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Re: any old school ford guys?
« Reply #60 on: June 17, 2015, 07:35:21 PM »
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Re: any old school ford guys?
« Reply #61 on: June 18, 2015, 06:19:51 AM »
So they did have to remove the shock towers and relocate the upper control arm mounts.

Pretty nice.  Thought the shifter knob was way too high, but that is just a nit.

Overall, nice work.  Would like to see what they did to strengthen the front suspension mounts as they were really flimsy in the original without a triangulation brace for the shock towers.
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Re: any old school ford guys?
« Reply #62 on: June 18, 2015, 08:45:10 PM »
So they did have to remove the shock towers and relocate the upper control arm mounts.

Pretty nice.  Thought the shifter knob was way too high, but that is just a nit.

Overall, nice work.  Would like to see what they did to strengthen the front suspension mounts as they were really flimsy in the original without a triangulation brace for the shock towers.

 i hadn't found anything showing what they did underneath. it'd be pretty nice to see though. lot of work.....but one helluva payoff too.
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Re: any old school ford guys?
« Reply #63 on: June 20, 2015, 01:04:24 AM »
I have a 68 F-100 with the ranger package and a 73 F-100
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Re: any old school ford guys?
« Reply #64 on: June 20, 2015, 08:16:52 AM »
He must have caved up those shock towers something fierce to wedge a 5.0 modular engine into that narrow engine bay.

Or he completely gutted the front suspension and went custom the entire way.  Would be interesting.

I mean, the 65 Cobra had a 427 big block in it.  Every Cobra car kit on the market can accept that big engine, but very few kits can accept the 5.0 modular engine without a lot of cutting in the engine bay.  It is a big motor.

I'm pretty sure the original poster isn't interested in dropping 100 grand on his project so I figure he's probably not interested in any super wide modular engine.

The 1967 will fit the FE big block 390 and 428 and came with them stock (shelby got the 428).

I still think a hot 289 with top loader 4 speed would be more fun and a modern 5.0 or 5.8 with injection would be best bang for the buck.

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Re: any old school ford guys?
« Reply #65 on: June 21, 2015, 03:27:27 PM »
This is a 428 in a 67 fastback project I have on the back burner.

It's a 428 "cobra lemans" and it's a huge pain to even change spark plugs.