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1962 mercury comet , " the money pit"

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TwistedMinis   +1y
That will actually create more camber. The lower arm should ways be longer. Everything but that looks good though.
danclarisjunior   +1y
I'm talking about the front suspension, it seems that the lower balljoint is locked before the upper.
the cantilever back setup is totaly sick.....keep going.....nice work...
flaked62merc   +1y
its a optical illusion , the lower arm is 1 inch longer then the lower, car maintains 12 inches of lift with .75 camber change , also at full drop with ball joint locked up car will be 10 inches off the ground , ride height put ball joint at optimal roll center
thacru78   +1y
With the arms so close to the same length...what's that do to tire scrub. Seems as if you will have a significant amount of tire scrub...specially with the shorter arms.
flaked62merc   +1y
i was wrong and all of you were right , i misunderstood my fabricator . he built the arms on a flat plain and has a jig/ die to adjust the ball joint to a 10 degree angle using his 60 ton press. my bad guys , . asked him about it today and he informed me that i missed that part . also as for the arms length uppers are actually more then a inch shorter and there has been no adjustment done everything is only tacked into place,
cookiemonster13   +1y
this shop did a nice job on josh's unibody and a good job on your car now! they do some really nice frame fab
flaked62merc   +1y
he does amazing work , i couldn't be happier , he pretty much makes every customer feel like a friend , and you should check out some of the manifolds he builds , heres his facebook page , check him out http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/bjsracingmanifolds
flaked62merc   +1y
Edited: 12/20/2011 6:14:00 PM by FXDGRND

Edited: 12/19/2011 11:47:24 AM by flaked62merc















So its been a year since i posted pictures and 2011 has sucked , its a slow build but im hoping i have tis thing done in 2013 ,, oh and i joined FREAKS of NATURE
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AndrewB22   +1y
perfection is never rushed. this is a beautiful car glad to see you still have it and are still working on it.
flaked62merc   +1y
and everyone was right the front suspension sucked , so i went to the original plan and im running a mustang 2 front end . mostly now im just trying to collect and stock pile the parts i still need . ......