63 falcon station wagon

Looking to install an 305 Windsor into a 63 Ford falcon station wagon. Need to change the rear end because the car was a 4 cylinder. What rear end would be great for street driving also take off ?

You mean Straight 6.

Did it not have a stock 8inch 56 inch rear end already.

Excuse me the six-cylinder engines had a 7.25-inch rear axle, but the V-8's had the 8 inch, so you could put the 8 inch in there.

The final rear gear ratio was 3.10-to-1 for 1962 Falcons, 3.25-to-1 in 1964 and 2.80-to-1 in 1965. Does not say for 1963. If you find the 10 bolt there is some other ratios that you can pick from, if using a used rear end I would replace axle seals and bearings, and look at the gear chunk for damage to gears, may need to change them out.

Lighter cars & mustangs came with the 8 inch and 1967 & later had webbed castings and 4-pinion spider gears help a lot for the 8" since the pinion is better supported and the gears don't "ride up" the pinion under a lot of power. Properly built, an 8" can take quite a bit of abuse, but not as much as a similarly built 9". Some are running well over 400HP on the street with an 8", so they can handle a fair amount of power. A 9", although much stronger, is heavier and soaks up more power due to the larger ring and pinion. This means that you have a lot more unsprung weight and will handle a bit worse than with a lighter 8".

8 inch 28 spline, Without doing some wheel well mods I do not know if a 9 inch will fit. But pre 1967 8 inch is not as strong and should not be used and if using custom wide wheels the you may need to put in tubs or mini tubes and use inset rims.

But doing like said above to fit custom wheels and little bit of widened quarter panel An 8.8 or a 9" will be the ticket, as your brakes will be larger too.

I think an early V8 Mustang rear axle should fit. Your car is probably a 4 lug car so you should change out the front hubs to 5 lug.

You can offset the weight of the 9 inch with aluminum wheels ans do a drum to disc conversion if needed.

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What engine do you plan on using? A 351 or a 302?

And add a leaf or two or more to the rear suspension.

Manual would be fun.

Years ago My brother had the 1965 straight 6 2 door Falcon in an Automatic, think it was a 3 speed. I always wanted him to sell it to me if he sold it, one day I went by there and he said he sold it I was let down a little but never said anything and still keep an eye out for a decent one with a decent price too, it had the 200 straight 6. It was strong enough. Very simple, very good gas mileage, small enough to be considered a compact car, dependable and I do not think any of todays cars can stand up to how economical those cars back then were and here we are driving computers that break down way too often.

Here is a picture of what My brothers looked like, its not a picture of his. I just looked for a picture same year, color combination. That one looks nearly new and his was not new when he bought it but still looked about 75% as good tho.