a V8 was an option in '58, if the rear end under your truck is sound it'll handle it as well as any other rear end if you don't abuse it .... if you insist on changing it out, get a tape measure and see if it'll "fit OK" and check whether you can hook up the e-brake

Bill


Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics