That should look awesome!

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Thanks Dan! I took some electronics courses in high school, about thirteen years ago, but all that kowlege has flitted away. I really need to brush up on basic electrical principles and circuits.

Adifferentcity- thanks! I am excited to see how it looks when finished too. There is actually a growing list of people who want to see what it looks like. The guys who mounted the tires, people who saw a craigslist ad I posted saying what I was doing to the car, and people on this site. It should be pretty cool.

I've always thought a '67-'69 Baccaruda front clip would look especially good on an Australian VE Valiant sedan or wagon, badged up front to rear as a Barracuda. The VE Valiant's Baccaruda-lookin' taillamps would make the overall package believable:





If the job were done very neatly, perhaps a certain self-proclaimed GGuru would issue a pronouncement about when and where it was built.

And then there are the factory "Whaa?" jobs, like the South African '70 Valiant wagon:



(Front sidemarker present 'cause U.S. regs required them and that front clip is from the '70 Dart; rear sidemarker absent 'cause Australian regs didn't require them and that body's from Australia — RSA regs permit but don't require sidemarkers.)

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Awesome stuff. Lots of the best looking cars got built and sold overseas.

Although, I though the 67-69 Barracuda front clips were unique to the Barracuda? I know Darts and Valiants will interchange, but aren't the Barracuda doors different from Dart and Valiant doors?

A cuttin' torch, hammers, a welder 'n bondo 'll fix that.

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99 dakota 318 5 speed reg cab picked up 9/09; Trans finally fixed! woohoo!

Mmmmlooks like you're right; some sheetmetal reworking would be needed:

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Those Aussie VE Valiants look odd. Who put the front bumper on the back and coloured the lenses?

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Nobody. Those are the rear turn signals. Red ones haven't been allowed in Australia since the mid-1950s.

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11" rear drums were available on large bolt pattern abodies. i pulled off sevral sets and others have confirmed the same. i pulled them off granny mobiles with 8 1/4 rears. pretty sur eit was a taxi, or tow package. i forget. i am 99% sure they were not swapped on and people have confirmed the other 1%. the kicker is the ones i have seen, were 11x2" not 2.5". very hard to find shoes for. i have the 11x2.5" rear drums on my 69 dart, it stops great.

That makes sense. The 11x2.5 shoes the parts store sold be could *almost* be force-fit onto them backing plates, but didn't line up properly with all the parts.

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Not according to Chrysler. *shrug* Whadda they know?

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I am waiting for a final word on this. It is entirely possible that I have just come across two different (or even the same) A-body 8 1/4 rear axles that have had the ten inch drums swapped for eleven. But this wouldn't be the first time Chrysler "never" built something, but examples have surfaced. I don't have a dog in this fight, and will believe whoever speaks last.

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Okay, so what vehicles came with the elusive 11 x 2 rear drum brakes? I am have been searching online catalogs to no avail. I can't find the original application of these brakes.

Never mind. Rockauto shows 11x2 rear drums as standard on 74 Fury sedans. Thanks anyway.

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ahhhh. thats right i almost forgot. rock auto is always right. seriously, the years are foggy my friend pulled apart 2 4 dr abodies, one slant six the other a 318. BOTH had 8 1/4 rears. one had 11x2" shoes. we knew the girl that owned both cars for quite some time, both bought off elderly people, wit hthe mileage the cars had it was highly unlikely they had ever even had a brake job done by the time she got them. i was given an original owner i believe it was a 74 valiant 4 dr. it was a typical nj rot box, like the 2 previous mentioned parts cars. this car was used by a high school teacher that frequents a lot of mopar boards, he does 1-2 cars a year as projects, goes by the name bbscamp. he gave me what was left of the car for some patches i needed to cut out and some other parts they left on in return i disposed of it. i told him when i looked at tha car it had an 8 1/4, it never crossed his mind being a slant 6 car he didnt really seem too impressed. i got it him pulled off what i needed and later inspected what i had left. i was shocked myself to find the 11" drums, at that time i never heard of it, and no one i knew did either. i was excited until i realized they were the oddball 2" shoes. i had an 8 3/4 that i pulled from a 66 polara which was my first run in with the 2" shoes. i chucked them pretty quick after finding no auto parts store could find any such listing. it is highly unlikely that these cars were ever modified. lets face it, stranger things rolled out the door at ma mopar than a set of big rear drums. i have heard of other people across the mopar boards that have found the same.