HI JUST BOUGHT A NEW AFTER MARKET MODEL A FRAME..IT HAS A 32 FRONT CROSS MEMBER AND RAISED 3 INCHES IN THE REAR.
I AM USING A 31 SEDAN BODY.
COULD SOME ONE TELL ME WHAT TYPE OF REAR END I SHOULD PUT IN IT? WHAT I AM LOOKIN FOR IS HOW WIDE IT SHOULD BE..
(OUT SIDE TO OUT SIDE)
I AM NOT GOING TO RUN FENDERS.
BUT IT WILL BE A HIGH BOY STYLE.
I HAVE A 70 NOVA REAR END AND A S10 4X4 REAR END WILL ONE OF THESE WORK?
IF NOT WHAT SHOULD I LOOK FOR??????
THANKS FOR YOUR HELP...

Most Model A guys like to run a Ford rear end......either a 8 inch series or the stronger 9 inch. I prefer the 9 inch myself. 1957 to 1959 Ford cars have a 9 inch series rear end that is 58 inch....measured the way you described.....

The 9 inch is " The choice " of most rodders because of the strength and the ease of changing gears. The parts availability is GREAT Also...

I have a early Ford Bronco 9 inch series rear en under my 32 Ford roadster....it is 58 inches also but has the 5 on 5.5 wheel pattern.......which I wanted.....to match my 56 F-100 front brakes...

On my 32 3W........under construction..I used a 57 Ford 9 inch...with the big axle bearings.....look at my project journal for a few " under construction photos "

The 70 Nova rear should measure out at 60 inches....and the S-10 4x4 rear end is most likely too narrow. I do not like either......because of the way the gear is installed.....and the axle bearings are in the tubes.....not on the axle shafts....but that is just me......

56 wide wheel to wheel seems to be a little better for an A.

Chevy rears are fine. Axles and wheel bearings are no problem especially with a lightweight A.

Who ever changes gears in a Ford 8 or 9 more than once in a car's life anyway? Not many of us drive to the strip, swap rears, race, swap back to come home.... In my opinion that is irrelavent.