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    what weight grease for differential?

    hey folks, my dad's lookin to find out what weight grease to use in the differential of his 68 fastback. 289, 3spd. thanks in advance
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    shelby fastback has cameo in new movie...

    Just got done watching a trailer for *sigh* "Fast & the Furious - Tokyo Drift" ....and what appears to be a 68 shelby fastback makes a cameo in the film... http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/thefastandthefurioustokyodrift.html It goes without saying, but prepare yourselves, there's a lot of...
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    help building a part list & budget...

    ttt just bringing it back up once, to see if anyone might have more feedback, thanks.
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    help building a part list & budget...

    quick feedback - great! now that's quick turnaround! :nice: I agree with your thoughts on steering, whereas these classic cars will never feel like a modern vehicle's steering...as well as your thoughts on the cost of a R&P...If the improvement over stock is minimal at best, I would rather...
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    help building a part list & budget...

    Thanks for the comments John Z .... The stock steering is fine if it is functioning properly. I would inspect all the components and replace any worn parts. If your steering box is "loose" you can try to adjust it - see the FORD shop manual for the procedure. If it cannot be adjusted, then...
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    help building a part list & budget...

    Hey folks, I don't post much here, but I do frequent the site and try to read many of the great posts found here. Anyway, little over a year ago, my father and I finished a restoration on his 68 fastback. We spend probably 90% of the budget on the body & interior since it was a complete...
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    finally some new shoes on the 68

    Here are some quick photos I took of my dad's 68 fastback, after putting the new tires on...picking the right size was a pain, but we're happy with the 215/65/15 BFGs we chose... enjoy CLICK HERE to view the rest of the images
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    need help with wheels/tires - been searchin, still confused....

    Thanks grego, I think this thread has helped me out enough to figure it out from here....I appreciate your time to keep comin back here and rattlin off some info. FYI, I did a search on tirerack.com for 235/50/15 and there were no tires at all at that size, so I guess the 60 series will be...
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    need help with wheels/tires - been searchin, still confused....

    man grego, you're one helpful guy! :cheers: Now, when they list 16" wheels, they're speaking of they're own wheels correct? and that wouldn't necessarily carry over to say the AR wheels....the reason I ask, is that I know I'm new at figurin' this wheel stuff out, but I always thought the...
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    need help with wheels/tires - been searchin, still confused....

    ha ha, thanks grego, I like to hear that....right now, we have some junker tires on it from a 68 galaxy 500, and they're very skinny looking...like it's up on it's tippy-toes :nonono: I try to urge my dad into some wider tires, but that's where we get confused on all the backspacing...
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    need help with wheels/tires - been searchin, still confused....

    Thanks for the quick reply, it truely helps....Been looking at www.newstalgiawheel.com, and they have some pretty decent pricing on their wheels/tire packages.....guess we'd be looking at: - P215/60R15 - P225/60R15 - P215/65R15 any recommendations (would be putting the same all around)...
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    need help with wheels/tires - been searchin, still confused....

    Hey all, I've been trying to figure out, the correct wheel specs and tire sizes my dad would need to get for his 68 mustang fastback....trying to understand offset, and backspacing, but still a bit confused....any help is determining what we should get is appreciated. I know it's a lot of...
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    steering box question....

    My dad and I are workin on updating our steering/suspension a bit, and one of the things we're looking at is the steering box. We were told that a 'fast' steering box is about 4 1/2 rotations of the wheel from lock to lock. We plan on keeping it manual steer, but which would be better - a...
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    steering and suspension questions - 68 fastback

    Thanks everyone for their ideas. I believe the outer tie rods were replaced, I just can't think of it off the top of my head. We will be replacing the inners, pitman arms, centerlink, and idler arms. I've found a lot of useful information here...
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    steering and suspension questions - 68 fastback

    Hi all, this past winter, the majority of the work was completed on my dads 68 fastback, here is a photo: We had a front-end alignment done last week, and although greatly improved, it still steers rather hard, even for a manual steer. My dad wanted me to post a few questions while I...
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    quick color question...

    thanks fellas. I thought I remembered something about it not being available. I guess I'll have to have the pictures printed out and see if the paint guy and match it as best he can if we decide to go with that color. :nice:
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    quick color question...

    Hey all, I'm pouring over color swatches, and wanted to know what the name of the color that was used on the 05 GT shown at the car shows is. The one that's silver/gray with the racing stripes? Reason I'm researching color swatches is to choose a color for a 68 fastback resto project...
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    for those of you who want to buy the concept

    http://www.wildcollections.com/category/beanstalk/
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