what are the years that the mustang and pinto had the same front end? as i remember a few yrs were close but i think the later were the same...im cutting a later pinto and was thinking about saving the knuckles if they interchange??
I'd say 74-'80 about covers the main stuff. the early ones had a clamp on rack-pinion and shared "spindlier" A arms/spindles[drums] with the Capri I believe?
71-73 Pintos had drum brake-'74 to 79 Pinto and Mustang II's are the same. I would save the rack,upper and lower control arms ,spindels, the rotors(with hubs) and the calipers with brackets. It's easy to add 5 lug lager rotors to this set up buy using Granda rotors and calber brackets(caliper is the same). Great front end under a full fendered car or an early '50's pickup.
Mustang IIs from 74-78 (79 Mustangs were Fox platform cars), and Pintos from 74-80 should interchange. They're the best of cars and the worst of cars...and I've owned more than probably any other two people here...for better or for worse!!!
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