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i have a 73 dart sports anyone no the length of it?
im sure no one will no the length of the rear on a newport? question i should asked is it u heard of a new port8)
any help would be great
 
A Newport is a C-Body. I'm not sure what year you are looking at though as the rears changed from 8.75 in the 60's to a 9.25 in the 70's I beleive and I dont know if the flange to flange width changed then as well. Either way they wont fit an A-Body without shortening them... as well I dont think you would be able to shorten the 9.25
 
65-67 B is the best, then the 68-70 B body rear.

Drum to drum
65-67 B is 59 1/2"
68-70 B is 60 1/8"

Stock a body 8.75 is 57 1/8" drum to drum

With the B rear just get wheels with a little more offset to pull it back under the car.
 
well its hard to find that rearend for a decent price. The rear end is a 8.75 in the new sport. you think with the stock rear end i have and the new ports shortened i will be all good?
 
I have a C-body rear from a '69 Chrysler 300 in my barn. I have it just for an extra housing to cut down for a narrowed rear. The axles from the C-body will not work if you want to cut them down and respline them as they are tapered. A friend of mine grabbed the axles, and sent them to Moser, and they sent them back with a no, go. Earlier C-body axles will cut down, but I'm not sure how much earlier. I'm guessing '66. You could cut the C-body housing down to A-body length, and buy axles new or used...that would be the way to go.
 
My C-Body axles were not the tapered ones and I had a local shop cut and respline them. The rear was from a 68 Newport (I pulled it).

But as the shop fees for doing the cutting and resplining were about the same as getting new ones shipped from Moser, if I ever need to do this again I'll just order em.
 
Kernel Sanders said:
My C-Body axles were not the tapered ones and I had a local shop cut and respline them. The rear was from a 68 Newport (I pulled it).

But as the shop fees for doing the cutting and resplining were about the same as getting new ones shipped from Moser, if I ever need to do this again I'll just order em.
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'68 Newport eh? That is good info to have around. Maybe they started using the tapered ones in '69. One other interesting thing about this 300 was the thrid member was a 489 case. It must have been a late build car.
 
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