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  1. 65Rob

    Shelby Mirror Placement?

    Does anybody have a reasonable measurement for the Shelby side mirrors from the edge of the door, either to the base of the mirror or to the first mounting hole. I would like to drill the holes before I paint and I'm admitedly too lazy to put the vent window assembly in along with mounting the...
  2. 65Rob

    Intake Bracket?

    I can modify the existing bracket if I can't find the right one and the booster line will have to be rebent to fit so it's more of a pain than a show stopper. Was just wondering why they have two different type intakes with different locations for these parts to attach, other than to just...
  3. 65Rob

    Intake Bracket?

    There's a bracket for the trans kickdown I assume that bolts to the intake near the back. I now see that my new motor has the holes for this bracket in a straight line not in a 45. I googled intakes and sure enough there's two different types when it comes to this part. Is there any reason for...
  4. 65Rob

    Drum Brake Problem

    Well that plan just went down the toilet. They checked the new drums again with their new hi tech digital caliper and it's to spec (around 10.001) so we're all at a loss as to why they don't fit. My old ones measure 10.067 & 10.072, they can legally turn them to 10.06 but are very reluctant to...
  5. 65Rob

    Drum Brake Problem

    Adjusters are all the way in and I put the old shoes back on to see if that was the problem. It wasn't, drum doesn't fit over the old shoes either. Went and checked out the next set of drums they brought in and they are even smaller, turns out they are a good 1/16" smaller than they are supposed...
  6. 65Rob

    Drum Brake Problem

    I just redid everything in the rear (65 stang, 8" rear, 10" brakes) axle seals, bearings, whl cylinders, shoes, new drums, etc. Well the new drums don't fit, measured the old ones and they're a full 1/8" bigger inside diameter. Now they may be 50 years old and have been turned a bunch, who knows...
  7. 65Rob

    Front Shock Question

    Yeah I was planning on keeping the wheels on the ground for the most part :nice:
  8. 65Rob

    Front Shock Question

    No it's Ford candy apple red with an extra bunch of pure red toner thrown in, it was too dark for my liking so I tweaked it. The color is totally different than this pic shows, not at all orange like that. Here's a couple different pics. Every pic I have shows it differently due to the light...
  9. 65Rob

    Front Shock Question

    I'm putting the front supsension together and in it's current totally unsprung state I can't get the KYB gas adjust shocks in. About an inch too short which I know will change as soon as it's on wheels but it still seemed odd. Is this normal? With the car jacked up the shock will be holding up a...
  10. 65Rob

    Mystery Tie Rod?

    Yes I believe you are correct but the stock mustang curved one is about an inch longer than this one and only has about half the curve so there's a fair bit of offset. This one is 8.25 inches long and the curve in it is almost complete, in that it ends up almost straight from one end to the...
  11. 65Rob

    Mystery Tie Rod?

    My 65 Stang had the Grenada disc brake conversion done many years ago, probably 20 years. Due to the different geometry of the Grenada spindles the tie rods are somewhat different, most are the stock mustang but the right side inner is from something else, it hasn't ben altered by the looks of...
  12. 65Rob

    Left And Right Control Arms?

    Thanks!
  13. 65Rob

    Left And Right Control Arms?

    I'm rebuilding and restoring the suspension and was wondering if there was any reason to worry about keeping the control arms left and right as they were? They look identical to the naked old eye. I'll be stripping and painting them so I would have to stamp them to make sure. Thanks
  14. 65Rob

    Which Tie Rods For Conversion?

    I think the granada outers need to be cut down a bit as they are too long, was hoping for a no hassle solution. I can probably reuse my older ones but I think I'll see if the jobber has some from a 68 cougar to compare. That just sticks in my head as what we used way back when we did the conversion.
  15. 65Rob

    Which Tie Rods For Conversion?

    Thanks, we did the brake conversion such a long time ago I can't remember why we didn't end up using the granada tie rods. I also wasn't sure if the manual center link makes any difference.
  16. 65Rob

    Which Tie Rods For Conversion?

    I just bought the borgeson sterring box to do a power to power swap so that meant chaning my center link to the manual one. I already did the Granada disc swap years ago and I seem to think we used 68 Cougar tie rods when we did that? What tie rods are you guys using for this conversion? Thanks
  17. 65Rob

    Progress Thread Engine Bay

    Coming along nicely, sure is a ton of work. I just painted mine (body color) recently. Nice to have it over with, painting was pretty awkward too.
  18. 65Rob

    Engine Options For 65 Coupe

    Good to know, thanks
  19. 65Rob

    Engine Options For 65 Coupe

    I haven't heard that before on the harmonic balancer, assuming there's nothing noticeably wrong with it why would you need to replace or rebuild it?
  20. 65Rob

    Engine Options For 65 Coupe

    Other than sonic testing I don't think I had anything special done but I'm in Canada and at least where I am labour rates are quite high.
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