Hi everyone and thanks so much for having this forum. A quick intro and what I'm working on: My name is Gary and live just outside of Springfield MO. I have a 1961 Falcon Ranchero, mild custom with several subltle body mods. The outside is pretty much whipped into shape for now and now my attention has turned to the underside.

After asking myself what I wanted out of this car (reliability, power, mileage, ride, etc) dollars and sense wise (to me anyway) led to a Mustang II front suspension and a 4.6 DOHC engine overdrive combo. I bought a complete 1998 Mark VIII and drove it home. The M2 is ordered from R & C Motorsports. I plan to section in the firewall and partial floor of the Lincoln and fit it to the Ranchero. While a bit daunting, it allows clearnce for the transmission and takes advantage of factory mounting points for "things".,

One of those "things" is the master cylinder and booster combo. Which in the Lincoln of course is a disc/disc setup. Originally the plan was to put an 8" Maverick and triangulated 4 bar setup with coilovers, disc brake conversion. After pricing what it takes to make that happen my mind started to wander on the possibilities of narrowing the Mark setup. Google searches, lurking, daydreams, and too much thinking has led me here.

Again, thanks so much for this site. Now to the meat of the matter. I've found a lot on early Mustangs and kit Cobra stuff. Factory Five has a very interesting and what looks to be fairly simple setup.

I really like the use of the factory spindles. Searches have given clues to how/where the half shafts should be done. What concerns me is getting the geometry right. I'm not looking to reinvent the wheel, just want to do it right the first time.

Its probably not as simple as shrinking everything down in proportion? As in the LC mounting points get closer together, the upper shortened accordingly, etc? I'll be running coil overs. In my head copying a lot of what FF has done. What are we looking for in a successful setup? This is a street car that will get driven a lot so wear issues and dependability are of huge importance more than all out track style performance.

By trade I'm a machinist/welder/fabricator doing low run production, building/designing prototype parts, and assembly fixtures. My true love and passion is old cars, street rods and kustoms especially. Not afraid of manipulating some metal but I just need some good direction.

Thanks in advance if you can give me any guideance. And I really had to chuckle reading the introduction by Daze, totally relatable.

-Gary