Dana60: what`s the less-widest stock-one available?

[TobiasM]

Hello,

another question bothering me: which was the shortest (regarding the width) DANA-60 available to a car/truck (NOT restricted to MOPARs only)

I found the info on the net, that there were - regarding the MOPARs - two versions of the Dana60:

a) `66-70, the less wider one, measuring about 54,9" to be found in B-Bodies and

b) `70-71, the wide one, measuring 56,5", to be found in B- and E-Bodies.

Here is - if not already known - a very good info-sheet on the Dana60 (sorry for redirecting to another board):

http://www.cuda-challenger.com/cc/index.php?topic=46240.0

There is a Dana60 listed on the above mentioned sheet with the Bill-of-material/BoM-# 603425-1, to be found on `74 E-Bodies only which has the shortest axle-shaft-dimensions of the ones listed:

BoM Dia.-splines L shaft R shaft
603425 1-1/2"-35 24-7/16" 23-1/16"

Does anybody know how "small"/less wide this 603425-Dana60 is and if there is an even smaller one?

Thank you very much!

 

[wedge5]

Truck Dana's and E-body Dana's are going to be wider than the early B-body Dana's

 

[Cranky]

No 60's came under 74 E bodies.....

 

[5.7 hemi]

I would think the dart in 68 is the shortest overall, and it was the first year for dana's in mopars (cars).

 

[TobiasM]

No 60's came under 74 E bodies.....

Yes, was surprised, too, that a Dana60 should to be found under a `74 Mopar-CAR, as they didn`t built the bing-bang-performers anymore since `71.

Might this 1974-Dana60-axle have been a special-axle to order via MoparPerformance for Dragracing-applications only in 1974?

I would think the dart in 68 is the shortest overall,...

@5.7 hemi: any measurements of the `68 Dart-Dana60?

 

[Cranky]

Might this 1974-Dana60-axle have been a special-axle to order via MoparPerformance for Dragracing-applications only in 1974?


@5.7 hemi: any measurements of the `68 Dart-Dana60?

Never heard of if DC offered a complete 60 for a race car. The oldest catalog I have anymore is a 98 MP catalog and it offers everything needed to build a rear end but no housings are offered. And I thought the A bodies were only offered with the 8 3/4? I don't know much about the race A body cars and what they came with.

 

[5.7 hemi]

Dont have measurements, and the Dana first appeared in 67-68 cant remember for certain. If you got a Hemi in a dart, then you got a dana.

 

[Citrus1973]

I was gonna say the only way would be from a doner hemi car and that would probably be a super stock. Bet that would be worth some carrots to someone.

 

[Cranky]

How short of a housing do you need? You might do well to just order one the size you need....?

 

[dana 60]

As far as i know they never made a dana 60 for an A body. the 68 hemi dart had a B body dana 60 in it.

 

[Meep-Meep]

I would think the dart in 68 is the shortest overall, and it was the first year for dana's in mopars (cars).

I would say 1966 was the first year for a Dana in a MoPar car. My 66 HEMI 4 spd Belvedere has the correct early Dana with the drain plug.

 

[Meep-Meep]

As far as i know they never made a dana 60 for an A body. the 68 hemi dart had a B body dana 60 in it.

You know, that would make perfect sense for the few SS HEMI cars they made. Only difference there should be the spring pad width. Also might be part of the reason the wheel wells were cut out on the Darts.

 

[5.7 hemi]

Is 66 the first year for the dana 60? I cant remember reading anything about them in that model year. Not saying your wrong, just asking what is the first year for the dana 60.

 

[Meep-Meep]

Is 66 the first year for the dana 60? I cant remember reading anything about them in that model year. Not saying your wrong, just asking what is the first year for the dana 60.

I can't say for sure either but as far as I know it's 66. No Max Wedge car that I ever heard of had a Dana. They all were tapered axle 8-3/4" I believe and the early cars had truck 3 speeds!

 

[TobiasM]

How short of a housing do you need? You might do well to just order one the size you need....?

Cranky,

don`t need one, there was already one installed under my `68 RR, when I bought it. But it`s either a narrowed B-Body-Dana or - what I hope - a stock Dana, that is out of another car/Mopar and NOT narrowed.

I am investigating because of the German TUV, which is the equivalent to the DMV, but unlike strickter. If it all went as the TUV wishes, there would be NO modifications allowed compared to stock (not even an oil-change :icon_wink if you want to make a car street legal in Germany.
German buerocracy is "world-leading" and teamed up with narrow-mindednes. (Hope I got the correct word`s).
Biut unlimited German Autobahn is a little compensation for all that "challenging" buerocracy.

@first-year-of-DANA60: referring to my source (http://www.cuda-challenger.com/cc/index.php?topic=46240.0), the DANA60 was first introduced in passengercars in the 1968-B-Bodies, followed by the 1969-E-Bodies.
But in 1967 the D60 was already found under D200/W200`s. Don`t know if my forementioned source covers all Mopar-applications / years.

 

[mattsmopars]

1966 is the first year for the dana 60 in passenger cars.
The A990 superstock hemi cars came with 4.56 gear 8 3/4 under them.
The 66-67 b-body dana's will be the narrow factory rear. As for my knowledge the 1968 superstock 4 speed cuda's and darts had the shorter 67 b-body rear under them.
Matt

 

[Brandy]

Studebaker had 'em in 56-64.

 

[coloradodave]

Here's your answer to all the rear end specs, Dana 60 included:
http://www.bigblockmopar.nl/tech/mopar-rearaxle-dimensions/

Crap: I got caught with the OLD thread syndrome: FOUR years old. Drat...

 

[TobiasM]

at ghostrider67+coloradodave: thanks for getting back to my old thread and contributing additional informations.

As far as my car concerns, my thread-initial problem with getting my car approved streetlegal by law has been solved: a mirracle happened and TUV-authority accepted my narrowed DANA60 :icon_super:

Thanks for your help, dear boardmembers!