'65 - '66 suspension

Jeffrey Davison opined in news: snipped-for-privacy@adelphia.com:

hehehehehehe !

Have you even visited the Library? Or half price books?

"Gee guys...I dont have time to read anything or even do a google so I can ask intelligent questions. So please catch me up on 40 years of enthusiast wisdom."

Suprised he didnt ask us to send it email.

-BUT_ Since i understand brash youth and once wuzwunuvvem, then, if you're really serious, I suggest this is the only way to go:

This project solves it all.

Jeffrey Davison opined in news: snipped-for-privacy@adelphia.com:

Oh wait...i was mean! I always get these feelings of remorse after the fact, or else I need a cigarette... ;)

If this was a forum, I would delete it but I cant.. so..

So let me start over:

Yes, Jeff we understand you dont have time to go back and dredge through that

40 years of nonsense, since the current state of the art is a distillation of all that.

SoI've made a list and when I get back from work, I'll google all the web sites and Amazon books as well as the group archive.

I'm sure chuck's old mail-list is archived somewhere too...

Once I get all that, I'll distill out the mods I seem apoproprate and write an outline complete with thimbnails of any helpful graphics.

There's also a collectors mag store a few miles away....I'll just google for apropriate articles then go buy those old editions and send them to you.

No sweat it's on me! After all, .....

BTW, would you like me to email this stuff from now on?

Just occurred to me what a drag it must be to have to open up the newsgroup, lot easier just to see it in your inbox.

Of course, once you express a direction, i'm sure we'd all be happy to furnish you with all the details of those options and put them in USPS priority mail... or do you prefer fed-ex overnight?

Any term papers or dissertations you need researched?

How about fries and drink with that?

- - - - - - - - -- - -- Yes, I need to get a life!

;)

Thanks, any and all info would be greatly appreciated.

I am continuously scouring the net for info on this and many other subjects. I thought I might approach this newsgroups for collective wisdom and specific recommendations and or specific manufactures.

I am neither "brash" not a "youth" Been around the block a few times (50) and this is my first foray into American muscle and live axles.

I would hope that people here would be able to help. Too many forums welcome newcomers with the (in my opinion) "check the archives stupid newbee" That really doesn't give one a warm welcome feeling to someone getting into a hobby or a specific type of vehicle. It gives quite the opposite effect.

All I really need are recommendations from those that have btdt on the track with the classic Mustangs. Perhaps there may be s few in this newsgroups? Plan is to build a street / track car (not into drag racing) so I'm after balance. There are a plethora of bushing kits, linkage kits, different "A" arms , coil overs etc.. out there and just buying what looks good or buying just by manufactures ads and claims can lead one down an expensive road to unhappiness.

Looking for real experience with these cars that I can put to practical use without having to put my own "40 years" into. Heck I'd be 90 arthritic, and blind by then. (sounds like half the drivers in south Florida)

Plan is to take a classic '66-'65 Fastback do resto-mod with a 331 and a T56, use it for a daily driver and play with it on track day with mostly European machinery. I don't want to make it a Shelby clone, just a good car that can stand on it's own credentials and the builders (mine). I have the driving skill, just don't want to be embarrassed by the machine itself.

Thanks for your time and any goodies that may appear in my inbox!

Jeff Davison

Backyard Mechanic wrote:

Ah... now there is a suitable response to a geezer (have 12 years on you) wise-ass crack-on!

Kudos, Jeff!

Tell you what, though... honing your search-term logic will get you a wealth of info for what you need.

Dunno if you've seen the Fordnatic site but there is a LOT of leads on there.

BTW: If I was buiding a track car, I'd initially think of IRS... but the solid axle seems to still hold sway among those who know their stuff... and most think of IRS as best for a road car

And you NEVER know where you'll find the info... this is pretty general but a little surprising because of the site ...

As I said before, if I was resto-modding...the only way I'd do a sixties...I'd go as full-bore as I could, at least the M II front end, to the extreme of the SN65.

Stiffening the unibody is a given.

Jeffrey Davison opined in news: snipped-for-privacy@adelphia.com:

Try

you may get a more warm welcome there.

THANKS!

just those two sites have given me a good dose of info-overload! Dammm, there goes my social life for the next couple of weeks ;^P

Jeff

Backyard Mechanic wrote:

Take a look at Total Control products, they are probably the best in the industry. Very expensive, though. The MII front end is a good deal, too. But it requires a lot of cutting and welding, and can also be pretty expensive in the end. I've not seen an IRS for those years. If you really want IRS, consider a 67-70. The guys at Mustangs Plus do a lot of restomod work and some racing. Talk with them about current state of the art.

Don't forget all the obvious work that a unibody car needs.

Jeffrey Davison opined in news: snipped-for-privacy@adelphia.com:

Ummm... yes.

It's a tribal thing.

Anthropology 101 Those that are worthy hang in there!

Right Cory?