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Car Forum / Ford / Ford Trucks / August 2007

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Lowering My Truck

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ivanogburn - 01 Aug 2007 01:52 GMT
I own a 1960 Ford F-100.
I am looking for a low cost way to lower the car (both front and rear)
- what is the best way?

Also - what is the smallest tires I can put on the front and largest
on the rear?
(Where could I find this info on the web?)

Thanks

Ivan
Whitelightning - 01 Aug 2007 02:40 GMT
>I own a 1960 Ford F-100.
> I am looking for a low cost way to lower the car (both front and rear)
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>
> Ivan

Two comments/observations:, why would you want to do something so
distructive
to a nice old truck like that, but then I see you think its a car, and that
explains everything

Whitelightning
Kickin' a.s and Takin' Names - 01 Aug 2007 13:14 GMT
> I own a 1960 Ford F-100.
> I am looking for a low cost way to lower the car (both front and rear)
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
>
> Ivan

If God had wanted the truck to be lowered, he would have made it low
to begin with.

Grow up.  And spend the money on new shoes for the baby, not on your
toy.
My Name Is Nobody - 01 Aug 2007 19:47 GMT
>I own a 1960 Ford F-100.
> I am looking for a low cost way to lower the car (both front and rear)
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
>
> Ivan

Ivan,
Your best approach would be to sell that 1960 F-100 to someone who will
cherish it for the "TRUCK" it is, and use the proceeds to buy yourself a
1964 Coverlet Impala to lower.
spud - 19 Aug 2007 05:52 GMT
Ivan:

Hope your still around after getting flack from the wannabes wrenches.
They're afraid of grease don't pay them no mind.  

Messing with suspension is dangerous, get help so you don't set up
your truck to kill yourself or someone else.  

Search google: "lowering 1956 f100" or "lowering 1960 f100" and
"lowering 1956 f-100" or "lowering 1960 f-100".  You'll turn up lots
of stuff

Heres'a couple:
http://www.classictrucks.com/tech/0306cl_lower_vintage_ford_truck/
http://www.classictrucks.com/tech/0611cl_1960_ford_f100/

Steve
Oregon  

>I own a 1960 Ford F-100.
>I am looking for a low cost way to lower the car (both front and rear)
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
>
>Ivan
Jeff Strickland - 19 Aug 2007 18:17 GMT
>I own a 1960 Ford F-100.
> I am looking for a low cost way to lower the car (both front and rear)
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>
> Thanks

I hate to be a naysayer, but if you have to ask a newsgroup how to do this,
maybe you should not be doing it yourself. This is one of those Custom
Projects that you should know the answers to before you ask the questions.
spud - 25 Aug 2007 06:52 GMT
So if your not born with the instinct to lower a truck just forget it,
eh?  Heaven forbid someone should ask how to do something...

Steve
Oregon

>"Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net> so eloquently wrote:

>I hate to be a naysayer, but if you have to ask a newsgroup how to do this,
>maybe you should not be doing it yourself. This is one of those Custom
>Projects that you should know the answers to before you ask the questions.
Jeff Strickland - 26 Aug 2007 01:33 GMT
That's not what I said.

I see nothing wrong with asking for help, but you need hands on help not
help-by-email. This is not a project that lends itself to usenet. You will
find fewer that offer the kind of help that I try to give, and I can help
with stuff from all over the perverbial ballpark.

The answers to your question are at your local speed shop where they know
the intimate details of custom suspension work.

> So if your not born with the instinct to lower a truck just forget it,
> eh?  Heaven forbid someone should ask how to do something...
>
> Steve
> Oregon
spud - 27 Aug 2007 06:33 GMT
> "Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net> wrote:
snip
>The answers to your question are at your local speed shop where they know
>the intimate details of custom suspension work.

He's better off talking to a hotrodder than a computer screen?

Ok   :-)

Steve
Oregon
 
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