Mav1970's Insane 69.5 Street Project

Looking for feedback from anyone that might have used a Mustang II front suspension crossmember kit from Full Tilt Street Rods?

I spoke with a Clay from Full Tilt the other day and he told me that their crossmember, built for the very early Comet will fit a Maverick with only a very slight amount of grinding. He said that he has sold quite a few of these to Maverick owners and has never received call backs on any problerms. I also like their wild looking wide lower A Frames that are built so the rack can still be mounted up tight to the front of the crossmember. That is important for the crossmember/rack to fit up into the notch out built into my Canton rear sump oil pan on my Cleveland.

http://fulltiltstreetrods.com/

 

Holy cow, that looks kinda scary! I would rather have the weight on both pivots of the control arm, not just carrying it on one point....and the leverage of that spacer...

 

Agree - looks like flex city

If I went this route, I was going to weld in a full length vertical gusset from that tube right up to the bottom of the frame

Another steel tab could be used at the rear also

 

that can't be right . will not hold up the way it is . I would think it will want to roll or twist unless you put a gussit on the back

 

agree with all above

 

I may be wrong but it looks to me like it would fit if you moved it forward and done away with the spacer.

 

maybe that's one of them someone was talking about having problems with breaking...

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Maybe put the spacer inside the crossmember

 

That is really scary. Think of how long the lever arm is in that picture. I would not trust that at all. Consider the forces placed on the rear edge of that bracket under a pot hole impact at 30mph. That would probably bend the bolt and cause severe wear or breakage.

Keep looking for a better solution.

 

I agree with this statement that's how it should all be moved forward

 

Your Right Frank

 

If you click on the link to Full Tilt's web site, then click on the picture of those lower A-frames, you will see that they weld in a good sized gusset to the long tube. You don't see that in the first picture. Granted, these A-frames are more spooky looking than others but I wouldn't even install the more common wide tubular A-frames without adding gussets to those tubes. Cheap insurance.

The failure stories, that I have read in the past, were more directed at the long mounting bolt braking on the tubular lower A-frames more than the A-frames themselves.

 

A Little More Progress

I tried to design my roll cage so I had full use of the back seat. Since I never intended to drag race my car, I didn't need to install a higher shoulder cross bar in the main hoop to hook up a 5 point harness. I bent up this low main hoop cross bar to clear the seat but I bent the ends up so the bar could be welded up a little higher in the hoop.

 

Looks slick!

 

Very nice!!