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10-17-2003, 11:57 AM   #1 (permalink)
wejohns
 
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Lincoln Mark IIV suspension for a T-Bird?

I have a 87 v8 T-Bird and I would like to know if the frount spindles, spindle carriers and breaks will fit the Bird? With the advantage of 5 lug rims and what looks like a larger rotor. And what about the rear end, is it the same lenth and mount the same as a T-Birds?
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10-17-2003, 02:08 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Lincoln Mark IIV suspension for a T-Bird?

I've read that the Mark VII rear is 1 inch longer, otherwise everything is the same. Try this link for more info.
http://minek.nodevice.com/tbird/tbird_faq.html
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10-18-2003, 12:03 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Lincoln Mark IIV suspension for a T-Bird?

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10-18-2003, 06:26 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Lincoln Mark IIV suspension for a T-Bird?

In response to this and the other message, I have used mark vv11 spindles and rear end on a mustang and can tell you all about it. First of all the mark tbird or any other fox rear end are all the same size etc. All for ever changed was the axle legnth. You need to use mustang axles to get it to fit right which means having someone like Moser put 5 lugs where the 4 were.. they do it for %50 dollars

The way ford may the tbird and Mark wider on the front was with 1 inch longer A frames sort the same approach as the rear. The five lug discs fit right on the 11 inch spindles of late model mustangs.

In my case however I had to machine out the the ball joint hole for the Lincoln spindles to fit the Mark ball joints which are much better but shorter fatter and squater by about an 1/8 of an inch.

There is also some goofy stuff about the thickness of thestruts thich and then vesions
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