Hello All
i own a 63 mercury comet 2 door hardtop and was wondering if there is any front suspension upgrades available for these years, would parts from a 72 comet fit as i have a bunch left over from my 72 comet
Thank you
63 Comet Suspension
Re: 63 Comet Suspension
I don't think much interchanges. You can check Rockauto.com for interchange on upper and lower control arms but I believe they're different (ditto on the steering components). Is this a I6 car or 63.5 V8?
Your best bet would be '65 Steering (ala 64.5-66 'Stang). You can largely use all 'Stang parts except the center link ( and match the springs to your application). That gives you plenty of options from mild to wild for suspension and steering components!
Your best bet would be '65 Steering (ala 64.5-66 'Stang). You can largely use all 'Stang parts except the center link ( and match the springs to your application). That gives you plenty of options from mild to wild for suspension and steering components!
Re: 63 Comet Suspension
thanks for the reply Rocket
it was originally a i6 4 lug car but we found a v8 car with 5 lug on it and made the swap, the car now has a 302 in it, unfortunately the 5 lug car was junked before we could grab the steering box and centerlink off of it as there are some differences between 4 lug and 5 lug suspensions
it was originally a i6 4 lug car but we found a v8 car with 5 lug on it and made the swap, the car now has a 302 in it, unfortunately the 5 lug car was junked before we could grab the steering box and centerlink off of it as there are some differences between 4 lug and 5 lug suspensions
Re: 63 Comet Suspension
Do you know what year you grabbed the V8 steering parts from? The 63.5-64 stuff is different than 65 parts. The '65 centerlink is reproduced, the earlier part(s) are not. Are your spindle casting #'s C3xx or C5xx?
NBD on the steering box...all can be made to work. Ratio & shaft length are different between earlier cars and 64-64's and most power steering boxes were a quicker ratio (except for the 63.5-64 V8 boxes that use a 1-1/8" sector shaft. Those can be adapted to the later manual steering stuff with a 67-70 'Stang power steering pitman arm)....the 6-cyl boxes and '65 V8's were all 1" sector.
We can figure out what you've got and go from there!
NBD on the steering box...all can be made to work. Ratio & shaft length are different between earlier cars and 64-64's and most power steering boxes were a quicker ratio (except for the 63.5-64 V8 boxes that use a 1-1/8" sector shaft. Those can be adapted to the later manual steering stuff with a 67-70 'Stang power steering pitman arm)....the 6-cyl boxes and '65 V8's were all 1" sector.
We can figure out what you've got and go from there!