No buck Mustang strut rod

[enjenjo]

With Mustang IIs getting as old as they are, the newest are 30 years old, in this part of the country it's hard to find useable strut rods. Plus, particularly on Chevys, the stock strut rod  may cause cracks in the frame. So I came up with this idea to make something from junk.

You need two Mustang or Pinto struts, the ones you find here are rusted inside the bushing, and unusable as is.

You also need a link that goes from the center of the car to the rear wheel on late model GM full size front drivers. The get bent in accidents, and body shops usually have some in their junk pile. All you need are the ends and bushings.

[enjenjo]

Remove the bushing from the end of the link, and cut the ends off at the weld.

[enjenjo]

Jig it up so the bushing is 90 degrees to the strut rod attaching bolts, and weld the end on the strut rod.

[enjenjo]

Welded

[enjenjo]

before and after. Now you just need to fab a mount on the frame to hold it.

[Charlie Chops 1940]

My favorite king of strut rod. Does it have enough length to line up with the a-arm pivot? Looks close.

Charlie

[enjenjo]

Yes, it lines up perfect. I have several sets of these on the road, they hold up fine.

[ONE37TUDOR]

I will have to try that set up on a truck I am in the process of building.

Back when I was racing stock cars and when NASCAR was still using the 65 Galaxie type front snout you could buy a set up from Speedway for the Galaxie type strut rods that used a MOPAR type small ball joint for the forward locating point and a tie rod type adjusting sleeve and you not only removed all the movement under hard breaking but you could also change the caster with the strut rod.
Haven't thought about those in years?

Scott...

[jaybee]

Dang, that's slick!  Potential for the tech archive?