Steering/Suspension

I replaced the 63 steering components along with the Granada spindles to a 65 steering along with the one inch Shelby/Arning drop to achieve better steering geometry. This drop caused interference between the A-arm rear grease fittings and shock tower. A hole was drilled in the shock tower to clear the zerk fitting. The tin cover between the upper control arm and frame was reworked to clear the rear bearing.

The CSRP spindle uses the 75-up larger style wheel bearings and outer tie rods.

Using the 67 Mustang 1-1/8 in. pitman arm allowed me to keep the 63 steering box. Roller idler arm and 65 Falcon center link and tie rods along with dual adjustable coilover shocks finish the upgrade swap. I'm using the short 67-70 Mustang top mounts on the shocks to get 3/4 in. more shock travel on the compression stroke. I had to compress the coil spring a half inch to clear the top of shock tower. I found out the hard way that unlike the 65 top shock mount, the 67 part will that the top shock mount needs to be installed before installing the shock T-bar.