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Welcome to FordPinto.com, The home of the PCCA => Pinto FAQ => Topic started by: 74 PintoWagon on July 24, 2014, 01:08:17 PM
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Dick asked me to post this link up for him, some pretty good info there...
http://forums.corral.net/forums/classic-mustangs-fords/889814-width-65-68-mustang-8-inch-vs-87-93-8-8-a.html (http://forums.corral.net/forums/classic-mustangs-fords/889814-width-65-68-mustang-8-inch-vs-87-93-8-8-a.html)
REAR END HOUSING WIDTHS OF VARIOUS FORD VEHICLES:
Measured from the inside of one axle tube end flange, to the inside of the opposite axle tube end flange --(where the brake backing plates bolt to the ends of the housing, and NOT taken from the wheel-flange-to-wheel-flange distance, --where the back of the wheel would mate up to the face of the drum/disk).
1. 1965-1966 Mustang 8 & 9-inch housing width: 52¼".
2. 1967-1970 Mustang 8 & 9-inch housing width: 54¼".
3. 1971-1973 Mustang 8 & 9-inch housing width: 56".
4. 1957-1959 Ford big-cars 9-inch housing width: 52¼".
5. 1960 model T-Bird 9-inch housing width: 52¾".
6. 1975-1980 Granada/Monarch 8 & 9-inch housing width: 52¼"
7. 1977-1980 Lincoln Versailles 9-inch housing width: 52¼"
8. *1957-1972 Ford pickup 9-inch housing width: 56"
9. 1973-1979 Ford pickup 9-inch housing width: 59¾"
10. 1980-1985 Ford pickup 9-inch housing width:??
11. 1966-1977 Ford Bronco housing width: 52¼"