If you’ve been following the construction of Colin and Sue Radford’s ’57 Ford Del Rio Ranch Wagon so far you’ve seen the installation of the Art Morrison Enterprises (AME) front bikini clip, a Ford Performance Coyote, and an AME four-bar kit with their 9-inch rearend housings. This time around we will get into the whys and wherefores of selecting the components from Strange Engineering to make the rearend complete.
Ford’s 9-inch rear axle was produced from 1957-86 (the 9-inch reference refers to the diameter of the ring gear). So, yes, our wagon did come with a 9-inch, so why did we change it? There were a number of reasons for the decision. The new housing came from AME with all the necessary brackets for the four-bar and Panhard bar welded on in a fixture, so we knew they
