Lookie what $5000 buys you....

[Kern Dog]

Have you heard the story about the guy that bought a hat that was too tight then he went to a Doctor to have his head shrunk?
On the surface, the following idea sounds about as silly but bear with me....
I'm thinking of installing a wider axle.
Yeah, I like these wheels that much. Here is my line of thinking.....
I love the vintage NASCAR Chargers....

I'd like to make a street version of that, sort of what I have with the red car but a lot more raw. Black steel wheels, no fancy trim, just a racer vibe.
Using Chat GTP, I gave them this picture:

Then asked for a NASCAR vibe in B-5 blue.

I LOVE this look! I don't think I'd radius the front wheel openings but I love the color and the wheels.
If I had a rear axle approximately 3" wider than the stock 68-70 B body housing, these wheels would fit and look really close to the blue version above.
I may start looking for another 8 3/4" axle housing and shafts to get there. A 71-72 B is 3 inches wider, a 70-71 C body is too.
This would allow me to use these wheels without spacers but with adequate clearance to the springs and inner wheel houses. I don't want to move the springs, I don't want to tub it, I want the body and frame structure to remain stock. Swapping in another 8 3/4" axle would allow me to retain the 3rd member, drive shaft and brakes.

 

[ckessel]

How about an E body housing? It's 1.5" wider. Gives you 3/4" per side. If you move the perches to match the b, would that work? I did the opposite on my 70 Challenger.

 

[Kern Dog]

I'm wondering if the E body width would be enough.
I have 3/4" clearance to the springs in my red car....

That is a 295 series tire on a 10" rim too. The 1 1/2" wider axle probably won't be enough. I have 4 3/4" back spacing with those wheels. At 5 1/2", I'd be rubbing the springs. The E body width adding 3/4" is like reducing the wheel back spacing from 6 1/4" to 5 1/2". It looks like I'd actually need that C body housing or slightly wider.
Moparts has an axle width chart....

I could probably go as wide as a truck axle with as offset as these wheels are.

 

[OneWheelPeel]

Isn’t Stockton wheel still around? Couldn’t they just rework the wheel or would that be more cost than what you can get an axle for?

I’m not great at anything that concerns measuring.

 

[Kern Dog]

I was a Carpenter for 36 years. I remember how to measure stuff.

Stockton wheel closed. It would cost me at least $400 to have these wheels redone. I should be able to find a C body axle for $100 or less.
I don't mind the work to save a few bucks.

 

[OneWheelPeel]

Oh ok, I drove by them around 2019, no idea if they were open still or just the sign was still up. Also 2019 doesn’t see that long ago dammit.