Thread: 55.2-59 Sway bar recomendations
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Old 05-11-2020, 01:28 PM   #10
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Re: Sway bar recomendations

Boy Howdy you guys are making the old fat guy work this morning.

First shot is the 76 MII stock front cross member I have out in the stash (genuine V6 fastback Mach I piece)
Second is the lower A arm with the arrow pointing to the holes that mount the strut rod that you showed in your second photo.

Third is the strut rod with the sway bar link (and sway bar) attached to it.

fourth is a bad shot of the whole sway bar and strut rod showing all the dips and bends in the original that you don't need. At least not the one in the middle to clear the MII oil pan.

Last, I took the liberty of flipping your front end over so we could see what it looks like. Those are actually real solid front ends as the upper ball joint is the same as most Big Fords and everything was overbuilt a bit. They were extremely popular in kit cars here in the states in the 80's and a lot of Cobra kit cars built in the 80's have them.

Measure from strut rod bolt to strut rod bolt and that should be the length of sway bar you need.
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