i appreciate that, I’m sure I’ll be in contact with you. Could have used you last night haha. Tow truck dropped the car off nose first and my garage is to small to have the car go in nose first. So last night I attempt to push this 4,000 pound Vic and get it turned out. I get the car stuck in gravel and end up getting into my truck and pushing it as close to garage as I can and then every few inches I’m able to push it I’m throwing wood down to block the wheels to keep the from rolling away from me and my body hurts today haha. It was not easy to get this car into my garage by myself but it was successful.

and for the rear end I want to use the crown Vic rear and cut off the mounting brackets and use a flip axle kit to bolt it up to the leaf springs. I did some people do 4 link rear and I was really considering that but I think I’ll just stick to flip axle and keep the leafs.

 

"Hey boss now that summer is here what to do with the plow?" "Aah, just throw it in the back of the truck." Geez. I can think of a lot easier ways to stow plow for summer, but hey, they don't have to mow around it!

 

[QUOTE=Patina65;20084549][QUOTE=Jamey Eaton;20083315]I’m excited to see this as well. I found a possible donor car for my future build
probably front end swap, but I really like hot rod garage’s crown hic build too. Having power steering & power disc brakes would definitely be a big plus

 

The front suspension is officially off now. I pick at the car 45 minutes a night. Doesn’t sound like much but one thing off is one thing off and I got to engine hoisted and ready to come out so I left work early tonight to get my self a few extra hours that I needed. Got the motor out and next the front end. I’ve been recording as much as I could.
so is there anything off the crown Vic I will need to help this swap?

It’s offf!

 

I would keep the brake booster and the support tubes that the front suspension bolts go into. We cut those out of the CV frame and welded them into the F100 frame. Also the ECM. ~Pat

 

Also keep the perches for the back end of the lower control arms, steering linkage, maybe the column, the AC system... hell, I would put the whole damn car on the side till I was driving the truck.

 

cool, thank you.

 

thank you! seems like I might have to keep the car a little longer to get all this stuff off. I have someone ready to take it away for me on Saturday.

 

I agree with Thunderkiss, if you have the space keep the donor until the F100 is on the road. I didn't have the space so we stripped it down to a shell and had it picked up. Pat

 

Was expecting a 2-3 week build time on suspension mounts and motor mounts but they just came in 1 week after order date. I went with outcast autoworks. I stripped the front sub frame to clean all the parts, too move around easily and not break my back.
ive been thinking about installing the sub frame on the truck bare and then assembling the rest of the parts after to not deal with all the heavy lifting. But that’s about as much of an update I have so far. My mom is borrowing my truck until her car gets out of the shop so I won’t start taking the truck apart just yet, so until then I’ll be cleaning up dirty parts and making room in the garage.

one last thing, have any of you installed the crown Vic suspension in pieces? Or have you all just put it on in one complete assembly?

 

Those are good looking mounts.

 

Update as of today!
The Vic has been in the garage for too long so I had a lot of extra time to clean up all the dirty Vic suspension. So that has came out looking pretty good. Little purple power, some scrubbing and a pressure washer.
the lca’s did get sand blasted.
vic finally made it out of the garage and the truck bed was first taken off Friday night and then this Tuesday morning I had some time before work started unbolting everything that hold the front end together… so I thought…. Couldn’t figure out how to in bolt the fenders, finally found the last two bolts and the front end came loose. So being determined as I am, I had 30-45 minutes before I had to get my lunch ready and go. I threw up some tow straps on the beams in my garage lifted the front end off in one clip and off she went! Pushed the truck outside, covered the engine and off to work I went.
tonight I’ll be cleaning up the garage, clearing up space and hopefully bringing the truck inside tonight.

 

Looked up these motor mounts. Wow, real nice and a decent price too.

 

Aren’t they!? I was going to do that box kit one but I found the outcast mounts and I had to get it. They look awesome, the quality is amazing. On the way I have the bolt on lower control arm mounts they make and when those come in the powder coat goes on.

 

Motor is out! Some serious cleaning to do now haha. Any one have some advice on best way to clean this motor? And what to cover up/ take off before a good clean.