79 351 T-Bird

[Weston B.]

I may be aquiring a 79 Thunderbird the special Diamond Jubilee Heritage edition. I have tries 40 yours of thunder and all the Ford Performance and Classic sights I can find. The car is a repaint done 2 years ago and not from Accident or rust ,but was a 54,000 mile nice care and it got a Ford Honalulu Blue paint job. Closest I can think of in a can is the Ford light Blue engine enamal. I am not concerned about that, I wish to add the appropriate power to the car and would like to now if the car comes with a 9" rear end. The current owner nows the ratio but not the size. It still has 62,000 approx and a cracked exaust manifolf but headersa and a couple mods can get the power up by 100+ faily quick. But if I get the car I am thing 460 4V with headers and if it has an 8' no and even the 8.8 would get bad if the tires get a little too big. So, I really should just ask if You good folks can tell me. Does the 351M 2V 1979 Thunderbird have the 9" rear Factory stock? If not, then what is it? Thanks a ton for the help, and the only Thunderbird I had a 1989 Coupe I sold. No!!! I do not want to discuss it, and no I was not drunk, Thanks for your help,
Wes Bennett--Denalywolf @aol.com Saginaw,Mi

[Gearworks]

the only rearend they come with is 9 inches.
i have a pro street 514 79 Ttop show car. the 385 series engines (429/460) fit in there REAL nice. drop me a line and we'll talk. ive done quite a few of these cars and theres no part of them i havent been in.
As you could probably guess, i do rearends and 8 and 9 inch fords are my specialty.

Paul
The Gearworks
Rockford, Illinois