That sucks, but keep looking, old fords are every where around here.
Yeah thanks i have been reading up on that site. Lots of good info
I was also reading about shortening it 6" and being able to use a after market shaft for the early broncos.
79 Bronco D44hp and 9" rear, the wheels are 10" wide and only have like 2.5-3" of backspacing which is why they stick out considerably more then the stock ones did. I went with those axles cause I have had 1 79 F-150 and still have 2 Broncos now (79 and 86) and love the coil sping/radius arm setup on the Ford 1/2 tons and also cause I still had spare parts left over from the F-150 and Broncos. Leaf springs would have been cheaper/simpler, but coil spings or coil overs with some type of link setup or radius arm setup will flex better and won't wrap up at all like a budget minded leaf setup. You can get some pretty trick leafs and shackles that will flex just as good as a link/radius arm setup, but they still wrap up big time on trails. If I had the money I would have linked the back end up also and thrown the leaves in the scrap pile, as it stands now I'm gonna have to run some type of traction bar or ladder bar to keep my rear end from wrapping up like a pretzel first real bind I put it in.
