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Picked up a possible new rear end today. I may or may not use this. It is from a 72 Ford van and is the 2nd widest 9" rear made at 68". The issue is that the pumpkin is offset heavily to the passenger side. If I use it, more than likely I will be cutting the tubes off on each side and swapping...

Ya, ditching both. The rear will be a 4 link 9" Ford straight axle, the front will be equal length beams. This is going to be for open desert high speed stuff. The stock Humvee stuff is terrible up here in the desert. Hoping to pull about 20" of travel in the front and around 24" in the rear.

6L80 is a possibility. I am not worried about the 2.73 as the stock differentials and geared hubs are going in the trash. The Ford 9" in the back will prob have 5.13 gearing.

Hi all, figured I'd start a thread to document this junk truck build as I go along. It's going to be a long project as I only have one or two free days a month. Hopefully have it done within 5 years. The plan is to LS swap it, will be a N/A 5.3, will be cammed with some nice heads and...