In early 1989 I decided I would buy my favorite car, a 69 Mustang. So I did what was common back then, drive around town till I found one. So I spot one sitting in apartment parking lot, knock on the door and a cute young blonde answers. I asked if she thought she'd sell her car. $2,500 later I drove it home.
This San Jose car only a little rust in the 1/4 panels. Had it painted and drove it for a while. Did some pretty good right quarter, deck lid and rear body panel damage one day when the car was parked idling. Added some auto tranny fluid to it when it took off in reverse. Oy!
Tore it down and had it soda blasted,
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body work and painted Porsche Indian red in January 2000.
Then life got in the way. Got divorced, built an attached shop for the Mustang, remarried in 2004, moved in with the new wife, built a house with a shop in 2006, divorced in 2009, moved back to my old house, went on a two year drunk pitty party. Came real close to selling the 69 till my brother talked me out of it and bailed me out. Sobered up at the end of 2011 and started back on the Mustang.
Decided I'd fab my own coil over suspension using 1-1/8" o.d. x .120 wall 4130 for the front upper control arms and strut rods, 1-1/4 x .156 for the lower arms and 1-1/4 x .156 for the rear upper and lower arms. The front arm measurements are taken from the stock arms, with the exception of the upper ball joint being moved back 1/2" for more caster. Bent the tubing with a JD2 Bender. After designing the front suspension I was flipping thru a car magazine at the store and was pleasantly surprised to see my design was nearly identical to the Ron Morris suspension featured in the mag.
For the rear suspension I thought the triangulated four bar would work best for the room available and street use of the car. I bought the cradle from Ride Tech and built my own arms. It's not the best design, but it should work for this guy.
Coil overs are QA1 single adjustable.
More to come...
Bob
This San Jose car only a little rust in the 1/4 panels. Had it painted and drove it for a while. Did some pretty good right quarter, deck lid and rear body panel damage one day when the car was parked idling. Added some auto tranny fluid to it when it took off in reverse. Oy!
Tore it down and had it soda blasted,
http://s782.photobucket.com/user/robertpmcdougal/media/IMG_20131203_175056_zps5353f279.jpg.html]
body work and painted Porsche Indian red in January 2000.
Then life got in the way. Got divorced, built an attached shop for the Mustang, remarried in 2004, moved in with the new wife, built a house with a shop in 2006, divorced in 2009, moved back to my old house, went on a two year drunk pitty party. Came real close to selling the 69 till my brother talked me out of it and bailed me out. Sobered up at the end of 2011 and started back on the Mustang.
Decided I'd fab my own coil over suspension using 1-1/8" o.d. x .120 wall 4130 for the front upper control arms and strut rods, 1-1/4 x .156 for the lower arms and 1-1/4 x .156 for the rear upper and lower arms. The front arm measurements are taken from the stock arms, with the exception of the upper ball joint being moved back 1/2" for more caster. Bent the tubing with a JD2 Bender. After designing the front suspension I was flipping thru a car magazine at the store and was pleasantly surprised to see my design was nearly identical to the Ron Morris suspension featured in the mag.
For the rear suspension I thought the triangulated four bar would work best for the room available and street use of the car. I bought the cradle from Ride Tech and built my own arms. It's not the best design, but it should work for this guy.
Coil overs are QA1 single adjustable.
More to come...
Bob
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