i'm just remembering back to my '62 comet, and i dont see how there is that much clearance. i'm thinking you'll be maxing out the driveshaft to floor relationship with that much drop.
if you want to drive it I wouldn't go anything more then 2" and that is pushing it. To lower the car by 4" (at least on a Mustang) you'd have to make considerable changes to the suspension and possibly the body.
I was wanting to lower my 62 3" but after looking at the space between the drive shaft and the hump plus my fat I would be in trouble
I guess I better check the driveshaft position but that 2" drop is not even close to where I want to be. With 13" wheels thats about where I am at now.
Mine has 3" blocks. The pic has 13" wheels butt have moved to 14" for less scrapping. Still bottoms out a little against the dual exhaust.
4" blocks would be a scrubline violation, you'd have to switch to 14" wheels for sure, maybe more. We got 3" blocks on this one and are getting new springs made for it with that amount of drop in them.
Unfortunately you can't get a falcon super low without making major modifications. I have 3" blocks in my squire, and as others have mentioned i have opted for 14' wheels and a tall profile tire.Ii dont have any tail-shaft scrubbing but it is close. A mate has put 4" in his 13" wheeled falcon and it makes the spring shackles scary close to the ground! Good luck with it. Kyle
Here's a couple of pictures of my 62 two door wagon I used to own. I had 4" blocks with 2 leaves removed. It was pretty low. It was on stock 13" wheels with 155/80/13 shaved whitewalls & Futura wire caps. With me and one passenger, it did not have any issues from being too low, other than the usual issues. Exhaust & transmission pan too low. If I had anyone in the back seat, or had anything heavy in the back, the driveline would rub the tunnel near the pinion. I would just add a little air to the air shocks and it wouldn't rub. I switched to a 4 speed manual & had the new exhaust tucked in as close as possible. After that, the only scraping was the spare tire well when I went into driveways. It can definitely be done. Back then, air bags weren't available yet. The air shocks worked OK. In these pictures, there was about 40 psi in the air shocks. With about 15 psi, the rockers would be parallel to the ground. With no air, it would drag ass, but was still drivable.
bought some 3"ers today. I was gonna drop it like third period french tommorow but my water pump went out today so that will probably be my project for tommorow. Ill post pics when its done.
My gasser has non stock shackles, so i dont know how long the stockers are, but what about replacing the shackles with leaf spring sliders. The rollerized versions look more street worthy than nylon ones, and can be had through Speedway, and other suppliers- i think AFCO makes them, but speedway has their own brand, too. rick
Well, unfortunately, Ford didn't foresee us coming. My 64 is on blocks and 2" drop spindles. 2" blocks and missing a leaf. I'm tubbing, notching, throwing a TCI 4-link on, raising the driveline tunnel, and dropping shockwaves in her.
Well, I don't have the car anymore, but I ended up cutting the 3" blocks down to 2". Even then I was way past scrubline and my exhaust had 2" clearance. 3 wouldn't have been driveable. Keep in mind I had a different rear end in mind and the spring perches had been moved so my results weren't typical. I got the blocks at autozone then ordered the proper u bolts from federated
This is the same thing I did to mine.The air shocks are now plummed into my air ride system and rolls down the road great.
Do you have any pics of your air ride set up? I'm looking to bag my 62 and have come across a few different options. Did you do air over leaf in the rear or a 4 link? Thanks
dead thread but u have 4 inch blocks with extended u bolts, going to start making kits if anyones interested . heres a pic
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