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for use in a WISSOTA Mod 4. this is a Ford 6 3/4" inch rear end, commonly found in the Ford Pinto and Mercury Bobcat. These are leaf spring cars with drum brakes. I will be converting this one to a three link coil spring suspension with a panhard bar, and disc brakes, for use in this Mod 4 Chassis that is getting a new front clip and other repairs. One of the first operations is to turn down the axle flanges to fit in the Ford Escort brake rotors, Here's a picture of the axle in the work stand with the rotors installed. The next step is to build some spacers to fit between the bearing housing and the retainer. We usually cut the center out of the brake backing plate for this purpose, but the client bought the rear end without brakes. The problem with making big holes in small thin parts is holding them, I cut out two similar size parts from this plastic covered aluminum, drilled four corner holes, screwed them to a 2 X 6 and stuck them in the lathe. Not having a 72 mm hole saw, I finished them with the boring bar, and cleaned them up on the belt sander.