Just curious, what type of tank are you putting in yours? Are you mounting a tank behind the axle. I need to take some measurements on my 92 F250 and see just how wide the tank is and see if I can make one of them fit between the frame rails.

If it is not too cold tomorrow I am going to try to get the CV front cross member mounted. I am just not a big an of freezing while I work on cars.

Matt

 

Me either...this is the inside of my shop here at the house...

 

^ nice garage what's the dimensions on that sucker?

 

I put a F2 1970 mustang tank, I had to remove two cross members and one went back in original location the other I spaced between the frame end and the last crossmember for additional support.

 

40 x 60 with a 12' outside wall. From the floor to the peak of the roof (inside) is about 17'.

 

I did manage to brave the cold, well o.k., it really was not too bad out. I mounted the Crown Vic front subframe and it is back n all fours as a roller. I still need to pick up some plate to box the front frame where the subframe is mounted. Make the mounts for the lower control arm radius arms, I might be able to re-purpose the 66 radius arm mounts. Then comes mounting the Mark VIII rear suspension in a couple of weeks.



Matt

 

^^^ This is what I want to do to mine...but that looks a bit wide. How does the track width compare to the original track width?

 

I did not measure the original track width before I removed the front suspension, so I do not know whee it will compare to the crown vic front end

matt

 

Matt,

That's a ton of work looking at the new front end and I don't wnat to be the one to .....ss on your parade but I noticed mechanic58's comment about track. Granted the 66 had a bit of a stagger from front to rear to begin with but from the picture showing the installed crown vic suspension.......your wheels look like they're tracking about a foot outside the rears. I'm no expert but it looks like the spindles combined with the control arms are what seems to be messing things up. Hope it's only a visual trick! It kills me to see anyone invest that kinda effort and have the work be for nothing.

Hope it works to your advantage.

 

I happen to have an '04 CV sitting in my back pasture and I also have a '62 F100 with a stock straight axle under the front end. I just measured them both - hopefully this will be useful information for someone:

 

I think part of the major difference is visual, but I am not keeping the stock solid axle rear axle. The truck is getting the Lincoln Mark VIII IRS. The Mark VIII has a similar track width to the Crown Vic. Most of my friends are Mustang people so after I get the body back on I will fit a couple of different sets and see what fits under the fenders, or I may have to order a set of wheels with deeper offsets.
Another reason I think it looks awkward and so much wider in the front is the donut spares I have on there. I picked those up cheap at pick and pull so I would not have to worry about damaging a good set of wheels in the build process.
Next weekend I will try to throw a set of Mustang wheels on the front, I am also going to set the engine on the mounts so I can fab up a proper front cross member. I just used a piece of 2 inch angle iron to keep the frame from spreading when I removed the factory cross member.

Plus the design of the fenders lends themselves to be modified a little (While it won't be easy) to widen the flares to fit a little wider track.

I will be sure to post up what size wheels I use when I get to that point

Thanks

Matt

 

Thanks for the measurements. When I go out to work on it next weekend to work on it I will try to remember to get the rotor to rotor and the drum to drum measurements on both the Dana 44 and the Mark VIII axle, then I will have a better idea of how much difference I am dealing with.

Thanks again

matt

 

It looks great, I have a long way to go before I get close to that. Why's next in the process.

 

Up next is making a cross member to go in front of the subframe, boxing the frame where the sub frame is mounted, and I need to make a piece the will go over where the sub frame nuts are and the upper shock tower brace will bolt down to. After I am done with the front end i will move to the rear. That will take me a couple of days working on it just to get all of the brackets off of the frame. Then i can mount the Mark VIII rear axle
Once all of the suspension is done I am going to soda blast the frame and paint it with POR 15

Matt

 

I was just talking to my buddy who owns the house where my truck is at and we are going to blot up a couple of different sets of mustang wheels and tires next weekend and get some measurements. Plus I will drop the motor into the cradle to get a few hundred pounds over the axle

matt