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Rear end identification help

I got the numbers off the tag on my rear axle and was hoping someone could help me decode it and possibly tell me what it came out of.
(WBS AD2 3.00 4CA 160)
so far all I could come up with is it is from 63 or 64 possible 28 spline 8.75" with a 3.0-1 gear ratio...
 

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I got the numbers off the tag on my rear axle and was hoping someone could help me decode it and possibly tell me what it came out of.
(WBS AD2 3.00 4CA 160) so far all I could come up with is it is from 63 or 64 possible 28 spline 8.75" with a 3.0-1 gear ratio...
Ask and ye shall receive...

WBS-AD2 = 1963/64 Custom/Galaxie 9" rear axle w/an 8 3/4" ring gear / 3.00-1.

4CA = Assembled the first week (A) of March (C), 1964 (4).
 
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Ask and ye shall receive...

WBS-AD2 = 1963/64 Custom/Galaxie 9" rear axle w/an 8 3/4" ring gear / 3.00-1.

4CA = Assembled the first week (A) of March (C), 1964 (4).

Thank you, now I know what the motor came out of...smilietease
 

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