62 Falcon rearend

I've got a 62 Falcon 2 door sedan with a 302 and an AOD. I need to run larger tires on the back as well as a lower rear gear. Anybody out there have any advice on this? I don't know if I should narrow the rear end or go with offset wheels. My motor only makes about 350 HP and I really don't want to tub it.

I'm not sure but I'd bet that your inner fenders are pretty narrow (like my '65) so there isn't room for much tire. Changing wheel offsets won't help and that won't fix your gear ratio problem either.

I had the same problem and ended up doing a mini-tub and rearend narrowing to get larger tires under my car. It was a huge snowball project that went much further than we thought. Moving the inner fenders in 4" meant notching the frame, relocating the spring mounts, moving the fuel tank an inch (they aren't set dead center in the car), building a rear sub-frame and fabricating a front cross member support for the spring mounts. Lots more work than planned but unless you're happy with skinny rear tires your options are limited.

I'm now running 295/50-15's on 15x10 wheels and it looks really cool. Previously the largest tire I could fit was a 225/60-15 and they rubbed.

Are you using an 8-inch or 9-inch rearend now? Changing gears in either isn't a problem and several ratios are available for both.

Thanks for the info.
I'm running an 8" that I have no idea what it came out of. It looks like if I get rid of the leaf springs and go with a 4 link or something (ala street rod) I might be able to put a it wider tire in there. One friend suggested I buy the size tire I want, remove the rear end and put them in the wheel wells, and then measure the flange to flange width. What do you think of this idea?

Has your rearend been narrowed any already? What size tire and wheel are on it now?