Hey guys, i have found a 1981 mustang on ebay,does anyone know if the front suspenion on this year able to be fitted to my 1950 chevy in the same way as the earlier model? its cheap and only 10 mins from me but i dont want it if it wont ever fit!!!! Thanks ASH
I'm not sure if it will or not. If you're not real sure then take measurements of your front end (frame rail to frame rail, and from the drum backing plate to the other drum baking plate) and go over there and measure it. That should give you a pretty good idea if it will or not.
So i take it the setup is the same type then (IFS) i will do that with any luck it will thatll save me a pretty penny Thanks ASH
The Mustang setup you read about all the time is from the Mustang II,(read Pinto). I don't know if these are even remotely the same.
I had to look it up but it looks like Mustang IIs were only made from '74 to '78. Is that right? Are those the only years that we can use on our half tons? Gater
I thought they were only built during that time bit of a shame for me , but im gonna check on saturday with my trusty tape measure , plus the blokes into hot rods which will help, alls good no problems ASH
Federale is right, they are 90 percent Pintos. We welded in many a Pinto but once they left the shop they magically turned into MustangII's. There actually was a difference, the strut rod on the Pinto had a better angle than the one on the MII. The circle track guys have used up most the Pintos in their mini-stock class so most now use the aftermarket stuff. I think the Pintos run from 71-80. The first couple years had a very light R&P that clamped down instead of having studs through the front crossmember, the rest of the hub/rotor/ brakes were light duty and they used a flexible cable for a steering shaft to steering box link. This very light setup is still liked by the 1/4 (and 1/8) mile guys.
