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t.soseman · 05-20-2010, 05:03 PM

Think about how much you plan on driving and how far. The 9" is overkill. A ford banjo center section is very good looking but now days I would question everything inside one if used and in use in a vehicle. If you want that look, which I really like why not keep the closed drive shaft with wishbone and modernize the rear end with modern axles, removable from the outside, better brakes and have some reliability out of it? If using the old 3/4 floating Ford get new axles and new or very good hubs. if any can be found nowdays. My advice is to run brake drum retainers on the rear. I used to have a picture of an A of mine sitting on the street with the wheel about 2 foot out of the housing on the end of an axle that broke near the center section. Thank God it didn,t let go at the taper or I would have needed a wrecker. Open drive shaft is nice but can sometimes be hard to make look good. What tranny you plan on using, 39-48 pickup?

05-20-2010, 05:03 PM	#14
t.soseman Junior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Nevada, Iowa Posts: 21	Re: AV8 - banjo rear vs Ford 8" question? Think about how much you plan on driving and how far. The 9" is overkill. A ford banjo center section is very good looking but now days I would question everything inside one if used and in use in a vehicle. If you want that look, which I really like why not keep the closed drive shaft with wishbone and modernize the rear end with modern axles, removable from the outside, better brakes and have some reliability out of it? If using the old 3/4 floating Ford get new axles and new or very good hubs. if any can be found nowdays. My advice is to run brake drum retainers on the rear. I used to have a picture of an A of mine sitting on the street with the wheel about 2 foot out of the housing on the end of an axle that broke near the center section. Thank God it didn,t let go at the taper or I would have needed a wrecker. Open drive shaft is nice but can sometimes be hard to make look good. What tranny you plan on using, 39-48 pickup?