Perhaps it was necessary to fit the wide rears?
Though more likely he had no original power train and started from there. Just speculating.
Man those rears look awesome. Reminds me of the 'pro-street' look that was popular in the late 80's - early 90's. Most of them were 13 second cars dressed as 8 second cars
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