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| Yes. another new member. I got here searching around for the information regarding putting Granada spindles on a 55 Ford. I have a 55 Sedan Delivery that I should start on soon, so maybe I can drive the thing before I die! It's kind of a basket case, when I bought it my wife called it a life sized madel car.
It came with a 292 Y-block that was sitting beside it in the dirt and it is quite locked up. A three speed manual transmission was lying where the driver's seat once was and there was an assortment of fenders, dash and other assorted parts in the rear.
I have a good 351 windsor sitting under a table in my shop. I have a Ford four-speed transmission and a 9-inch rear end out of a 1957 Fairlaine 500. I also have a complete Mercury Monarch (the same thing as a Granada but with the Mercury badges) that is a 302. Anyhow you can see where I am planning on going with the Sedan Delivery. It is looking like a big job at this point.
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| it's real easy, be sure the granada has 5 lug wheels , and reg. steering box. Once ford changed over to the fox frame with 4 lug and rack, it's not the same, or worth the time. You have to aquire a ball joint reamer , I think it's a no. 2 , I had to buy one, speedway motors was the cheapest at the time $49. You only need to ream one side , I think it was the bottom. Went quick ,maybe 2 minutes a side. That's it , fits right on .
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| mongo (7/22/2007)
it's real easy, be sure the granada has 5 lug wheels , and reg. steering box. Onceford changed over to the fox frame with 4 lug and rack, it's not the same, or worth the time. You have to aquire a ball joint reamer , I think it's a no.2 , I had to buy one, speedway motors was the cheapest at the time $49. You only need to ream one side , I think itwas the bottom. Went quick ,maybe 2 minutes a side. That's it , fits right on .
Yes, it is the five lug with the regular steering box. I am ready to tear the thing apart in a few days.
MoonShadow, I do have a y-block that is not locked up sitting in a 55 town sedan that I bought for parts but I am planning on saving that one for the 55 that I bought when I was 16 and it has been sitting in the shed over at my Mom's house since I was 17. I was going to start on that one after I get the sedan delivery up and running. I had originally planned on putting a FE in the sedan delivery but with the price of fuel I have been thinking small block.
I am currently feeding the 460 in my 1969 Lincoln. I enjoy the heck out of driving the Lincoln but $3.00 a gallon kind of cuts those trips down a little. Of course I don't drive the Lincoln in the winter I have a Jeep and a 78 Chevy pickup for that. |
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| | Oh you poor thing - $3.00 a gallon, Downunder here in NZ its a $1.62 per litre or $6.12 nzd per Gallon, ($4.89 usd per US gallon) But we still manage to enjoy our old Fords.....At 3.00 a gallon I'd be headin on holiday in the Y block, hehehehe...
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| I rechecked, speedway went way up in price, but there is a bunch of venders ebay selling them I believe it's 7 deg. there are 2 tapers . you will have recheck your self.
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| Don't talk about petrol!!!!
Crikey! Down here in Australia, a bloke has to mortgage his house to go for a drive to the beach! and i live on the coast!!!!
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