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Old Nov 12, 2023 | 06:57 PM
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I’m about to buy an 89 f150 reg cab short box 2wd. I grew up in a Ford family, my first vehicle was a bumpside.

While I love Ford trucks the twin I beam suspension wouldn’t be my first choice, so I’m looking at swapping in crown vic ifs. I’ve used google but only get information for pre79 f150/f100 swaps, any hints and tips are greatly appreciated.
 
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Old Nov 12, 2023 | 10:45 PM
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Crown Vic into an OBS is not the easy button IFS that it is in other eras.

This is a Fat Man set up & nothing they do is cheap:

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...c-install.html
 
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Even the Vic front end is a PITA in a 55
That Vikky is the one I would use
Fabricate all the brackets to both bolt it and weld it in place
 
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