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Message: <blockquote data-quote="swampratt" data-source="post: 2876397" data-attributes="member: 15054">Not hard to stick a 9" into something..If you weld that is.For cost savings during these builds welding is a must have skill. I have taught a few people how to weld.My wife instantly got it. Stick welding..She said so you are basically melting the 3 pieces together and one piece is the rod. Yep.She struck the arc and laid a perfect bead joining 2 pieces of steel together.. Then said that is easy enough and went inside.I have had friends I could not teach..They just did not get it ,,did not move the rod in.It really is simple.There are some Lincoln or big other Ford cars certain years that had 5 on 5 bolt pattern of the chevy truck 5 lug.Yes it is true.. You can also have in the 9"   5 on 4.5" or the 5 on 5.5" which I usually get.My toughest weld up brackets on a rearend was my son's 83 Cellica GT the rear bit the dust.. those things are thin.Neighbor had a 1966 ford mustang 6 cylinder rear end..same bolt pattern.. or close enough.. and within 1/4" of the same length.Took about 2 hours to cut off the old brackets and have them positioned on the Ford rear and welded up.Good to have donor parts.</blockquote>