First, how bad a shape is the BN in. Would it be easier to swap the good motor and other parts over to the BN chassis? Then what you've got is a BN with a replacement motor. Pretty straightforward.
Somebody who knows for sure can chime in if this is wrong, but I think the bosses cast and tapped into the bottom of the A and the BN diff shaft housings are different (maybe on the left final drive on the A, too -- again not certain on my end). I'm thinking that if you swap the front of the BN onto the A, you might as well set up the rear to take BN implements, unless, of course, you have a lot of mounted implements for your A.
As far as the balance -- A tractor tips to the side when the center of gravity crosses outside an imaginary box whose sides are vertical from the geometric figure described by where the wheels hit the ground. On a narrow front, that "box" is triangular in shape and necessarily closer to the center of gravity that the four-sides of the "box" on a widefront. Not usually a problem for an operator paying attention on a conventional narrowfront. But with the A being offset, that center of gravity is closer to the left in the first place, and putting a narrow front on it will but the COG even closer to the side of the three-sided "box". If you do go that route, keeping the offset rear with the narrow front, do a little invetory of what you have around for wheels and weights between the two tractors. A lot of As (and maybe even yours) were shipped with a stamped steel wheel on the left and a heavier cast wheel on the right. I'd feel best (if it were mine in that setup) with just the stamped wheel on the left, and a cast wheel with one weight bolted onto a cast wheel on the right.
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