1966 mustang

[65wildstang]

Car looks great. I like the wheel & tire choice also. The car is setting perfect.

[streetrods]

wow looks great!!! what wheels are they?

The fronts are Coys but they are for son's 67 Fairlane... The rears are the new Eagle wheels but am waiting for them to make they fronts if they ever do...

[streetrods]

I like your wheel choices... Eagle 225s Rear and Coy's C-57 Front? Are you planning on swapping out either the front of the rear so they match?

Yes but for some reason Eagle isn't in a hurry to make the 18x8 with the offset I want

[streetrods]

awesome car!! nice and clean. I think I need to put more meat in my rear! anything special in the interior?

It already had the pony seats so I recovered them black and white... Also have the black abs/brushed aluminum interior kit for it..not installed because I have paint issues to work out this winter... nothing like your paint guy screwing up and leaving you hang..so now I get to have someone else fix it

[SRD art]

Lookin great!! Love the big meats out back, and the paint and rims wrap it all up. Nice job!

[Tybeach00]

just curious what your rear wheel backspacing is? and the front? i have 18X10 in rear and 18X8 in front on my coupe but it looks different then yours so just curious what the spacing was. I love the deep dish! great work car is epic!!!!!

[sixfivepost]

Looks good

[streetrods]

just curious what your rear wheel backspacing is? and the front? i have 18X10 in rear and 18X8 in front on my coupe but it looks different then yours so just curious what the spacing was. I love the deep dish! great work car is epic!!!!!

Rears are a 5 inch bs..fronts that are on it now are 4.25 bs 7 inches wide

[Tybeach00]

did you keep it completely stock suspension?

[streetrods]

No..mods are listed in thread

[Tybeach00]

Jesus! what size are your front wheels on the silver 66 Coupe?

[jesus]

Jesus! what size are your front wheels on the silver 66 Coupe?

They were 18x8.5 and they were rubbing A little on the upper ball joint. So I got rid of that wheel setup.

[jesus]

Streetrodz really digging how ur coupe came up...nice job..man...badazz ride!

[85coupe50]

Badass looking 66... Love the stance... What is the shelby mod? I am looking to do a restomod 66 pretty soon and I want to get the stance right as well as not having to reinvent the wheel or put a HIGH $$$ suspension setup under the car. Will be a fun weekend cruiser not a full tilt racecar. 347 with a Tremec 3550, control arm, coil springs, panhard bar and torque arm setup in the rear. Would love to know what the back spacing is on those wheels.

Awesome build.

[moose knuckle]

shelby/arning drop
- The Upper Control Arm, or UCA drop AKA Shelby Drop, or Arning drop, is one of the more beneficial and easily the most cost effective suspension upgrade that can be made to a 1965 to 1970 Mustang (also works for Falcons and Cougars). This simple act of lowering the mounting point of the upper control arm does more for the way a classic Mustang handles than many expensive aftermarket components, and the best part is, other than the cost of your time, the modification is free, or almost free. Most refer to this performance upgrade as the Shelby Drop. This is due to the fact that the only Mustangs that arrived on the showroom floor with this modification were the 1965 and early 1966 Shelby models. The UCA drop was just one of the many modifications made by Shelby and his crew to these Mustangs. Even though most refer to this modification as the Shelby drop, in all actuality, if this modification were to be more accurately named we would call it the Arning Drop. Klaus Arning was a Ford suspension engineer who designed this modification to go with a rear IRS system he had designed for the early Mustang. Ford decided against the beter camber UCA location on the production line, however Arning was able to pass the info for the UCA relocation on to Shelby, who incorporated it into his cars.
- Most likely the reason ford located the UCA where they did was to create a camber curve that lent it self to understeer. Understeer is a situation where due to slight traction loss in the front wheels the car does not corner to a degree of sharpness that the angle of the tires would suggest. It is common practice among automobile manufacturers to configure production cars deliberately to have a slight understeer. If a car understeers slightly, it tends to be more stable (with drivers of less ability) if a violent change of direction occurs, thus improving safety. This does not mean the UCA drop is unsafe, it just means if you are going to make the steering more responsive and you need to drive the car with that in mind.

from Dazecars website
http://dazed.home.bresnan.net/drop

[Crestronwizard]

Really came together

[91notchback]

Did you cut any off the rear end?

[Mcschmitty]

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[Mcschmitty]

Beautiful paint job! What is the paint code on you car?

[Crestronwizard]

nice!