I ended up buying an old 69 firebird (different from the one that came on the chassis) from my friend, blasted it all up, primed it, checked out the guts, gave it a good cleaning and ended up having to have him replace the two pinion bearings. This was my first time messing around with an automotive rear end, and lucky this one didn't have the c clips, just 4 bolts hold the axles in and was pretty easy to take apart. The rear end only has 256 gears in it, I would have loved something in the 300+ range, but for now, rather than sinking in another $500 into this part, i'd like to get it on the road now, I can always play with the rear tire size as well as have different gears in it later.
Axles primed and new studs pressed in, finally got the correct diff cover.
I built this two level wooden stand so I wouldn't be killing my back working on the chassis not having a lift and all in my garage.
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