Curious. Instead of all that work on an 8.8 " Ford, why not just get a complete 9 inch?
Seems like a lot less effort. Love the car

Loren
My fathers favorite car was a 53 Studebaker roadster. As I recall they did not have a V8. His was a six cylinder, three speed overdrive. Because of the body shape I remember a trip in eastern Oregon where he said we were going nearly 110 MPH. That was about 1958.
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