So, my son and I are starting a project. It's his first build. It's 1980 Mercury Capri (I know, I know, it's not a Mustang, but it is a Fox body). He picked it up from a local guy who had it sitting in his garage for a number of years. It has a 302 v-8 in it already (but the plan is to swap in a stroked 351). Very little rust for a nearly 40 year old car.
Anyway, first up is body and chassis. We'd like to put a built 8 or 8.8 inch rear in it, but for now, we're just trying to identify the rear that's in it. I was always a Chevy guy growing up, so I'm not as knowledgeable on the older Ford stuff.
For the life of me, I can't find a picture of this rear end anywhere to ID it. I thought it was a 7.25, but every pic of that rear end it has octagonal angles on the diff cover. This one is square with round corners and 8 bolts holding the cover on. We don't know if this is the stock rear or it was ever swapped out at any point. The tag is too rusted to read it (even if we tried to sandpaper it) Attached is a pic, any ideas?
Thanks!
Anyway, first up is body and chassis. We'd like to put a built 8 or 8.8 inch rear in it, but for now, we're just trying to identify the rear that's in it. I was always a Chevy guy growing up, so I'm not as knowledgeable on the older Ford stuff.
For the life of me, I can't find a picture of this rear end anywhere to ID it. I thought it was a 7.25, but every pic of that rear end it has octagonal angles on the diff cover. This one is square with round corners and 8 bolts holding the cover on. We don't know if this is the stock rear or it was ever swapped out at any point. The tag is too rusted to read it (even if we tried to sandpaper it) Attached is a pic, any ideas?
Thanks!