Has anyone used a wheel spacer to fill in the rear wells on a Duster?

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I dislike the implication of the word "correct." That implies that anything else would be "incorrect."
I consider late model wheels on these old cars "incorrect". I don't like the look. Just personal preference and opinion.
 
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When I first got my car a friend sold me 8 and 1/4 rear end out of I think a Dakota or something and welded the purchase correctly and it had 355 open for a hundred fifty bucks. I believe it had just about an E body width on it. Going through Craigslist I found somebody selling Hemi Magnum wheels and tires for $200! The rears fit perfect with the new rear end. I had to use adapters for the front and put smaller tires on. I eventually have the front rims machined out a little bit to slip over the stock hub.
I grew tired of the look extremely quick. I tried black plasti dipping them. I finally got them sold a couple weeks ago after being on Craigslist for 9 months... I'm running cop Wheels now and love them...
 
Technical difference: one is a very basic and simple spacer, the other has studs and is inherently safer. They make adapters that are same/same bolts pattern, so basically a spacer with studs. If you are not changing stud length then a regular spacer under 1/2" is ok, if you are looking to go wider than that, and are set on doing this with some type of spacer, then an adapter would be the way to go.

My apologies, simply thought you were asking the difference...
 
'65-67 B-body 8.75 will add about 1" per side of width. You do not need to relocate the spring perches. You can drill the 7.25 shock mounts. I believe you can even use the 7.25 backing plates/brakes if you have 5x4.5 bolt pattern. Only thing will be shortening the drive shaft.
I made this video to show the swap. Complete rear ends can be bought for about 200-250 bucks, often including drums/backing plates.
 
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There's your problem. THe new car wheels are all backspace and no front dish like the old cars and wheels are. Does your car have disc brakes by chance? If it does that will aggravate the issue because the front track is wider than the rear (of course) and wider than drum brake cars. Your car looks good with the Rallys I would order up a pair of 7 or 8" wides (15" if you wish) with a 4-4 1/3" backspace and rock and roll. That's what I did on both cars.

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Your cars look great! They have a great stance to them!

Yes, it has disc brakes up front. I like both the old school look and some newer style looks. This started off as an experiment as we found these 17” wheels for $80. Took some measurements, bought some tires, and bought some spacers. I like the look...
 
'65-67 B-body 8.75 will add about 1" per side of width. You do not need to relocate the spring perches. You can drill the 7.25 shock mounts. I believe you can even use the 7.25 backing plates/brakes if you have 5x4.5 bolt pattern. Only thing will be shortening the drive shaft.
I made this video to show the swap. Complete rear ends can be bought for about 200-250 bucks, often including drums/backing plates.

What rear end is that? Not a 8 3/4.
 
8 3/4 doesn't have a rear cover. 8 1/4 does and 9 1/4 and Dana.
 
Ahhh I see. The video started in the middle. :BangHead::BangHead:
 
...I don't like the look. Just personal preference and opinion.

That’s a perfectly valid point and in most cases (not all), I agree with you. All you needed to say was the part I quoted above though.
 
OUR problem is the duster body is wider in the rear than your darts. We can't just make our cars look excellent with different wheels like yours do :).

Sure you can. You just need the right width and offset. I don't think late model wheels and spacers are the way to get there. What look are you trying to achieve? Post some pictures of "the look". I believe you are just trying to space out the rears so they are more even with the wheel opening. If that's all you are doing a pair of spacers may be the way to go. We haven't seen your car or wheels so we are just guessing what you are up against. Spacers/adapters aren't the safest things to use.
 
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I'm going for a balanced look. same spacing between wheel and fender on all 4 corners. I would also like a balanced wheel look. By that I mean I would like to use the same wheel and tire on all 4 corners rather than running staggered wheel sizes. I am not a huge fan of deep dish looking wheels. Just my personal preference. It does not have to be perfect, just wondering if it's been done before so I can start going down the path of picking wheels.

This car will never be used for more than a mild commuter and Cars and Coffee cruiser.
 
I'm going for a balanced look. same spacing between wheel and fender on all 4 corners. I would also like a balanced wheel look. By that I mean I would like to use the same wheel and tire on all 4 corners rather than running staggered wheel sizes. I am not a huge fan of deep dish looking wheels. Just my personal preference. It does not have to be perfect, just wondering if it's been done before so I can start going down the path of picking wheels.

This car will never be used for more than a mild commuter and Cars and Coffee cruiser.
If that is the case and you want to use your current rear end, spacers are the only real option.
 
Too bad you're way out in Kansas, I got a set of N-50s on 14x10 inch slots that would make your duster look great, I could sell em to you for cheap, but shipping would kill it
 
I'm going for a balanced look. same spacing between wheel and fender on all 4 corners. I would also like a balanced wheel look. By that I mean I would like to use the same wheel and tire on all 4 corners rather than running staggered wheel sizes. I am not a huge fan of deep dish looking wheels. Just my personal preference. It does not have to be perfect, just wondering if it's been done before so I can start going down the path of picking wheels.

This car will never be used for more than a mild commuter and Cars and Coffee cruiser.

Spacers will work and give you the look your after. There’s just a right way and a wrong way to utilize them. Good luck getting it right for you and post up some pics when you get it right!!
 
If you have an all stock slant six Duster with stock wheels I would use 1" hub centric spacers on the rear. The screw on type, like an adapter but with the same bolt pattern both ways.
1" may not seem like much but it widens the track 2" and makes the car look better but still factory. Any more with stock wheels and they tend to look spaced out.
They actually wanted a wider track/rear end for the Duster from the start because of the wide fenders but were not allowed so by the bean counters.
The Duster was developed on a real tight budget (the budget that was supposed to be used to face lift the '70 Valiant was instead used to make the Duster) and they had to use as much Valiant parts as possible.
1" spacers will make your car look just about how the designers wanted it to ;)
 
OUR problem is the duster body is wider in the rear than your darts. We can't just make our cars look excellent with different wheels like yours do :)

Plus, if I recall, the 72+ duster 7 1/4" axle is a couple inches narrower than earlier axles.
I beg to differ. All wheel, no spacer. No spring relocation.15x8 4.50 BS 275-60-15.

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OP asked for a slant 6 Duster.
15X8 and 275-60R15 are big and heavy wheels/tires combos for the slant 6 power.
I opted for 1" adapters (SBP --> BBP), and small wheels (14X6 with 225-60R14 tires)
Wheel wells are filled now. Handling is perfect and my slant 6 thanks me everyday :)
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Of course, you could install a 66/67 B body 8 3/4 axle.

That puts the rear track perfectly in line with a front A body disk brake car track.

You would solve at least three issues with hat-

Track

5 on 4 1/5 lug pattern

8 and 3/4 axle
this is what i did.
 
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