Update On The 66 Coupe!

[homealone]

If you remember, back in February I picked up a 66 Coupe for my little brother.

Link to old thread.

http://www.dfwmustangs.net/forums/showthread.php?t=6028

Well after 6 months of it sitting on my trailer because he hasn't been out to pick it up, I started playing.

Yanked the motor Tuesday night and dropped the new one in Thursday night. Nothing special, just 6 cylinders of inline FURY!

Then I went out this morning and put it up in the air.

So as of this afternoon, we went from 4 lug drums all around to Granada spindles/discs with dual piston calipers, a narrowed Explorer 8.8 w/ disc brakes and 3.55 gears. It's now back on the ground with a set of late model Mustang wheels.

Here are some pics..



Old motor




Cool Cat Wiggin It!




Engine bay



New motor in. I6 FTW!




What I started with this morning




Mustang, check, thick skin, check, CAR ON JACK STANDS, check. Now I am an official member of DFWMustangs.



My new Craigslist Ad. For Sale - Super RARE K-Code 4 lug drum brakes!




Hover conversion




10.5 FR500s. Time for a mini tub




New front brakes

[homealone]

Granada spindles and rotors. Cobra calipers are just for show. It'll get regular PBRs





Old school Torque Thrusts? Maybe a T/A Series Clone in the future




Narrowed Explorer 8.8. 3.55 gears, 31 spline axles, disc brakes, etc, etc.






And back on the ground. Wheel are "so so" temporary. Needs to be dropped an inch or so.

[HenryJ]

Looking good. That's the color I'm going to paint my 66 GT. How much did you narrow the 8.8? It looks like the pinion is still off center? Did you go with the granada spindles, because you couldn't find any v8 spindles? I think I may have some that I might be willing to sell.
Mine goes to the paint and body shop next week. I'll post up some pics as I make progress.

[Z06killinsbf]

Looks good. That's the same color my car was originally.

[HarrisonTX]

Man, your so so wheels look great to be honest. Good rear choice. Good setup.

[Pro88LX]

looking good!

[Clifton]

Wheels do look good. I put a set of '04 Mach1's on a '65 vert I had.

Sometimes new style wheels can look good.

[Z06killinsbf]

Mine has Bullitts.

[Racewerx]

That looks good. Is the ac unit up and running?

[black2002ls]

I like the wheels. I think they may look even better with a slightly smaller tire

[Cobraman]

You or whoever is in that one pic looks exactly like dale earnhart jr.

[homealone]

Wheels do look good. I put a set of '04 Mach1's on a '65 vert I had.

Sometimes new style wheels can look good.

Like this? I've got wheels out the ying yang around here. I'm running late model wheels on both my 65 coupes, my 66 Ranchero and my 69 Fastback.

[Cobraman]

Like this? I've got wheels out the ying yang around here.

I dig it!

[outoftowner]

You've got one lucky brother.

[homealone]

How much did you narrow the 8.8? It looks like the pinion is still off center? Did you go with the granada spindles, because you couldn't find any v8 spindles?

Narrowed it about 2-3 inches. 2.5 comes to mind. The pinion is centered now. We went Granada for the ease and cost. I have several sets of V8 spindles and brakes for other projects.

That looks good. Is the ac unit up and running?

Its complete but I haven't tried t yet. I assume it will funtion.

I like the wheels. I think they may look even better with a slightly smaller tire

That's the plan but the tires are in such good shape we'll go shorter when they wear out.

You or whoever is in that one pic looks exactly like dale earnhart jr.

That's Cool Cat off the board. I think he looks more like Opie Taylor.