1969 F100 meets Police Interceptor (Thats the plan anyways....)
 

Hi All,

So i have purchsed a very nice 69 F100 SWB from the US and am planning on swapping the entire drivetrain and suspension (minus the rear axle, staying with the 9" and leafs) from a 2011 Crown Vic Interceptor with 63000km's on it. I may stay with the original 302 still but not sold on that yet. Heres what Im starting with...

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Pulled the front clip off...

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pulled the engine and tranny...

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removed the box....

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Lowered the rear end with a front shackle mount flip....

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Removed the front coils and set the ride height. Ready to start measuring and cutting out the original x-member to make room for the CV front end.

Ran into some bad rot in the cab....

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Any thoughts on the best way to proceed fixing this ? I know..... order a rust free cab !! lol

You might check out some other build threads where they attacked the evil rust Demon. :-X04 Use the search engine top of this page. I think it is 67nuke that really dove head 1st in to his.

BTW, Welcome to FTE! :-wink

Thanks ! Ill have to check out his thread then. I was able to find a local bodyman that should be by today or tomorrow to assess the damage/plan of attack.

Getting ready to drop the suspension

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suspension out and starting to mark and cut the x-member

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all cut and starting the removal

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All out

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GIT-R-DONE!

So got the flu last couple days but am back at it now
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removed all the old cross member and shock towers

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All measured up and test fit the cv IFS

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Got her rolling !! not fully installed yet but able to move it around

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also found some mustang "bullit" 17x8 rims for $180 !!

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Cool! I'm following along!

looks good same exact wheel I have for my truck

Thanks JEFFAFFA. Rustytub, I think those are stellar wheels and period correct ( cragar style ) got any pics of your truck ? sure would like to see what they look like !

Here is where my Centerline ended up. Not too sure if thats right, haha but it looks great holding the fender up

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IFS drilled and bolts just set in

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Then got down to fitting the sleeves in. Used 5/8" ID thick walled tubing and filled the rivet holes in

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It is out of my league to know if it's necessarybut, you gonna box in the frame? Seems like I've seen other threads and they did. I am assuming for dipping in to corners hot and heavy?

I have always been of the mind set that the factory Steel cross members were ok with out a boxed frame because it could handle the twisting motion. But now with the Crown vics aluminum crossmember that was meant for a unibody style carwhich has alot less flex stiffening up the frame would be crucial so that the aluminum crossmember would not have to take as much twist.