Well I got my feelings hurt today...I'm switching my 65 fastback over to a v8, I found a 1964 1/2 that was a 260 car..It had the 8 inch rearend but someone had switched the car over to disc brakes...well after buying the car and tearing everything apart I have discovered that everything is identical to my I6 parts like the sway bar, upper and lower control arm and the suspension, only difference is the spindels..could it be a got a fluke car? Even the steering arms are the same size as my I6...Any info will be great guys...Sorry for any typos posting from my phone

 

The vin number on the car I'm getting parts off of is 5F07D

 

Does the 64 1/2 have 4 lugs or 5?

Upper and lower control arms are the same on a V8 and I6.

The spindles and all the steering linkage is different on a I6 and V8.
Springs are different because of the weight of the motors.

The V8 spindles are bigger then the I6 spindles.

Lynn

 

It has five lugs on the 64 but why does the steering linkages look identical to my fastback

 

The 6 and 8 steering linkage was totally different. Now we need photos.

 

If you got a V8 M/S car here is the center link.


If you got a I6 M/S Center link it looks like this.


Whine one does yours look like????
Lynn

 

Here is my Steering, and spindles (which I was the spindles are off the 69 mustang)

 

Awesome you guys are life savers...so let me get this right I just have to change out that one linkage not the whole steering setup...Also aren't the sway bars the same as well...

 

That looks like a 69 linkage, which you can't use. I wouldn't use the 69 spindles, either. They'll work "OK" but not as well as correct 64-66 spindles.

 

Well the spindles are disc brakes, and why will the 69 linkage not work..It looks like the picture to me...I hope all of this will pan out I'm in this car for about 600 dollars..