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Re: Rear end options for 46 1/2 ton #74976 03/21/2007 3:17 AM
Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 364 Bridgewater,NJ, USA S steveg Shop Shark
steveg Shop Shark S Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 364 Bridgewater,NJ, USA	Truckasaurus...I had the same issue with my '42...I tried a late '60s Chevy Blazer 3.42 rear (6 lug) but it was 2" too wide...I searched the junk yard for a fit but no luck. I ended up using a 70-72 Nova rear on which I had the lug plates redrilled for 6 lugs (had the odd holes welded in and ground flat). Seems to work fine. Steve G. -------------- 1942 Chevrolet 1/2-Ton Pickup Truck

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Rear end options for 46 1/2 ton	Truckasaurus	03/18/2007 7:31 PM
Re: Rear end options for 46 1/2 ton	bigbadswingdaddy	03/19/2007 3:05 AM
Re: Rear end options for 46 1/2 ton	Truckasaurus	03/21/2007 3:03 AM
Re: Rear end options for 46 1/2 ton	bigbadswingdaddy	03/21/2007 3:05 AM
Re: Rear end options for 46 1/2 ton	bigbadswingdaddy	03/21/2007 3:12 AM
Re: Rear end options for 46 1/2 ton	steveg	03/21/2007 3:17 AM
Re: Rear end options for 46 1/2 ton	JiMerit Boltr#43	03/21/2007 4:00 AM
Re: Rear end options for 46 1/2 ton	Truckasaurus	03/21/2007 4:31 AM
Re: Rear end options for 46 1/2 ton	bigbadswingdaddy	03/21/2007 5:43 AM
Re: Rear end options for 46 1/2 ton	Truckasaurus	03/22/2007 4:36 AM
Re: Rear end options for 46 1/2 ton	Cavebull	03/22/2007 2:27 PM
Re: Rear end options for 46 1/2 ton	JiMerit Boltr#43	03/22/2007 3:51 PM
Re: Rear end options for 46 1/2 ton	Truckasaurus	03/23/2007 3:35 PM
Re: Rear end options for 46 1/2 ton	Truckasaurus	03/23/2007 4:18 PM
Re: Rear end options for 46 1/2 ton	bigbadswingdaddy	03/24/2007 5:06 AM
Re: Rear end options for 46 1/2 ton	JiMerit Boltr#43	03/24/2007 4:23 PM
Re: Rear end options for 46 1/2 ton	Leo	03/24/2007 10:04 PM
Re: Rear end options for 46 1/2 ton	Truckasaurus	03/25/2007 6:33 PM
Re: Rear end options for 46 1/2 ton	JiMerit Boltr#43	03/25/2007 10:07 PM

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