I wonder if the diff in this thing is out of a '68 and later. They bolt right in and do have a wider track than earlier cars. It would explain a couple things. It looks like it all fits great IMO, but I would still narrow it that inch like you said you were when you ordered the wheels.
FWIW, I have a '67 A body with a '67 12 bolt under it. I have a pending wheel order with Jon and let him pick all of my backspacing. The guy spent a couple hours with me at a GG show asking all of the right questions, and really made me feel comfortable spending my 5K with him. He gave me the option to go to a 10 inch wheel and a larger tire, but explained it would be tight. After spending countless hours getting 325s barely under my Nova, knowing I'd be rolling around with 4 people in the car, and wanting to hammer on the car- I elected to go with the 9.5s and the 275 tire. This is hot rodding- nobody at GM in 1967 would have ever imagined what we would be doing with these things. Finish it, roll it, forget about it.
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