You've got the perfect makings there of a nice hot rod............especially since you have the complete drivetrain out of a car you know the history on. Thiis should go together pretty easy and fast.

SInce you have the complete front end, you could use that kit I mentioned from Speedway to split the front wishbones (need to get some room for the Chevy oil pan and starter) The Speedway kit is # 702-2320......$ 124.95 ( you can put that part number in and search for it on their website, it should come up)
Then I would use a 4 inch dropped I beam axle # 702-2850......$ 199.95. You could use your old spring and clean it up with a body grinder and use one of the teflon liner kits that go between each leaf to give you a smoother ride.

You are going to need new spindles, and I wouldn't mess around with stock '37 to '48 spindles because you need them to be modified, plus the repros are just about as cheap as the ones you can buy on ebay anymore. You say you want to use your Chevy brake parts, and I think you can do that with some of the kits Speedway sells, but I am sort of running to get out of here and actually get to my shop for a day, so I don't have time to research the part numbers for that right now. When you get the catalog you can dig that info out, and you have some time before you get to that stage anyway.

Your Ford already has cross steering, and you can either clean up and rebuild the stock box or maybe substitute a vega or similar. They sell adapter plates for these to make it a bolt in affair. Nothing wrong with the stock box though, I've used lots of these over the years.

The other thing you will want to do is add tube shocks to the front end, and Speedway has a kit for that # 702-2506......$ 154.95.

Pretty much that would wrap up the front end, at least on the main components. Nice thing about this car you are doing is that you can buy just about every kit to redo the front and rear suspension in bolt on form. A simple cleanup on the frame with a grinder and wirewheel and you could have it primed and painted and up on wheels really quick, and relatively cheap. Those $ 2000.00 front ends are nice, but you could pick and choose your parts and come away a lot cheaper than that.

Well, have a nice 4th guy. I can't believe my Son and I are actually going to get time to go to our shop and work on our cars today. For the past 3 weeks we have been working and moving, so no time, but today we are going to change all that. Turkey Rod run is coming up in November, and our cars are going this year if we have to duct tape them together.

See ya.


Don