Considering narrowing my rear housing...

[Romax55]

I'd have to agree with Bam and RickL ; there's no place on the street for the"Pro-street" cars . They're neither Pro nor street . The narrower you go with the rear axle , and the deeper the rear wheel dish , the worse the handling gets . Those big baloneys are sloppy enough going in a straight line , but add bumps and cornering at speed and you've got a recipe for disaster . The "look" isn't everything , but if you're building a trailer queen , the ride and handling don't matter anyways . Be safe...Bob.

[Geoff]

Here's my new narrowing jig. My Dad loaned it to me.

Just trying to work up the courage to start cuttin'.

[BAM55]

Cool I have one also. But with mine I have to do one end at a time.



I used a chop saw to cut my axle tubes. I gave me a nice clean even cut.

[Geoff]

That's a nice case to keep it in, I should build one for my Dad.

Here's a couple of pictures of '56's with 15x10 wheels that are serving as inspiration.

[Geoff]

"One other issue I have with dropping the rear end to change a tire is that I have a rear sway bar. I can remove the shock mount on the 4 bar, but the sway bar
still holds it in place to a certain extent."

If you jack up the whole rear of the car and not just one corner, you'll minimize any effect the swaybar has.

Rick,

That doesn't help much the way my sway bar is currently connected. (Stock AME/Addco mounts and bushings) but you just gave me an idea to
build a linkage that would make it more flexible. It would be easy and inexpensive to do. Thanks.