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Anyone ever think about using a k frame from a front wheel drive car? Using the engine and trans from that car? Maybe a v6 and manual trans. It would mean longer axles and mounting struts somehow.
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I've considered the front end from a 60's cadillac eldorado, for a chevy swap but might also work in a ford.
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Good to see you still kicking, Craig! Heck, if we can drop a Crown Vic front end under one, and a Tbird rear end, I don't see why a front wheel drive couldn't be done. There's a 70's era Olds Toronado sitting in a yard up from my work. I see it every day on the way to/from work and think about the front wheel drive on it.
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I was hoping maybe something ford. Minivan or taurus. I know nothing if any of it would fit or work easily.
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I love fords
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fordman wrote:I love fords
They make me a jolly good fella :thup:
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That is an interesting idea.

Manual transmission platforms are few and far between anymore, but it could work with something like an edge or flex drive train (automatic)...

It would be a major undertaking though....
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