'66 Dodge D-Dart at Mecum auction

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Originally Posted by Alex Denysenko

Paul, that little clutch assembly was the most worthless POS ever placed behind any V-8.
Leave it to Mopar.
I don't doubt you on some obscure 8.75 in prior 67 A bodies, but I can tell you that I have never seen one. First A body I ever laid eyes on with a 8.75 was a 67 Dart GT 383 4 speed that a friend had bought new. I helped him change the third member using two bumper jacks circa 1969. Boy was I a dumb kid.
Mopar used right and left wheel stud threads through 1969. 1970 they went to all right hand.
Also all A bodies had 7/16 studs like a chebbie through 1969.

Bill, I had to work on them all day long, so I had no desire to work on them in my "fun" time too. Besides, they were just to unreliable.
My employer at the time even offered me a brand new 340 Demon to race at their expense and I declined.

Paul, you are incorrect on the 66 Comet 289/271 Hipo. That engine combo was only available in Mustangs after 1965. Nothing else.

Sometime in the middle of 65 Ma Mopar decideed that they didn't want to keep replacing 7.25 rears in 4 speed cars under warrenty so they switched to the 8.75. NHRA finally picked this fact up and authorized the use of that rear in stock. I gave a copy to ddartdude. The letter was copied from an original and given to me by a long time stock driver.