I ran across a Mustang II sitting in the weeds behind somebodys house this afternoon. It was originally a v8 car, but is currently sans engine. It does have all of the stock suspension and steering in tact, as well as its transmission. The body and interior are pretty rough, but there are lots of salvageable parts. The old guy said he wouldn't take a penny less than $500. What do y'all think? Is 5 bills totally out of line? I've always heard that the Mustang II frontends work great under a Maverick. Thanks
It's more work that it's worth to cut that front end out of that car, and weld it into a Maverick. Unless it has a traction loc rearend, run away!
It's not worth trying to graft 35 year old stock Mustang II suspension cradles into a Maverick anymore when you have so many nice new welded flat steel crossmembers available for decent money now a days. Before I bought my Full Tilt Street Rod MII cradle, I was hounding an older lady to buy one of two Mustang II's that she had sitting in a tree line on her property. The prices were way too high and she wouldn't budge. I had already bought my Full Tilt crossmember and had it tacked in place when she finally called me with a slightly reduced price but it was way too late. She wound up junking both of them.
A lot of people call a rack and pinion KIT a Mustang II front end. I don't see why they don't call it a Pinto front end since a Mustang II used a Pinto front end.
I'm under the understanding that the very early Pinto front ends were completely different. Once the Mustang II was introduced, that was when the Pinto front end became common with the Mustang II.
Thanks for the feedback. I've been spending way to much money on the old Maverick lately anyway, besides the fact that I've got enough work ahead of me without adding to the list.
not certain on that, but i do know for sure that all mustang II c/a's springs, racks, rods, etc all fit a pinto crossmember . my uncle used a wrecked pinto to rob the crossmember from for his 29 model. i thought it was an early one but i could very well be mistaken
:Handshake i agree there as well. lol. I never cared for those Mustang II's until I finally saw one. An old fellow in town has one he bought new in 75'. It's the coupe version, Tan, with a v6. He drives it to the pharmacy my mom works at every now and then. He always asks if anyone wants to buy it, I think he wants $2,000 for it.
I would check the gear ratio, even without traction loc. That is where I got my latest 3.55 8 inch pumpkin, for a song. I had to go home to look up the door code (counting the driveshaft vs axle revs wasn't working). When I got back to the wrecking yard on Saturday, it was "half-price" day. Whoo-hoo ...
