new guy, just aquired this t-bucket from a friend that lost interest. the rear is weird looking to me.
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Pasthisprime
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Yes, definitely not the most elegant rear suspension. There are several ways to do that that doesn’t involve those ugly spring pockets. I would suggest converting it to coilovers and cutting all that stuff out. Also it has been bobbed a ton and may need to have a new rear frame extension.
Congrats, and welcome! Those rear suspension setups were common on some of the '60's T-buckets, but have been superseded by coilovers, like PHP says. Looks like you've got the basics for a good hotrod there, Ponyman. What are your plans for the powertrain?
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i have a 302 and a 351 ,it comes with a ford trans, just havemt checked yet to see which one it is. I'm brnging home tomorrow so i'll have a list of questions.
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yeah didnt look right, the owner prior to my friend ran this thing at atco . looks scary to me lol
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i like what you did , i have access to a welder and steel shop is not far from me, looks like a good winter project. Do you have any more pics of your setup
That one in the picture is not mine. I put it there to show what the old coil spring setups looked like. Here's a couple of pics of my coil-over rear suspension . . .
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Welcome! Looks like a good start. While that looks like a 60's vintage T setup, don't go blowing it apart just yet. Give it a try and see how it works first.
If you read through the posts here, you will find that many wish that they had a manual with all the info for their T-Bucket.
Now is a great time to start this for yours. Each part of the puzzle you can identify, write it down. Ask your friend what they know about it.
You might try lighter springs and get it to work okay. That front spring looks fairly heavy duty too, but wait until the engine and all are installed to see.
Even before that, connect up a battery and check over the electrical, then inspect and bleed the brakes, and check the steering for play. Fix stuff that can burn it or make it undrivable before before launching on a full redo. Once you get the drivetrain in and running, the urge to just take it around the yard or block is strong. Better to have this stuff at least looked over first.
Those look like the old school 1940s Ford front brakes. Here's some info, I'm sure you can find more.
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Looks like the 65 Mustang 'fruit jar' single master cylinder on the firewall.
Looks like trailing arms in the rear, split wishbones in the front. Not sure on the rear axle, kind of looks like the Olds under mine.
Looks like American Racing S2000s, often called 'Daisies', 15x7 or 8 front, 15x10 rear. The old Ford bolt pattern is 5x5.5, those may be that or different.
Sure is heavily channeled!
If you read through the posts here, you will find that many wish that they had a manual with all the info for their T-Bucket.
Now is a great time to start this for yours. Each part of the puzzle you can identify, write it down. Ask your friend what they know about it.
You might try lighter springs and get it to work okay. That front spring looks fairly heavy duty too, but wait until the engine and all are installed to see.
Even before that, connect up a battery and check over the electrical, then inspect and bleed the brakes, and check the steering for play. Fix stuff that can burn it or make it undrivable before before launching on a full redo. Once you get the drivetrain in and running, the urge to just take it around the yard or block is strong. Better to have this stuff at least looked over first.
Those look like the old school 1940s Ford front brakes. Here's some info, I'm sure you can find more.
Technical - 40’s Ford Brake adjustment clarification please
Hey fellas, So I’m tryibg to adjust my brakes because it’s Pulling hard left when I try to stop. I found this online line but would like someone to...
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Looks like the 65 Mustang 'fruit jar' single master cylinder on the firewall.
Looks like trailing arms in the rear, split wishbones in the front. Not sure on the rear axle, kind of looks like the Olds under mine.
Looks like American Racing S2000s, often called 'Daisies', 15x7 or 8 front, 15x10 rear. The old Ford bolt pattern is 5x5.5, those may be that or different.
Sure is heavily channeled!
Welcome, Cootertwo. My setup with the coilovers is somewhat "tuneable" in that you can choose different spring rates for the coil springs. However, they all ride like a buckboard in my opinion. I've grown accustomed to it, so it doesn't bother me, but . . . definitely "not your father's Oldsmobile" in the ride department!
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