garyhjerpe 10 Report post Posted July 17, 2013 I'm working on a Mach One in a box project, body shop is done with chassis rewelding& paint & has rear suspension back together already. Strut rod brackets were removed before I got it. How do you locate the brackets before welding them in place? I can't find dimensions anywhere & it just seems wrong to use the front end to locate the brackets. Ordered new strut rods too as they don't match. LH is VERY odd, didn't match a single one at the Mustang Shop out in Chandler. Looked at three cars on their racks, all had the brackets in slightly different locations. How can that be? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MustangChuck 16 Report post Posted July 17, 2013 This image doesn't give exact measurements, but it does give an idea of where they are located. (The green areas) Hopefully someone can give more precision. Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bomccorkle 12 Report post Posted July 17, 2013 I can attempt to find a point to measure mine from but it'd be at least till tomorrow before I can get to it if it would help Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RPM 1,190 Report post Posted July 17, 2013 I truly believe the factory installed them in a general location. My left and right locations are not symmetrical. I could have eye balled them and gotten them closer. Bob Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
garyhjerpe 10 Report post Posted July 20, 2013 thanks for the frame detail sketch, it helps. Looked at three different 1968-70 cars on the lifts at Mustang Shop in Chandler, all three had bracket locations in different spots. None were lined up evenly across bottom of core support. All were Close, none even, but none were the same. Found that the rear control arm bolt location C/L to C/L of bushing pocket in brackets was always around 21". Seems rather imprecise way to control a critical segment of steering geometry... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
garyhjerpe 10 Report post Posted July 20, 2013 BTW- Finding the location was exacerbated by the fact that the strut rods themselves are totally different, and the LH rod, while appearing to be straight, would never fit. Bought a new set (no, they don't match the old ones!) and it looks like these will enable the tech to weld the brackets back in place. Still, IMHO, using moveable front suspension parts to locate fixed bracketry is an imprecise method of attaching critical parts... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
