I have access to a 89' lincoln town car.Will the front end suspension assembly work on my 66?

 

PLMCRZY,
It's not anywhere near a bolt in conversion. Also, I believe it is a front steer set up as opposed to the rear steer design of your OEM 66 Chassis. Meaning steering knuckles on the Lincoln face forward while your OEM knuckles now face rearward. In addition the Lincoln uses a tie Rod & Idler arm set up, also located frontally, that F Series have no provision to mount. Thus a mount must be fabbed & installed to do that function.

Having said that, I have discovered you can do just about anything when you throw enough resources at it. It comes to Advantage v. Disadvantage. What do you expect to gain by going thru the motions & hassles you will certainly encounter? What is your purpose for going through all this expenditure of time, effort & resources?

You'll have to adapt & modify both your F-Series chassis & front X-Member from the Lincoln to get them to hook up to each other, and you have to get it right & accurate & square to your chassis centerline, or it will be a disaster.

Twin I Beam set ups can be tweaked, except to radically lower the frontend of your vehicle. So the answer is in the above. I personally would not do such a modification because I am more than happy with the Twin I Beam front suspension I have, the way I have it set it up, now.

FBp

 

Welcome plmcrzy, I have a friend who put an oldsmobile car frame under his 65 sb step side, WAY COOL stance now, rides and drives good But he runs Chevy now and I do not like that. FORD is the only way to go in my book. Guess i am a purist

IF you ask me the twin i beam is the best ride out of all the old trucks
Bill W

 

You sound very knowledgeable on this which is awsome,all I want is 4" drop and power steering and disc brakes,you see I am going to pro- street my truck.I think you and I are gonna talk alot.Just don't let me get on your nerves.

 

YOU MUST BE TALKING TO FORDBOYPETE lol. Bill W

 

Yeah sorry abut that,I'm brand new at this stuff.But to add to your response,I'm strictly FORD and that is all that is going in my truck!!!I've plenty of time and don't mind labor,just want the best economicl retro

 

You can buy drop I-beams, and disc brake kits, and power steering, if I was to lower mine, that is what I would do, they are strong, ride great and still I-beams. My 66 is 40+ years old, I replaced all the rubber bushings and tie-rods and she drives GREAT, wouldn't go any other way if ya paid me and if you are pro-streeting and adding a nice big fat 460 I think the twin-I's will hold up better over time. I had mine aligned ,,,oh about 5 or 6 yrs ago, my previous 66 I did the old way, tape measure and marker, and when the guy bought it, he had an automotive shop, called me back and said it was right in the middle of spec!

 

Welcome to FTE PLMCRZY I noticed that you want to Pro-Street your truck and also that you I have Pro-Street ed 2 Ford trucks in what I feel is a very (safe) and economical way.
One is a 77 Ford and one is a 65 Ford. I have an article here that explains how I did it if you are interested. The link at the bottom of my post will take you to the Article and specs section of FTE . It is under suspension/steering.If you have any questions or need any help let me know.
The method I prefer is moving the leaf springs inboard, to keep from cutting the truck (IN HALF) for ladder bars or 4-link. The only thing you are buying with this method is wheels and tires. I havent run a narrowed rearend under either one of these trucks, but I could if I wanted to. The wheels I run look stock from the side, But they are 15x14 with 11 1/2 backspacing(dished to the inside). You can still run stock width wheels/tires on either truck. These wheels can be purchased through numerous wheel vendors. I had mine made at a local machine shop.

Check out my gallery. I have more pics that I plan on adding to my gallery later.

Wally Womack

 

PLMCRZY, I got your email, You have yours turned off here at FTE, couldnt respond. You have a PM.
Wally Womack