Mopar rearend used for '49 pickup ??

[bradnree]

Were Mopar rearends used for Studebaker pickups ??? I bought a '49 pickup and the rearend looks identical to Mopar units, even the numbers, this according to the gentleman I use for pin striping, and he has also built several cars....Brad

[41 Frank]

Studebaker and Mopar products both used outsourced Dana rear ends, that explains why they look identical Brad.

[bradnree]

did one of these rearends have internal clutches and was rarer than the plain version..??....Brad

quote:Originally posted by 41 Frank

Studebaker and Mopar products both used outsourced Dana rear ends, that explains why they look identical Brad.

[41 Frank]

The Dana rear ends with Twin Traction did not come along until around 1957 in Studebaker cars and the trucks in 1956 if I remember a recent thread on this correctly. Don't know when Chrysler Corp. started using a limited slip differential.