David, the 4 door cars drive shafts are longer, I actually cut one down a few years ago for this car right after I did the swap, but I was afraid...
Hi. Drive shaft is 46.5 center of each u joint. There is about 1 and 9/16 inch of spline contact. It definitely needs to be an inch longer....
No. The car had a 200 6 cyl. and a 3 speed top loader. The original drive shaft was too short after I did the 5.0 C4 swap, so I found one an...
Thanks, I'll do that. The drive shaft is 46.5 I think, the longer of the 2 door car drive shafts. The play goes away when you push it in...
Hello fellow members. If anyone was reading my other thread, I was chasing a noise/vibration issue. I realized my transmission mount was...
Yes it is leaking. I'll tap in a new bushing and seal. I remember scooper went through chasing a noise for years.
Try and set some goals. I'm restoring a 69 f100. I know it will take probably 5 years, but I try to do one thing on it a week. Also, do a lot...
I have been trying to get my secondaries to open for quite a long time. I actually bought another carburetor, a Summit 600, seeing how my...
BF Goodrich Radial T/A 225 60 15 may rub on the front valence during turns. Perelli has 15 inch tires with the highest speed rating of V.
There is generally two rear end ratios. 2.79 and 3.00. These can be in either 6 or V8 cars.
There is a lot of info on this site about converting from 4 to 5 lug. I did the conversion this spring and summer, and it's quite involved...
They came with either 200, 250, or 302 engines. If the car was a 6 cylinder, then it would have 4 bolt wheels (71-72). The 302 car would have 5...
Hey, are you doing this just because of your rust issues? You might be able to get better sheet metal from a 4-door mav/com and graft it in....
Since buying my 2012 F150 new, I thought how nice that combo would be in my other Comet project. The engine isn't so wide, transmission I haven't...
I remember an old auto krafters catalogue that offered a quartz clock conversion for those, if I'm not mistaken.
My wheel was a p.o.s. grant when I got the car. I found an identical steering wheel in a country squire station wagon, 70-71 I believe. Other...
One of them should have a bolt attached to it for the power steering hoses. It goes on the driver side with the bolt toward the rear of the car...
Find some doors and paint then to match, wash the thing too. It would look presentable then. My 71 looked exactly like that when I first bought...
There are new replica black vinyl bucket seat covers for 71-72 Mavericks and Comets as well. But you have to reuse the rectangle plastic-chrome...
You may have to buy the original upholstery from a vendor like Original Auto or SMS Auto Fabrics (there's others), and then have an upholster...
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