fitment problem

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Yes, they really can vary that much. I have a 73/74 Nova project that just got C6 5-spoke wheels and adapters and it took some tweaking to get things centered up. I made my own adapters, but I've heard good things about Skulte Performance from folks here. I can't recommend Motorsport-Tech from personal experience, but if you do a search on adapters you'll find several threads on the subject.



As for the rear axle width, the 1973-1979 F100/F150 2WD and 4WD pickups came with 65" WMS-WMS Ford 9" rear axle assemblies, 31-spline shafts, 3.50 ratio (most of them anyway), and Trac-Locs are common as well. Plus, they're plentiful and dirt cheap if you can get them before the roundy-round guys do. You'd have to change the axle flange pattern, but that's no too difficult to do.

The 1978-1979 Broncos shared the same axle and to the best of my knowledge, so did the 1980-1983 F150 pickups.

Just FYI, the same era of E150 vans used the widest Ford 9" of anything at 67" WMS-WMS up until 1986 I believe...then everything had gone to the 8.8".

Tobin
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