Thread: '66 F100 spindle drop/disk brakes

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Does anyone have a direction I can explore to drop my truck about 2.5" front and 2" rear and add disk brakes. I'm completely new at this and to this forum, but it seems like a HUGE resource. I have ordered some catalogs, but it appears the the 60's Fords aren't all that popular for hot rodding.....

I'm wondering about the spindle drops and if a MS2 front end is the way to go?? power steering sure would be nice in this beasty too.....

I've got a rebuilt 352 and trans in there and it just needs some body TLC and paint. Which I plan on doing myself.

Cheers.

Welcome tonup. Now this is just a shot in the dark here, but u might want to look into a LTD front graft. That MII wont be stong enough, I like them but its probly not a good idea for that truck. I had a 51 F1 I did a LTD on with 429 [ a few yrs back] and it was a foot lower than stock. But it can be set higher if u want. And they come with power steer. If u want I will try to post a drawing. That truck went down the road straight and stopped perfectly. Thats enough bragging from me.

Dropped, Fabricated, Twin-I-beams are available from the popular truck mail order stores. Just use a complete brake setup (inc. master,booster and prop valve) from a later model Ford 2-beam disk brake truck.

LTD, eh?!?! Hmmmm, curious and something I will consider. I've seen magazines write up about doing just a spindle drop and I have a few catalogs coming that seem to include those.

I'm really new into this hot rodding scene and such, but I figured this truck might be a good start to 'practice' on.....maybe not. I just needed a good running truck to haul stuff with and this filled that ticker.

Thanks guys........

I liked Bob's input - I'll have to look into the drop I-Beams when I go through my truck. The I-beam suspension seems to make the thing stay more level through turns than the A-arm and solid axle pickups I've had in the past, at least if you don't have big sway bars, so I wanted to keep the suspension.

Disk brakes would help, and Stainless Steel Brakes had a conversion kit (if memory serves) that would make that bit of it easy enough.

The stock ride height on the '65 I've got is not bad - the old '60 we used to have rode a lot higher. But a couple of inches of drop would work.

Cool thing is that (as it was explained to me) the suspension pieces are fairly interchangeable from 1965 to 1979, so there are lots of sources for parts.

Good luck with it.

The Mustang II suspension works fine on a pickup, if you get the entire package that is made for the pickup. I've put 3 or 4 of them on (including one on my own) and no problems. The dropped I-beams are ok, but you still have the wandering front end problem inherent with the twin I-Beam front end. If you need help locating a MII for the truck, email me and I will get you some info on it.

Ok, I'll check out the M2 front ends. I think right now that is probably the first thing I'm going to do for this truck, is get the brakes redone. Those originals really take some 'pre braking' when coming to a stop.

I also need to replace all the window seals and seam sealer so the inside stays dry. It's a bit damp here in the pacnorwest....

The stainless lines are also a good idea too, these message boards are great for this kind of stuff.

Thanks guys.