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Originally Posted by Woodie UK
Hi Guys,
Within a couple of months I'll be starting the major rebuild of the 1950 Ford F472C 'Matfiord' woodie that I acquired in France earlier this year.
With gas now costing around $8 a gallon here in jolly old England I don't fancy another 15 mpg motor. So I'm planning to engineer in a modern fuel injected four cylinder engine and auto trans. (Boo hiss I hear some of you scowling already...) which hopefully should retrurn at least 30 mpg!!
I know I can get an adapter to connect an open drive shaft to the rear axle, but what the heck do I connect the radius rods to???
I'd like to keep the original rear axle so am looking for advice on how to keep the rear end in line???
Colin
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First off, I will assume the 1950 is a typo and should be 1940.
If you have fabrication skills and the required equipment, this job is very easy. It is also easy to reverse to stock.
296V8 has the right approach.
The wishbone will retain the stock soft ride and handling.
Split radius rods and torque arms are for race cars and will make the ride extremely harsh. They also screw up the handling if you need to turn both ways.