66 Mustang Susp. Swap Questions

Feel a little out of place here, not being in my II room..lol but Ineed some help/advice.
Anyhow, I'm swapping the crappy 6 cyl 4 lugger suspension for V8 5-lug stuff from my donor '71 Comet GT. Obviously the outter tie rod ends are too small for the larger hole in the Comet's drum brake assemblies. Do I need to swap out the entire steering linkage setup or find other outer tie rod ends? Also, the toe adjustment is quite a ways off (have yet to re-adjust w/new tie rods) but I don't see a whole lot of room for adjustment left in the tie rods. The Comet's steering linkage is quite a bit different from the Mustang's but I've toyed with the idea of seeing if it'll work. Has anyone tried? For a V8, do i need a different Centerlink? Am going to leave it manual steering for now but looking to upgrade to p/s later on.
Am also planning to swap the rear axle as i have the crappy integral in the '66. I assume that my shock plates will not work as with the U-bolts because the 8" looks larger in dia. The Comet's shock plates are for staggered shocks... no good for me.
Also thinking that I can convert the brake M/C from the Comet to the '66 and seen a few posts that talked a little of it. Am i thinking right? Any pointers?

I'm really unfamiliar with early mustangs. Never really had one. Had a '69 years back but never really did anything with it. Mosty 66-67 Fairlanes, Falcons, Mustang IIs, and Comets/Mavericks have been my cup of tea. Lots of similarities between the early Mustang and those. All help/advice appreciated.

Yeah I had a feeling it was comming to that. Certainly not like my Fairlanes and Falcons of that day. I will be rebuilding the entire suspension, but later on, as well as a front disc swap too. I really just need parts to get it mobile so i can get it out of my shop for the time being. I have the 5 lug stuff from the Comet I was junking out and thought I'd kill two birds with one stone. So even wore out old stuff would work for me as it'll be a little while yet till I can focus 100% on that project. Also- Looking at the ass-end i noticed that it looks like I'll need the rear shock plates and U-bolts from a V8 (or 8" rear) car aswell...

On the brighter side tho- it looks as if I have a Toploader 4 speed behind the later model 250ci 6 banger that is currently in it. Never really paid attention to it and figured it was a junky Dinginham unit.


Thanks for the reply, and keep me posted!

Yeah I'm a little ways for NC...lol We've got a classics yard here, All American Classics, but you usually have to walk in with a jar of Vasoline so it won't hurt so bad... There use to be a fella by the name of Del that sold a ton of early mustang parts up in the Hockinson area... but last time i was there was about 8-9 years ago and i can't even remember how to get there again. Then there is Bob's Ford parts in Portland and honestly... I think its cheaper to ship stuff in, than to pony up for his prices.
I got both rear ends out of the cars tonight and noticed that the driveshaft isn't gonna work either because of the weenie pinion on the integeral rear. RRRrrrrrRRRR. I've got a small pile of drivelines, will just have to see if I have one the right length. I also noticed that this Comet rear axle looks to be a touch bit narrower than the stock 4 lugger. Am going to go out and measure them later on. I just hope the perches are the correct distance. (i'm sure they are)
Let me look around a bit a see if I can't find the entire V8 steering linkage. If not, you may be gettin an E-mail. If you got the # to your 'goldmine' handy, that'd be cool. Always like to have resources on-hand if need be.
The 8in pumpkin in that Comet rear is a peg-legger 2.79:1 TQ converter burner. So, yeah I'll definately be looking into a better pumkin. But for now, as with the rest of the suspension, it'll have to do till I can go full bore on it.

Thanks again for the replies.