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Ok, I’ve settled on 300lb rate springs for the front of the Falcon, they come as 13.5 length and you have to cut them to fit. How in the heck do you determine that ???

I just got my tubular lower control arms and I discovered there’s no provision to mount a sway bar. After looking at a bunch of Mustang 2 suspension kits, I see that alot of them don’t have a sway bar, is it normal to run without one ?

Hopefully by tomorrow night I’ll have this big void in my Falcon filled with a Mustang 2 crossmember.

I picked up an 8.8 posi from a 99 explorer and I bought all the parts to re-do it but I’m having trouble locating new backing plates to hold the e-brake shoes, I’ve been all over the web and for some reason I can’t locate these things. Mine are too rotted away to use. Anyone out there know of a...

I’m putting a Mustang 2 suspension in my 62 Ford Falcon and when I look into ordering parts they give a lot of choices for springs that I’m not educated on enough. They list different weight springs and I have no clue what to order. Like I said, the car is a 62 Falcon, the engine will be a Chevy...

I took others advice and built torque boxes, since I needed to replace the front floor anyway, I extended the torque boxes 10 inches back to really tie in the subframes with the rockers.

Looking for tips on cutting out the rear wheel wells on a 62 Falcon for tire clearance, do I use cardboard and get a pattern off the front fender or do I have to figure out a radius somehow ???

Anyone know if there’s any instructions or articles out there that describes step by step how to install a M-2 front end that’s been cut out of another car ? The reason I ask is because I have a Thames with a M-2 front end with all new parts. I’ve decided to go the gasser route with the Thames...

Just picked up a 62 Falcon, anyone out there know if anyone makes engine swap mounts to put a 350 Chevy engine into the Falcon ? Early mustang would be the same.

My old 88 s-10 had a throttle body injection and hei with the separate coil. Would it be possible to cobble this onto an old Buick v-6 ? What all would I need to strip off the s-10 ?

I have an electric radiator fan on my willys, wired key hot, but I’d like to wire it automatic. I know that I need a temp sensor, and a relay, but the problem I’m having is getting the right parts, when I go to the parts store they insist on having the vehicle application, since a 59 willys...

Just got a 58 Thames, posted on “builds”, Got a stack of built pix with it and there were 10 pix of the Mustang 2 front suspension installation which I’m posting here. It’s the first 2 that really gives me pause cause it looks like they just chopped a crossmember out of a stang complete with a...

Piece-o-this, piece-o-that, sweep up the floor an throw that in too !

58 Thames I picked up in Jersey last weekend, has a Buick v-6, Mustang 2 front end, 8 in Ford rear. Don’t know what I’m doing yet, I’m a little leery about whether or not the front end is done right, and I don’t know if that unibody will take any kind of torque. The

What's a good choice for a junkyard power rack to put in a 40 Chevy with the original IRS ?

Got a 98 blazer with the 4.3 vortec engine. We parked it cause sometimes it run fine and sometimes not at all, something electronic. I replaced everything but the computer ( too expensive ) as I said, we parked it and I'd really like to keep the chassis and running gear for a future project. Is...

Got the big block and 4-speed in today, had to chop out the trans crossmember, imagine that ! Been slow going , had a heart attack 2 weeks ago an I gotta wear a portable defibrillator, real bitch trying to work with this thing hanging around my neck !

What's the lowdown on putting Granada spindles on a 55 or 56 Ford or Merc.?

Anyone know of a power steering box I can retrofit into my 55 Mercury ?

I decided to grind the valve seats on my Ford 352 FE heads tonight, but when I got started I discovered that I didn't have a pilot to fit the guides, and I must have 50 of the things ! Anyone out there know what pilot these things take?? The valve stems measure .365 " not a standard size, at...