Front control arms
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Forum Name: 1977-1979 Ford and Mercury
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Topic: Front control arms
Posted By: BigZ204
Subject: Front control arms
Date Posted: 08-April-2025 at 6:22AM
| I have a 77 Cougar. I'm looking for aftermarket tubular front control arms to get some clearance around the exhaust and hopefully get improved geometry. Do the 68-71 torino control arms fit the 72-79? |
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Posted By: handsofstone
Date Posted: 08-April-2025 at 9:08AM
| Have you looked into Spohn Performance? Just throwing it out there. |
Posted By: DJsTorino
Date Posted: 08-April-2025 at 10:29AM
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65+ Galaxie control arms work, the earlier Torino arms will not. I've used these guys parts in the past but it looks like they sold their design, they do have contact info for who they sold it to though. https://www.littleshopmfg.com/caster-adding-upper-control-arms-for-ford-cars-out-of-stock/" rel="nofollow - https://www.littleshopmfg.com/caster-adding-upper-control-arms-for-ford-cars-out-of-stock/
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Posted By: 72FordGTS
Date Posted: 08-April-2025 at 4:05PM
The Littleshop arms were actually a group buy initiated by this forum. I am not sure if they will do another run on them, but it might be worth contacting the company. They do have extra caster built into them. We have a thread on tubular control arms here: https://forum.grantorinosport.org/info-tubular-upper-control-arms_topic13213.html" rel="nofollow - https://forum.grantorinosport.org/info-tubular-upper-control-arms_topic13213.html Hotchkis also makes control arms listed for a 1965-66 Galaxie that will work with Torinos. We have a member that installed them in his car. https://forum.grantorinosport.org/73-gts-restomod_topic19657.html" rel="nofollow - https://forum.grantorinosport.org/73-gts-restomod_topic19657.html ------------- Vince 1972 Ford GTS Sportsroof - Survivor, One Family car GTS.org Admin |
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