88 crown vic frame swap for 61 unibody

61ford · Post by **61ford** » August 15, 2009, 8:17 pm

lord no lol itll end up getting some torque thrust or the polished aluminum wheels on the new mustangs

Robert · Post by **Robert** » August 16, 2009, 11:41 am

i would like to see the mounts when you make them [/u]

Post by **Greg D** » August 16, 2009, 1:30 pm

There are some real good deals on new Mustang tire & wheel sets on Ebay regularly.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MUSTANG- ... 06.c0.m245

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/05-06-07 ... 06.c0.m245

Just do a search 05 06 07 08 mustang wheels.

61ford · Post by **61ford** » August 31, 2009, 4:44 pm

started my thought process on the mounts going to change the ends of the factory mounts and weld them onto the factory crown vic mounts

tranny tunnel needs no mods for a aod anyway

twistedfreak · Post by **twistedfreak** » November 3, 2009, 9:47 am

nice work ryan kepp it up the torque box will go out as soon as it get boxed up and you send me the cabbage

JFCDeuce · Post by **JFCDeuce** » November 4, 2009, 2:53 pm

Greg D wrote:
Just do a search 05 06 07 08 mustang wheels.

Just be warned that 05+ mustang rims have a +45mm offset, on an '88 frame I think you will need to run wheel spacers, or use the older Torque thust styles from a pre- '05, they have a +24mm offset.

I believe that the '88 era vic wouldn't have had a wheel offset. What is the hub to hub measurement on the front and rear compared to the stock uni set up?

61ford · Post by **61ford** » November 8, 2009, 9:17 pm

idk what the hub measurements once i get it all mounted ill worry bout my offsets but i do know this from what i can tell so far the wheels stick too far inside the body i always like my wheels for one the front and rear track width to match and two for the outside lip of the tire to line up with the edge of the fender

61ford · Post by **61ford** » November 8, 2009, 9:18 pm

idk what the hub measurements once i get it all mounted ill worry bout my offsets but i do know this from what i can tell so far the wheels stick too far inside the body i always like my wheels for one the front and rear track width to match and two for the outside lip of the tire to line up with the edge of the fender

61ford · Post by **61ford** » December 22, 2009, 9:23 pm

just going to give an update fixing to get started back on the truck school has slowed me down.im not much of a metal fabricator and my body was pretty rusty so ive enlisted the help of a metal fabricator and were going to fix all my screwups on the body and finish getting my body mounted mounted on the crown vic frame after the holidays

61ford · Post by **61ford** » March 6, 2010, 7:45 pm

finally did get my rear mounts welded in.got my front figured out just aint carried out the plan yet

61ford · Post by **61ford** » March 13, 2010, 1:56 pm

heres the front mount

hungrymonkey · Post by **hungrymonkey** » May 23, 2010, 11:36 pm

Any pictures of the rear suspension coming through the bed?

61ford · Post by **61ford** » May 26, 2010, 5:54 pm

should have some somewhere check out my photobucket i think i have a link.idk how far it sticks out past the factory floor as mine was tossed a long time ago and im fixing to raise it to clear the suspension and put a wood floor in it

61 Merc · Post by **61 Merc** » May 29, 2010, 2:31 pm

Ryan, any chance you can get some pics of the inside box for us, I checked your photobucket account and you don't have any posted in it. I may be doing this to Jinx now since the dakota install will not be going on. Keep us posted of your progress.

Dean

61ford · Post by **61ford** » May 29, 2010, 6:13 pm

yea i can but theres nothing in it so far other than some wheeltubs from a 64-66 that i think ill prolly end up widening a little depending on my wheel offset i measured one time i think from the bottom of the brace that runs across the bed at the tail lights "rollpan" looking thing like 6 inches just to clear the suspension buckets ill come up with some

61ford · Post by **61ford** » July 21, 2010, 6:40 pm

just going to give an update i hadnt forgot those box pics progress has been a little slow having to change out my roof and im starting on that saturday then im going to fix where i notched the floor for the frame and start working my way toward the back of the truck

61ford · Post by **61ford** » November 16, 2010, 12:29 pm

finally started swapping roofs

61ford · Post by **61ford** » November 16, 2010, 4:33 pm

pic of it sitting there

64 roof sits alittle bit farther back

twistedfreak · Post by **twistedfreak** » November 19, 2010, 3:38 pm

looks good and if you get a chance get me those dim. for the door steps and ill get them started

Robert · Post by **Robert** » May 27, 2011, 9:38 am

Do you guys know if a two door ltd frame will work under a unibody