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Author:  james longhurst [ Mon May 01, 2006 5:08 am ]
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hey dustpan,
saw your car over on bbd.com, lookin' good! :D
what are you running for frontend/rear axle on your combo?

-james
Author:  Dennis Weaver [ Mon May 01, 2006 6:53 am ]
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Now, see?
Nope. :roll:

D/W
What do you find wrong with this? The tires are the same diameters as the 15's I had on my 15" cop-car wheels, just a little less side-wall.Image
If you don't see, then there's no hope. There's no accounting for bad taste. :twisted: I dig the brakes, though...

D/W
Author:  NewLancerMan [ Mon May 01, 2006 8:39 am ]
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ah Dennis, you poor guy ;) He needs some 14s and 17s just to swap back and forth ;)

MJ
Author:  70 Dustpan [ Mon May 01, 2006 11:07 pm ]
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Nope. :roll:

D/W
What do you find wrong with this? The tires are the same diameters as the 15's I had on my 15" cop-car wheels, just a little less side-wall.Image
If you don't see, then there's no hope. There's no accounting for bad taste. :twisted: I dig the brakes, though...

D/W
I guess I'll have to look at it your way: different strokes for different folks. Some people just like the under sized, ill handling pinner size wheels. By the way do you still use air-jacker shocks too? :twisted:
Author:  70 Dustpan [ Mon May 01, 2006 11:19 pm ]
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hey dustpan,
saw your car over on bbd.com, lookin' good! :D
what are you running for frontend/rear axle on your combo?

-james
The front is:
B body spindles,
1 1/8" sway-bar with rod-end end links,
11/16" C body tie-rods with aluminum sleeves,
11 3/4" X 1" front disc brakes,
tubular upper control arms with adjustable rod-ends,
reinforced lower control arms,
.920 torsion bars,
adjustable rod-end strut rods,
fully welded and reinforced 73 V-8 K-frame,
73 power steering box,
17X8 wheels with 5.72 back-spacing, 235/45/17 tires and 1/2 spacers,

The rear is:
340 Duster rear leaf springs,
3/4" rear sway-bar,
11" rear disc brakes,
slider rear spring shackles,
8 3/4" rear-end with 3.91 gears and a power-lok,
KYB shocks,
same 17" wheels with 245/45/17 tires
Author:  NewLancerMan [ Tue May 02, 2006 8:51 am ]
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hey dustpan,

What tubular UCAs did you go with? Bill Reilly's or...? Just curious. Have any pics of the underside?

Thanks

MJ
Author:  james longhurst [ Tue May 02, 2006 9:35 am ]
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hey dustpan,
saw your car over on bbd.com, lookin' good! :D
what are you running for frontend/rear axle on your combo?

-james
The front is:
B body spindles,
1 1/8" sway-bar with rod-end end links,
11/16" C body tie-rods with aluminum sleeves,
11 3/4" X 1" front disc brakes,
tubular upper control arms with adjustable rod-ends,
reinforced lower control arms,
.920 torsion bars,
adjustable rod-end strut rods,
fully welded and reinforced 73 V-8 K-frame,
73 power steering box,
17X8 wheels with 5.72 back-spacing, 235/45/17 tires and 1/2 spacers,

The rear is:
340 Duster rear leaf springs,
3/4" rear sway-bar,
11" rear disc brakes,
slider rear spring shackles,
8 3/4" rear-end with 3.91 gears and a power-lok,
KYB shocks,
same 17" wheels with 245/45/17 tires
yep, sounds a lot like my swinger. identical except for the 16:1 manual box, 13" front brakes (for use with those wheels) and an 8 1/4" rear (for now) with 1" spacers, 10.5" rear discs and s/s springs. was a real ball to drive! is that 8 3/4 from a b-body?
awesome car you have there!

-james
Author:  70 Dustpan [ Tue May 02, 2006 12:58 pm ]
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hey dustpan,
saw your car over on bbd.com, lookin' good! :D
what are you running for frontend/rear axle on your combo?

-james
The front is:
B body spindles,
1 1/8" sway-bar with rod-end end links,
11/16" C body tie-rods with aluminum sleeves,
11 3/4" X 1" front disc brakes,
tubular upper control arms with adjustable rod-ends,
reinforced lower control arms,
.920 torsion bars,
adjustable rod-end strut rods,
fully welded and reinforced 73 V-8 K-frame,
73 power steering box,
17X8 wheels with 5.72 back-spacing, 235/45/17 tires and 1/2 spacers,

The rear is:
340 Duster rear leaf springs,
3/4" rear sway-bar,
11" rear disc brakes,
slider rear spring shackles,
8 3/4" rear-end with 3.91 gears and a power-lok,
KYB shocks,
same 17" wheels with 245/45/17 tires
yep, sounds a lot like my swinger. identical except for the 16:1 manual box, 13" front brakes (for use with those wheels) and an 8 1/4" rear (for now) with 1" spacers, 10.5" rear discs and s/s springs. was a real ball to drive! is that 8 3/4 from a b-body?
awesome car you have there!

-james
Hi James, Thanks. I'm planing on a EFI 318 with a 4 spd O/D in it. Bill over at BBD is talking about making a 4 corner airride set-up for A bodys. If I can raise the $$$ for it in a year or too I may go with that. I want to get it driving to see how it is with the stock type parts first.

Yea it's a 65 B Body rear.

Brent
Author:  70 Dustpan [ Tue May 02, 2006 1:02 pm ]
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hey dustpan,

What tubular UCAs did you go with? Bill Reilly's or...? Just curious. Have any pics of the underside?

Thanks

MJ
MJ, Yea they are form Bill, same with the strut rods. I'm very happy with all the parts I have bought from him.

Brent
Author:  andyf [ Thu May 04, 2006 9:14 pm ]
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What year of Swinger? A 17x7 or 17x8 wheel should fit most years except for the really early stuff and they weren't called Swingers back then. The Mustang Bullitt rims look good, are plenty strong and are fairly inexpensive. The Mustang rims are 17x8 with 5.72 backspacing so you'll need spacers in the rear but they'll fit up front if you have the '73 or newer disc brakes. Of course with 17 inch rims you want to run a large rotor. 13 inch rotors fit just fine.

My car is a B body so it has a little more room. I run 17x8 up front and 17x10 in the rear. I've been test fitting some 18x9 rims up front recently so I can run a 14 inch brake rotor.
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The rims in this picture are custom Fikse three piece. They are pretty expensive but it is what you have to do to get the backspacing just right.
Author:  GuyLR [ Fri May 05, 2006 8:31 am ]
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The 17's look so right on the B body! I think maybe 16's are the perfect size for an updated A body though. 18's NOOOOO!
Author:  Walter Lee Jackson [ Fri May 05, 2006 1:34 pm ]
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Andy:

Will the 14 inch disc conversion come in a kit you'll offer for sale?

What brand rotor are you using?

Thanks.

--Walt Jackson
Author:  andyf [ Fri May 05, 2006 4:51 pm ]
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I'm not sure that I'll offer a kit for sale with the 14 inch rotors but I can easily build the parts if someone wants it. I have it mocked up and it works fine. I used a rotor from a Charger SRT8 and the caliper from a Viper. It all fits fine inside of a 18x9 Mustang rim.

Here is a picture of the setup all hung on my workbench.
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Author:  Lars [ Fri May 05, 2006 5:22 pm ]
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Hey Andy, are those Fiske wheel on that B body?
Author:  andyf [ Fri May 05, 2006 9:39 pm ]
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Yep, Fikse FM5 rims. I put them on my '65 a few years ago. Nice and light, very strong and I think they have a clean classic look. Kind of spendy though. I think they were about $900 each.
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