It was a warm, sticky summer afternoon at Maryland’s Capitol Drag Raceway back in the mid-1970s. I was fresh out of high school when a ’63 Chevy II roared up into the staging lanes for a smoky stage.

There's no question the GM 10-bolt axle is a reliable component with the millions of them that are still in service on the road. Everything from Chevelles, vans, Novas, S-10 and C-10 pickups, and ...