Editing Talk:Mopar tapered axle rear brake conversion

The earlier Mopars have tapered rears too. My '40 plymouth has a tapered rear axle with the exception of it having the lockheed type non self adjust brakes on it instead of the shown articles self adjusting bendix type. What I don't readily know is if my '40 rear axle is an 8.75 or not, or if the newer bendix brakes could be swapped onto my rear axle...either way, to have an easier time of removing my rear brake drums via this article would be a godsend! Would the supplied brake drum part number work for a '40?
Thank you for the article and your time!!!