welcome.
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Why not check on forebodiesonly.com????

More of an audience for it there....
 
d55dave said:
I know it is E body but thought someone here might be able to offer an opinion.

I have been on the lookout for a set of leaf springs, rear brake assemblies and housing ends so that I can cut down and mount my truck Dana 60 in my 50 Dodge gasser. This week a complete E body 8 3/4 came up for sale, so I bought it for $300 Canadian. It is complete from leafs to an open 489 center section with 2 something gears in it.

My intent is to harvester the springs, housing ends,brake assemblies and u bolt / shock mount plates and sell the center chunk / axles if possible.

Is this thing worth more complete? Should I try and sell it whole and just buy the individual parts that I need? Is an E body housing rare and sought after?

Any thoughts and opinions are welcome.
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They're not nearly as rare as A-body housings. I've bought E-body housings for $200, complete rear ends for not a lot more than that. I bought a '68-70 B-body rear axle complete with axles, backing plates, a 742 3.23 open center section and a brand new set of housing ends last year for $400. E-bodies are similar in price, if not a little lower. Some eBay examples. Of course there are folks asking a lot more than this, but they're not getting it.

1970-74 E-Body Cuda / Challenger 8 3/4 Rear Housing | eBay

Mopar E-Body 8.75 Housing / Axles 1970-74 Dodge Challenger Plymouth Barracuda | eBay

I would take what you need and sell the rest, for what you paid for it you can probably recoup most of your money selling the leftovers.

mycuda said:
Seperate. Axles can be cut re splined as well
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Not likely. Most B/E body axles have a tapered section before the splines. They typically can't be re-splined at A-body length. C-body and truck axles are usually the donors for re-splining.
 
72bluNblu said:
They're not nearly as rare as A-body housings. I've bought E-body housings for $200, complete rear ends for not a lot more than that. I bought a '68-70 B-body rear axle complete with axles, backing plates, a 742 3.23 open center section and a brand new set of housing ends last year for $400. E-bodies are similar in price, if not a little lower. Some eBay examples. Of course there are folks asking a lot more than this, but they're not getting it.

1970-74 E-Body Cuda / Challenger 8 3/4 Rear Housing | eBay

Mopar E-Body 8.75 Housing / Axles 1970-74 Dodge Challenger Plymouth Barracuda | eBay

I would take what you need and sell the rest, for what you paid for it you can probably recoup most of your money selling the leftovers.



Not likely. Most B/E body axles have a tapered section before the splines. They typically can't be re-splined at A-body length. C-body and truck axles are usually the donors for re-splining.
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Correct. Key word most. minorCut to use for different apps. Not needing splined
 
mycuda said:
Correct. Key word most. minorCut to use for different apps. Not needing splined
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Well, they're useless for stock A-body width re-splines. I've got over half a dozen E and B body rear axles and they all have the tapered down section before the splines. You have to go super short for them to be useful for anything.
 
My buddy has a few E body 8.75s as he puts the slightly narrower B body diffs into his to run bigger rubber.. I cut the ends off of a C body when I did my Dana .Kim
 
I’ve sold 3 housings for 175 and a few with 742 opens for 350.

Jake
 
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