Post by derbydan on Jan 3, 2012 13:54:23 GMT -5
Ok guys here we go again. Traded my Polara at the scrap yard for this Lincoln
Pass floor is a little rusty but not real bad, the frame is in great shape. a little rust here and there in the drip rails around the rear window but that I can deal with. The 460 in it ran but I pulled it and put my 360/727 in it from the Polara, I had to cut the firewall out a bit and set it way back in there, the back of the valve covers are right at the firewall
I'll have to cover that up with something. I built the tranny crossmember out of 3" channel welded from frame rail to frame rail should work out real well. With the rules that I'm building this car to, we can build our own bumper brackets. 12"x4"x3/8. So I built mine out of 4x4 square tube 3/8 wall
Then I welded a front from a late model ford sedan, I hope its not to soft, but with those bumper brackets I was hoping for something to give up frontbefore the frame does.
It sits right at 18" to the bottom of the bumper. With those springs from that huge motor it is already pretty stiff, but I can weld a pipe to the lower A-arm to get height so I thought I would go that route instead of spring spacers.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. never done a ford before so its kind of an expiriment. What can be done to keep the humps from blowing out to fast. cant do any welding on the frame except for bumper barckets so plate is out of the question.
Thanks in advance for any and all input. this car will be run in July so I have a little time.
Pass floor is a little rusty but not real bad, the frame is in great shape. a little rust here and there in the drip rails around the rear window but that I can deal with. The 460 in it ran but I pulled it and put my 360/727 in it from the Polara, I had to cut the firewall out a bit and set it way back in there, the back of the valve covers are right at the firewall
I'll have to cover that up with something. I built the tranny crossmember out of 3" channel welded from frame rail to frame rail should work out real well. With the rules that I'm building this car to, we can build our own bumper brackets. 12"x4"x3/8. So I built mine out of 4x4 square tube 3/8 wall
Then I welded a front from a late model ford sedan, I hope its not to soft, but with those bumper brackets I was hoping for something to give up frontbefore the frame does.
It sits right at 18" to the bottom of the bumper. With those springs from that huge motor it is already pretty stiff, but I can weld a pipe to the lower A-arm to get height so I thought I would go that route instead of spring spacers.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. never done a ford before so its kind of an expiriment. What can be done to keep the humps from blowing out to fast. cant do any welding on the frame except for bumper barckets so plate is out of the question.
Thanks in advance for any and all input. this car will be run in July so I have a little time.