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New shoes for my 71 Boss 351

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  • Start date Start date Jan 12, 2007

4MuscleMachines

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My Budnik wheels finally arrived. They are 18x10 rear and 18x8.5front. They are excellent quality and weigh only 21 lbs! I am so excited. I just ordered some anodized black lug nuts to go with the look.

I am having a 6spd Richmond installed in the car along with a 650hp 408 Cleveland with CHI 3v aluminum heads. The car already has full global west front/rear suspension, QA1's, Baer 13" trackers ft/rear, ect. The matching 44k mile engine and trans are going on a custom cradle. Finally, after 5years of scraping up money and selling my old parts on eBay.

Anybody want some 17" wheels with less than 500 miles?









 

BullittStangV8

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i like those rims allot. Very sharp. and that motor cradle is pretty trick as well.
 

MontereyDave

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Wow! That is the sweetest '71 Boss I've ever seen and those black really are the perfect match for the black on yellow Boss paint scheme. Great year, great colors, and built to run!
 
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Gud T.B. Blown

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Very nice Frank. That engine cradle is sweet, in fact the engine looks like it came from a brand new Ford display. Congrats!!!!
 

fvike

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Wow! That is a nice Boss. Fun to see a Pro-tour'd one! Please bring the pics when you take it to the track! BTW, that engine cradle is killer!
 

jes72mustang

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That is a sick lookin engine cradle. Car is awesome too. Someday I hope my 72 coupe is that killer.

What are the 17" wheels you have for sale?
 
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bnickel

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very nice Frank!!!!
 

washMO66

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If the quality of the build is as nice as your "other" fastback I'm sure it will be killer. Glad to see a big stout motor for that beast...

Like the wheels. Post pics when you get er all together.
 

xoxbxfx

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I wanna know more about that engine cradle
 

4MuscleMachines

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jes72mustang said:
What are the 17" wheels you have for sale?
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Here is the thread with the wheels for sale, I have two sets for sale.

http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread.php?p=6659939#post6659939
 

4MuscleMachines

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xoxbxfx said:
I wanna know more about that engine cradle
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I purchased it off another Boss 351 owner who had bought it from an engine shop that specializes in Ford. After calling them, it was too much $$. I waited about a month and emailed the buyer and he finally sold it to me after installing the original engine onto his car.

It is super heavy duty, industrial casters, and has the Ford logo and Boss 351 logo underneath the clearcoat.

I will have the tires in about two weeks and they will be 255/40/18 front and 295/35/18 rear BFG KDW NT. That should put me at 10.2 front wide tread and 11.9 wide for the rear.

Thanks for all the kudos guys, she should be finished before this summer.
 

4MuscleMachines

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OK, they are on now, I just need to space out the rear wheels about one third of an inch with spacers so that they don't sit inwards too much into the wheel well.

The 295/35/18's on the rear fit without a glitch, in fact I probably could have gone one size wider without any interference.








 

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That looks freakin' sweet!!! Good look for your Boss.
 

4MuscleMachines

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oops
 
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Gud T.B. Blown

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Very nice Frank!!! Those wheels look awesome on the Boss.
 
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Sicarius428

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That looks awesome. Very nice choice.
Kevin
 
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oxarmy1

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I really like the stance on your Boss and the rims seem to really complement it. What was your backspacing f/r?
 

4MuscleMachines

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Thanks, I was lucky to get the stance right the first time. The front BS is 4.5 and the rear is 6.25
 
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oxarmy1

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Perfect Thanks. my 73 gets better and better everyday
 
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