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Originally Posted by XSTOCKER
The Olds/Pontiac rear is not acceptable for a Stocker trifive......I asked.
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That is silly. A ‘57 Pontiac is a bolt-in deal. Only driveshaft shorter, with larger U-joint on the back. Not faster, just less breakage. I ran a ‘56 Chevy 9 passenger wagon in MP, before ever running Stock. The Olds rears needed some work. They came with coil springs in the back.
When I made the wagon a Jr Stocker, I ran the Pontiac rear, not one Tech guy ever noticed. When I went to the sedan the next year, I kept the Chevy rear end. Not nearly as nervous if a Tech guy looked under it. Pontiac rear could be no faster, just more heavier, and less starting line breakage. They looked much alike from the back, Pontiac was a little larger. For a whole season, nobody noticed.