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RE: cross member
By Mike McQuesten - 01/23/2002 11:55:41 AM; IP 206.193.0.120
Your car sounds very similar to how I had my '61 built. I even had the Crites T--bolt style hood and fiberglass bumpers too.

On that cross member - I used one from a '65 full size Mercury. Just happened to have a '65 Marauder 4 door parts hulk on the back acre. I "think" the cross members of '65 Mercs and Fords are the same. I just got lucky having that big Merc handy. I'm going from memory on this so bare with me...it seems that we drilled a new 1/2" hole at each end of the cross member. Then the cross member aligned perfectly with the back hole of the two that are on the Galaxie frame mounts. I just used the '65 & up automatic transmission pad/mount to the cross member. It was all very simple. And as I indicated, I only used one bolt/nut mounting the cross member to the Galaxie frame mounts. But it worked well. Drove it a lot on streets, highways and drag strip. Had to have a custom driveshaft made. That's easy if you measure correctly - with the car's weight on the wheels. Talk to your driveshaft specialist, he'll give you specific directions on this.

Again, your '64 sounds like it will be very streetable and it should easily run 13's.
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 RE: just one more time -- Mike McQuesten, 01/21/2002
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 RE: cross member -one more thing -- Kane, 01/23/2002
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