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Well after a long time I am finally getting my rear end in my 60 swapped out !
A few years back I rounded up a rear end off of a 67 and stashed it away. I also got an adjustable track bar, lowering springs with hardware, u joint, new axle saddles and u bolts.
I was going thru a ruff patch ( as we all have) and put the truck on the back burner. Easy to do as it was drivable.
I hope to have it back Monday, then I will do the drop spindle disc brake swap.( that I have also had for a while)
The rear end has 5 lug axles so I am not sure what wheels to run, I have some stealies ,older 15" Cragar S/S , Some 15X8 newer style rallies ,100 spoke wires, and some 15 x8 Supremes. I'm leaning towards the Supremes but don't want to run a 235/75r15 white wall. Any suggestions?
Stay tune as I up date this post

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Hey Sal, got pics of the Supremes? Never seen any so I don't know what they look like
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here you go.....
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+1 on the Supremes. I've seen em before but didn't know the name. Those are the sheezneezy!
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Man Sal ima lean towards the 15-8 Rallies... Are they the 80's Style Rallies?
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yup there 80's style

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Hey Sal the Steelies or Supremes got my vote... What direction you gonna do the Steelies? Color, bullets, center caps, rings or white walls..

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Those will look sharp on there...cant wait to see some more pics

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this is what I am running right now, The 5 lug stealies I have are painted a light blue.
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and these are in my garage

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Supremes with narrow whitewalls

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Thanks for the suggestions... I think I'll just try them all on and decide.
Ok so here is an update: I dropped the truck off with all the parts all except the keys !!!
To make maters worse I went out of town and was unable to drop the keys off till today. So I went from front of the line to stand by!
On the plus side I picked up a spilt manifold for it. I have long tube headers on it ( its a 250 6) and they hang REAL low, limiting how low I can drop the front end . I couldn't find a cheap set of shorty headers so the split manifold will have to do.
Hope to have a better update soon.

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Cragar S/S be different

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Almost done except for the trac bar. Looks like the bolt on trac bar I got from CPP needs to be tweaked. It's too long so we will cut it down tomorrow and call it good.
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Is the truck on the ground, at ride height? If not, your bar might not be too long. If the truck is up on a lift and the rear suspension is hanging down, this is not how you adjust your track bar. You must be at ride height.

Just giving some info so you don't modify something and find out you didn't need to.

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Right on !! Thanks for the tip

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Update the rear end is in !!! But.............. I couldn't get the rear brakes to bleed. So wheel cylinders, shoes, drums and hardware will be replaced tomorrow. stay tuned..................

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Update: well looks like my master cylinder is bad. Guess I got do the disc brake swap sooner then latter. The rear end swap came out great, and drives sweet! But since the rear end was a bit wider I ran into a problem.
As I had posted I was debating on what rims to use.... well that changed. Keep in mind my truck is a 1960 fleet side long bed.
The 15x8 Supremes, the 15x8 Cragar S/S ,and the 15x8 80's Rallys are all to wide. So that narrows it down.
I am going to go with the stealies painted red with some Spider caps.But will run my moon caps till I swap out the front drums.
I also had to replace my starter today ,and looks like my Ignition switch decided to sleep with the fishes too.. ah the fun of owning an old truck.
And before I get flamed Pictures are on the way.

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I was waiting patiently for the "Im ready for the rear-end swap call", but looks like you got it done ...

Awesome !

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i ran into the same problem on my rear end change...had to cut 1" out of the fender lip to make room....

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Hey John how's it going ? How is the shop doing? Thought you and Rich would be to busy to do it ! :metal:

Sir were have you been ? hope all is well for you. Thanks for the tip. As it is the 15X8 Supremes hit with no tire on them.

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Replaced the ignition switch. I found my receipt for my master cylinder and got it replaced under warranty, bench bleed it had the wife help bleed the brakes and took her to dinner for her help. The truck runs great and stops just as good.
I was going to do my disc brakes but I didn't have the outer tie rods so I ordered them up from LMC.
Replacing my old master cylinder was easy and besides the time the only cost was a quart of brake fluid.

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Hey Sal!! How's it hangin'!!
I liked the color of your truck so much I bought one like it. A few years newer though!
His name's 'Chuck'!

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Nice looking rig

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here are some pics
http://i40.tinypic.com/2dkxw68.jpg

http://i44.tinypic.com/2a5cems.jpg

http://i39.tinypic.com/20scfmd.jpg

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Just a corection the rearend came out of a 1970 C10 not a 1967 still 3.73