project life support ( pony content )

[smokenyall]

Since I left off with the front suspension, let's start with that.
240sx front subframe, engine mounts cut off subframe, was reinforced and rack moved 3/4" forward.




I built a bracket that uses the stock steering box mounting holes and mounted a 3/4" heim to support the lower half of the steering column and the steering shaft. Also built a steering shaft to mount to the rack and the factory column.





I also built this contraption to mount the the factory shock towers, relocate the upper strut mount outwards and made an extension off the sides to mount to the other factory shock tower bolt holes.






Kinda a bad pic but you can see how it relocates it outward.


Here's the front end fully assembled but just ignore the coilover being all the way down, I was checking full bump travel with the spring and bump stop off.





Here's a few of the finished lca and with adjustable lock stops and ignore the inner tie rod, I temporarily extended them for the longer lca's.




Onto some pics of the rear, subframe is fully mounted and welded.




A close up of one of the front subframe mounts.


Here's where the rear coilover ended up getting mounted. Just in front of the rear axle, there mounted inverted and I made an adjustable upper mount. The bolt holes are 1" apart and the bolt hole in the upper bracket is offset. That means if I flip the bracket i can raise or lower the rear by .5" or if I move it a bolt hole it will change it by 1". Just needs to be finish welded.





Well I guess that's all the progress I've made over the last 4years since the last update. But there was multiple times I didnt work on the car for 6-8 months.

[smokenyall]

Life has been in the way but progress never stopped. I don't have any pics of the rear on this phone but I'll make an update for the front. Basically it now has a 240sx front subframe, 240 knuckles and everything else is custom, I fabricated the control arms and all the mounts. I custom built an oil pan with trap doors and baffles to fit around the subframe and suspension.








Made a jig for modified knuckles


Welded knuckle and my unfinished brackets for 4 pot brembo calipers with 13" cobra rotors














Hopefully I'll get on it tomorrow and take some pics of the rear!!

[bennkishh]

This thing is amazing, I can't wait to see this thing doing some skids. In for more grilled cheese content as well.

[loekaaz]

Dang this will be (already is) awesome! SubSubSubcribed!

[moist taco]

Wow, just read your thread...Your build has come such a long way.I never expected this when i opened the thread.. Keep up the amazing work!

[smokenyall]

Got my second set of rails in and mocked up



You can see the frame gussets tacked in place

Got the crossmember in place and the irs bolted up


looks like I need to build new shock mounts but no biggie
More updates soon!!!!!

[smokenyall]

Well removed what's left of the drivers side floor pan, ground down all the spot welds on the sill and primed it.



Cut off the bottom of the factory torque box since I'm building a stronger one and found some spider webs lol


Test fit of the 2x3 I'm running across the sill to reinforce them and increase the chassis torrional rigity.



Now to make the passenger side look like the drivers side, drilled out all the spot welds on the seat pan.


At some point someone replaces the passenger side floor pan by welding it on top of the old one on the inside . So I had to cut the welds and bend it back.


They didn't even remove all the rust from underneath it.


There's the spot welds I was looking for.


Now the other half of the floor pan towards the sill.


I cut the welds and got the seat pan free.


Pan removed.


Started cutting the floor out and then my grinder started started cutting in and out. I pulled out the old brushes and compared then to the new ones, I think that might be a problem lol.


Floor hanging on by a thread.


Here's the front of the floor pan welded on top of the old one.


Here's what the sill is supposed to look like after drilling the spot welds and removing the floor.


Here's what I have to deal with from the patched floor. The panel is fully welded to the sill unlike the rest that was tacked everywhere else wtf.


The mess I created!!


After wire wheeling the sealant off it.


Started grinding it down to remove it, I didn't get a pic after but you get the point.


Hard to tell but this is the bottom of the sill right under where the patch panel was fully welded on, those two pieces of metal are supposed to be spot welded together but somehow he managed to split them?


So I drilled some holes and re spot welded it together.


The bottom of the sill isn't perfectly strait so I straightened it out with a hammer and dolly. Before


After, the sill is now straight all the way across now.


Started cleaning up the passenger sill.


Cleaned it up with a fine flap wheel.


Then primed the sill!!


Now at this point I'm starving so time for a sandwich.


She wanted some company.


Then I started fully welding my frame. So here's a few weld pics!!!!




Updates as they happen!!!

[JRodigan]

You're my hero. This is amazing. Coming from a classic Mustang owner: keep up the awesome work.

[white out]

great progress

[FunfGang]

This is very cool, keep the updates coming.

[smokenyall]

Hey guys I'm back again, been out of work for 3 months due to a broken ankle so 90% of the progress was done in a cast by myself.

Of course chopped the floor further to get the irs to fit




Did some measuring and cut some 2x3x .120




Every bend got this treatment



A quick test fit, was a pain in the ass getting the frame under there by urself lol



Ride height






Then more cutting





Built the back half of the frame


Sitting on the subframe that's waiting to have the mounts cut off


Ears cut off and sitting in place



Plenty of room for my fuel cell


Someone patched the passenger floor pan right up against the inner rocker as the patch and the rest of the drivers side floor was rusted out so cut it all out leaving me with this welded blob on the side.



Ground it all smooth


Threw on some primer


More rust under the pedals



Oh and a random weld


Finally got my foot back and walking so more updates very soon!!!

[SBCriss]

Haha awesome to see another 67 mustang here, looks already really nice cant wait to see the result!

[smokenyall]

Love this, can't wait to see more!

Too sick. What exactly is the IRS from? A Thunderbird or something similar I'll assume?

The thunderbird and lincoln mark 8 have the same rear end but the Lincoln having aluminum lower control arms, aluminum 8.8 center section (same housing as the cobra) , and disc brakes instead of drums. I think it weighs 80lbs less off the top of my head.
i started with a mark 8 irs and narrowed the subframe 4" to match the width of the stock axle, bought shorter axles, and red rilles the rear hub to 5x4.5(5x114.3) since they come with 5x4.25.

[M0HNKE]

Too sick. What exactly is the IRS from? A Thunderbird or something similar I'll assume?

[hi its me alec]

Love this, can't wait to see more!