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Originally Posted by deuce_roadster
My avatar roadster has a 40 banjo rear end and I sent the housing and ring gear/carrier to a guy in Idaho that modified it to take 9" axles-bearings-brakes but retained the spring hangers so I still have a transverse spring. No worries about a broken axle now.
I think he has retired and his kids are running the machine shop now but still do the work.
They supplied spider gears, not sure what they came from.
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The shop you refer to (I think) was Atkinson Machine, Rexburg ID, and run by Wayne Atkinson. I also sent a complete '40 rear for him to modify for 28 spline late axles. The side gears were special and available exclusively from him, according to an American Rodder article I have. Wayne also made an open drive conversion I also purchased. I ended up with a quick change and never used his parts.
My understanding is Wayne sold the business to a couple of brothers and it became Hot Rod Works.