'60-'62 front axle vs later years--interchange?

[mike16]

nothing wrong with closed knuckle front axles. slightly greater turning radius. but the engineers did not feel that was a problem, Posi's. hd axles, disc brakes. I think they all fit,

My understanding is that the closed knuckle axle is a bit stronger than the oepn knuckle axles.

thats what my axle rebuilder told me when we arrived at that cross road, if you already have the closed knuckle axle the the money for an open one can be spent elsewhere.