426 pack Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 (edited) For those who have seen my first attempt: 1960 ranchero prostreet it is currently stuck due to the fact that I’m out of materials to biuld the roll cage. So I’m starting a simpler slump buster with the only modification being a 427 sohc motor. The colour is going to be White with a grey interior. Thanks for looking and coments welcom Edited February 26, 2018 by 426 pack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PorkChopPaws Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Great kit I built a lot of those as a kid.Nice upgrade with the 427. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevez Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 make sure you have plenty of bare metal foil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Force Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 (edited) Cool, You could use this front suspension setup instead of the coil springs as they did on the 1965 A/FX Mustangs with 427 SOHC were they also shaved off the spring towers. Edited February 26, 2018 by Force Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMCMAN52 Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 looking for your updates on this project Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
426 pack Posted February 26, 2018 Author Share Posted February 26, 2018 Thanks guys and Force thanks for posting the pics I’m going to do some more research on that but I am definitely going to run a setup like that. I got the motor painted and some other small things.the carbs will be painted gold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiatboy Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Interesting how the front suspension was 're-arranged'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Force Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 (edited) The coil springs and shocks are mounted above the upper control arms in these cars so to get the SOHC to fit in the Mustang's small engine bay they had to shave off the complete spring tower and did the leaf springs to the lower control arms instead, maybe not optimal but it worked for straight line racing. The Fairlane has similar engine bay and they had to cut off some of the spring towers and move the upper control arms outwards a bit to fit the 427 wedge engine in the engine bay on the Thunderbolt, and with the SOHC heads you have to remove the towers all together to make room for that engine...so this suspension setup is one option, another might be coil over shocks. Edited March 1, 2018 by Force Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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