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To: oletrucks@autox.team.net
Subject: [oletrucks] stupid questions
From: varanus@phoenix.net
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 13:00:43 -0600
I should know this but I don't so at the risk of being the laughing 
stock of the old truck list - here goes:

what does a narrowed rear end mean?  Does this mean the actual 
rear end axles and axle tubes have been narrowed? Or that the 
frame has been altered to accept a different rear end.
Finally, what is the benefit to narrowing rear ends? 

I ask because I am looking at a 57 belair ht and the owner said the 
rear end appears to have been narrowed and has traction bars (old 
drag car he thinks). It's a solid/complete bod but I need to know if 
the frame is original, if the rear end is original and what narrowing 
actually means so I can educate myself before I buy.
Thanks ya'll.
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