65-6 fairlane/cyclone 9" rear

[Mike Landwehr]

I need wheel mounting flange to flange measurements,I know that spring pads have to be moved,I was offered one and I want know if it will fit in my 57 chevy gasser.ya, I know 57-64 Olds/Pont. would be more correct, but I can't beat the price and parts availability for this 65 Cyclone 3:89 posi ford 9".

[Mike Landwehr]

been to the 3 main rear end specs pages and none of them list a 65 Cyclone ,it appears that 66 is a different width anyone know ? I need one from 56" to 59"s in width,57" would be perfect.

[SimonSez]

According to this web site, the width without the brakes is 52" which is the same as a 57-59 Ford.

The 57-59 Ford is 57 1/4" with the brakes/axles fitted, so the Comet should work out to be pretty close to that.

http://www.ridgenet.net/~biesiade/Fordrears.html

[Mike Landwehr]

Great! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif thanks ,Hows 25 bucks for a 3:89 posi(locker) 9" sound ? Mike

[SimonSez]

$25 bucks for a 38 year old rear end !! I think he saw you coming http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[a/fxcomet]

The rear in my '64 Comet (same as '65) is 57" or 58", cant remember the exact size. One out of a '66 would be wider. That was the year the increased the size of the car a bit (remember Dyno Don's first flopper?).

Could you even get a 9" from the factory in a '65 Comet? Or was this installed later?

[Mike Landwehr]

This particular car was a 390/4 spd red convert GTA w the fiberglass hood, it came with a 9"orig. and still has the disc brakes, but completely junk as it is rusted in half and missing all the $$$$ peices and no title,fiberglass hood was just sold for $50!-not sure if the posi is orig as someone has been in it and the tag is off, but defintately a posi 3:89 by the old wheel spin method.

[roadstar]

I hate to nit-pic here, but the GTA would have been an automatic. Thats what the "A" stood for. If the car had a 4 speed it would have been a "GT".

Just one of those things I happen to know about ferds.

Actually My boss has a '67 Red on Red Fairlane GTA convertible that I have been trying to buy for years. It needs a total redo but I think it's a cool little car.

[a/fxcomet]

Oh, thats a '66 or later. Looking through some of the 9" sites, it looks like that one will be 59.25".

[Mike Landwehr]

I was just about top correct that GT = stick /GTA =auto ,It has faed white stripes down the side and the shadow of GT on the fenders.So it is a 66? my books all show that year had a different grille and hood,this one had two 2.5"x 16" open slots in the front of the 'glass hood.
This is a hdtp of the same year.

[a/fxcomet]

That is a '65.

Here is a '66
http://www.jumpthegun.com/cyclone/pictures/jc66gt.jpg

And a '67
http://www.jumpthegun.com/cyclone/pictures/67burgcycdhuffrt.jpg