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Tom in TN · 03-02-2021, 04:20 PM

Hey y'all.. Hopefully some of you guys have 49 -51 Fords and have changed the rearend for something newer. Not radically, just something that is a bolt-in, using the same leaf springs and parking brake cable, but it maybe an inch narrower that the stock width of 56"
I think the rearend in my car (50 Ford Crestliner) is too wide and getting new wheels/tires messes up my tire arrangement. IOW, I'd have 2 tires/rims that could never be rotated as they would hit the front lower control arms at full turn.
So, i'm trying to find an idea of what rearend would work with the stock leaf springs, yet be a 55" track width.
Don't want to have to relocate the spring mounting pads, but if that is my only hope, I could manage.
Anyone have an idea of a 55" wide ford rearend that has worked pretty well for you?

03-02-2021, 04:20 PM	#1
Tom in TN Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Murfreesboro, TN Posts: 258	Shoebox Ford rear end swap Hey y'all.. Hopefully some of you guys have 49 -51 Fords and have changed the rearend for something newer. Not radically, just something that is a bolt-in, using the same leaf springs and parking brake cable, but it maybe an inch narrower that the stock width of 56" I think the rearend in my car (50 Ford Crestliner) is too wide and getting new wheels/tires messes up my tire arrangement. IOW, I'd have 2 tires/rims that could never be rotated as they would hit the front lower control arms at full turn. So, i'm trying to find an idea of what rearend would work with the stock leaf springs, yet be a 55" track width. Don't want to have to relocate the spring mounting pads, but if that is my only hope, I could manage. Anyone have an idea of a 55" wide ford rearend that has worked pretty well for you?