progress is slow working on mocking up cab to determine motormount placement. trying to get lincoln dis***embled to haul off to trade using rearend and suspension attempting to use front suspension, steering, and brakes
I'm no expert, but the suspension from a Lincoln is going to be way too large for a T. Plus, the amount of fabbing to make it work would be quite a bit. Why not go with a conventional set up? Otherwise, it looks like you have a nice build coming along.
Frame looks ok from here but the suspension is WAY TOO LARGE for an early car such as a T. Traditional solid axle is the rule. State Law, Look it up.
There is some great knowledge and good advice out there so take it into consideration before you go too far in the untraditional direction. Lets say you use the front brakes and hubs on a dropped I beam, clean simple and proven, rear end your call 9 inch is good, just need to be happy with the width and you got brakes, nothing much in the suspension department will be much good to your project as the scale of the two bodies etc are just so far apart.
rear end is ford 9" with three link coil. my frame rails are 2x4 1/8" wall 29" outside to outside plan is for 1/4" plate to mount locating arms and beging of rear Z most likely heim joints and custom rods lincoln frame width is 36", not as far away from the 29" as A or T frame. talking with a guy who used to work for art morrison so i should have a fair turnout with suspension.
It's not only the width you should concern yourself with, it's the look and function as well. This frontend is not only too bulky for a T, it's **** ugly. With enough fabbing and cutting, anything can be made to work. That doesn't mean it's a good idea though. You are probably on a tight budget and I commend you for trying to go with what you have, to save some bucks, but using that frontend is a bad move, in my opinion. If you're trying for IFS, maybe a Mustang II type setup would work, but even that will look out of place on a T. Perhaps some more planning is needed before you get in too deep. Just a thought.
Please don't use that IFS. Get a cheap early Ford beam axle setup from a swap meet or even buy new. They're not overly expensive and dead simple to set up...and it'll look right. We can only suggest, it's your car. Good luck with it. Pete
I dig doing stuff on the cheap and using what you got, I really do. But man, use your imagination a little and picture what your T's gonna look like with all that **** hanging off the front end of it. Even a Mustang II, (tiny by comparison) looks like **** on a 20's or 30's open wheel car. Yank the engine and transmission out and drag that big mother to the crusher. I'll bet you'll get enough to buy the front end stuff you actually need and have enough left over to pick up a decent 9" too. If saving time by having the Lincoln parts in hand is what your thinking, that ain't happening either. Think of the time you'll waste trying to make the Linc parts work. Two decent swap meets with cash in hand and a couple weekends of fab and fit and the front and rear suspention's are done the right way. For the rear suspention think truck trailing arms, simple, easy, clean, cheap. Then again, I just told another guy to prove all the old guy's wrong. You'll figure it out, good luck.
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