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Mystery Tie Rod?

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  • Start date Start date Sep 19, 2014

65Rob

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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 it so the question is what is it from? I'm rebuilding the entire car and can't figure this one bit out, we've looked through countless parts books to no avail. I thought it was from a Cougar but apperently not. I know it's a long shot but I'm hoping someone here recongnizes it.

It's the bottom right bit attached to the adjusting sleeve and the center link, there's a nice bit of curve to I assume give extra clearance where the idler arm attaches to the center link.

 

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It's been a while since i worked on a 65-66 suspension but i know the power steer cars have a different tie rod than the manual steer tie rod .
Seems like the power rod has a curve and the manual does not ?
 

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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 other if you drew a line through the curve. This is from something other than a Stang. It was done by a rod shop and they found something that worked perfectly without any cutting or altering.
 
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