Shelby Drop for a '68?

All -

I was at the mid-America Mustang and Shelby show last week
(http://midamericafordmeet.com/). There were some freaking AMAZING
councours Shelby Mustangs there (two 67 GT350s and a GT500). I mean they
were flawless.

Anyway, I mentioned to one of the guys who worked on the Shelbys that I
did a Shelby drop on my 68 coupe based on some templates I had found on
the 'Net and comments from this group. He looked at me like I was crazy
and said that it would never drive right and I would never be able to get
it aligned.

Has anyone actually done a Shelby drop on a 67-68? The car is still up on
the rack with no suspension parts in yet and I want to set it back if this
was a dumb thing to do.

Thanks,
Thomas

On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 20:37:02 GMT, Thomas
> wrote:

>All -
>
>I was at the mid-America Mustang and Shelby show last week
>(http://midamericafordmeet.com/). There were some freaking AMAZING
>councours Shelby Mustangs there (two 67 GT350s and a GT500). I mean they
>were flawless.
>
>Anyway, I mentioned to one of the guys who worked on the Shelbys that I
>did a Shelby drop on my 68 coupe based on some templates I had found on
>the 'Net and comments from this group. He looked at me like I was crazy
>and said that it would never drive right and I would never be able to get
>it aligned.
>
>Has anyone actually done a Shelby drop on a 67-68? The car is still up on
>the rack with no suspension parts in yet and I want to set it back if this
>was a dumb thing to do.
>
>Thanks,
>Thomas


As I understand it (I did the Shelby Drop on my 65 FB) the problem is
more apparent with non radial tires. That if the problem appears after
the drop is done, then there is a kit which will correct it. The name
of the kit escapes me at the moment. The drop was done with a negative
Wedge kit. Both kits are produced by pro motorsports. Got mine through
Mustangs Plus (www.mustangsplus.com). I'm running radials, and have
not had any problem.

As for alignment, there is also a vario centric kit available (same
brand and source). There are two separate kits. One for 64-66 and one
for 67 and later.

Finally, the alignment shop I use is run by a guy who races pro on
short tracks, and his team are all pro mechanics. When the subject of
alignment came up, I made sure he knew I had the drop done (and one of
his employees had already spotted it) he said they just do the
alignment to the Shelby specs, and then work from there if any fine
tuning is needed.

Sorry, I couldn't be more specific as to the names of the kits, but
hope the info helps some.
--

Spike
1965 Ford Mustang Fastback 2+2, Vintage Burgundy
w/Black Std Interior, A Code 289 C4 Trac-Lok;
Vintage 40 16" rims w/225/50ZR16 KDWS BF Goodrich
gForce Radial T/As, Cobra drop; surround sound
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It's a perfectly fine option. the fact that they were not familiar
with the 1" drop says something about their knowledge of shelbys.
Chip


On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 20:37:02 GMT, Thomas
> wrote:

>All -
>
>I was at the mid-America Mustang and Shelby show last week
>(http://midamericafordmeet.com/). There were some freaking AMAZING
>councours Shelby Mustangs there (two 67 GT350s and a GT500). I mean they
>were flawless.
>
>Anyway, I mentioned to one of the guys who worked on the Shelbys that I
>did a Shelby drop on my 68 coupe based on some templates I had found on
>the 'Net and comments from this group. He looked at me like I was crazy
>and said that it would never drive right and I would never be able to get
>it aligned.
>
>Has anyone actually done a Shelby drop on a 67-68? The car is still up on
>the rack with no suspension parts in yet and I want to set it back if this
>was a dumb thing to do.
>
>Thanks,
>Thomas

Thomas wrote:
> All -
>
> I was at the mid-America Mustang and Shelby show last week
> (http://midamericafordmeet.com/). There were some freaking AMAZING
> councours Shelby Mustangs there (two 67 GT350s and a GT500). I mean they
> were flawless.
>
> Anyway, I mentioned to one of the guys who worked on the Shelbys that I
> did a Shelby drop on my 68 coupe based on some templates I had found on
> the 'Net and comments from this group. He looked at me like I was crazy
> and said that it would never drive right and I would never be able to get
> it aligned.
>

You may indeed have trouble with alignment. It's not as
straightforward a change as it is in '65s, the shock towers are
significantly different.

> Has anyone actually done a Shelby drop on a 67-68? The car is still up on
> the rack with no suspension parts in yet and I want to set it back if this
> was a dumb thing to do.
>

Not dumb, but maybe not worth the pain. I had it in mind for my '67
and didn't do it, because of the "one more mod" syndrome. As
problematic as the early model front ends are, I didn't want to be
changing the geometry and then wondering about premature wear on a
bunch of stuff

> Thanks,
> Thomas