hi i need the z-bar frame mounts for a v8 car. Anyone know if mustang or other models can be used for maverick ?
Mine was an original 170 car so thats why it was the same. Its been awhile since I was under the hood of a v8/manual car. Sorry for the error.
I used a very early Stang/Falcon frame mount on my 75 when I converted it to manual. I don't know the exact year, should be around 65-66, but it went on and married to the Maverick Z-bar perfectly. Wish I had more info to back it up, but this was 15 years ago and I used a hodge-podge of parts to do the conversion. This is one part that I remember well not having to modify. Dave
FYI ... don't start your manual tranny conversion until you have ALL the parts ... or your car may be out of commission for a long time ... you can buy the z-bar repop ... but nobody is making the repop mounts and those are some of the hardest and rarest parts to find for a Maverick. It seems most people who paid the extra $$$ for the V8 option also paid the extra $$$ for the Automatic as well ..
Or you can just use all early Mustang parts. My whole setup is from a 66 Mustang, but it looks to me like the 70 Mustang z-bar would fit even better.
I tried that, nothing fit right... You must have done quite a bit of work to it. The pedal support didn't even go in. I had to hybrid the Stang pedal parts into the Maverick automatic pedal support. The 70 Stang has a much wider set of front frame rails. So the Z-bar would be wider to reach the frame rail, would it not? Dave
I used the stock Maverick pedals, my car was originally a manual trans. I was refering to the z-bar, block mount, frame mount, lower rod, release fork, bellhousing, etc. The only modification was to the lower arm of the z-bar for header clearance, with iron exhaust manifolds it worked fine. Don't know if the center tube of a 70 Mustang z-bar is longer, doesnt matter, nothing a hacksaw couldn't fix. The upper arm looks like it would line up better with the hole in the firewall.
Gotcha... I had an auto car, so I had to do all sorts of fabbing inside. Outside, I lucked up and found a Z-bar laying in the engine compartment of a Comet at the scrap yard. I still had to mate it to the mounts and rods of my Stang setup that didn't quite work with what I had. On my 75 though, the Z-bar is the only stock Maverick part of the whole system... The rest is early Stang or home made.
