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The Car I have is a 66 Fairlane , first I went to my local junk yard and

purchased two Granada spindles complete with rotors calipers backing

plates etc.

The guy @ the junk yard asked if I was doing a Granada swap when I told

him yes he through in the master cylinder with the proportioning valve free.

I couldn't use the master but the proportioning valve worked after I plumed it

in. if I had a 67 with power brakes the master cylinder would have worked

.Next I went to my local parts house got a manual master cylinder for a 71

ford truck with manual disc front and rear drum this master cylinder is

cool because it comes with two rod attachments for the pedal a short&long one use
the one matches your old one.

Then I got my front end parts, now if I had a 67 I would use stock inner tie rod ends
and Granada outers but I have a 66 and the inner on a 66 is much shorter so I used
a 67 inner and it works perfect.

Then I went to the PST web site and printed there instructions on how to

rebuild your front end. On my day off I started the project first I got a

six pack then I went to work . If you have an air hammer get a ball joint

remover end for it that tool will be worth its weight in gold . I only ran

into three problems the first one was in the PST directions says once you

remove the spindle assy. and lower your jack from the lower control arm

assy. the spring should come right out well mine didn't so I had to

compress the spring then remove the upper control arm the spring came right out

.Then the old upper ball joints were riveted in so I drilled the tops of

the rivets then hit them with a chisel and they popped off then hit the

ball joint they came right out and the new ones bolted right in. The third

problem was I ran out of beer and my car was tore apart so there was no

fixing this problem this is a 12 pack job for future reference. every thing bolted up and worked perfect other than those problems. I also cut one coil

off my springs lowering my car 2.5 in. what's cool about

this is theirs no press work involved and no special tools the only

difference between my way and the PST supper kit is that I used my old upper control arms I just rebuilt them but the lower control arms came with lower

ball joints like PST sells them and I got shocks but I didn't get a pitman

arm I have about $370.00 in the front end vs. the PST $499.00+tax and ship

and handling in the brakes I got $290.00 vs. PST $829.00 +tax and ship and handling. I also picked the parts up a little @ a time so it didn't take

all my funds @ once.

Here's a parts list with prices and #s

parts&#s

Rotors & spindles Junkyard -- $120.00

upper control arm rebuild kit # mcq fa536 X2 -- $36.87 ea.

Master cyl.#rym2539469 -- $33.39

sway bar bush kit #0-123913-20203 -- $3.49

Stabilizer link #7-53497-34079 x2 -- $7.29

inner tie rod #es363rl x2 -- $33.00

outer tie rod ends #es445r x2 -- $14.18

Lower control arm with ball joint & bush #fa4011 x2 -- $75.08

upper ball joint #fa418g x2 -- $19.83

Monroe gas matic shocks # mon33053 x2 -- $15.63

Turn rotors --$10.00

wheel seals x2 #71-19221 -- $1.89

brake lines x2 #bh36649 -- $18.99

brake pads rr-d91 -- $13.39

Six pack of Moosehead -- $5.99

Joe's Total $631.79 PST Total $1328.00

I got lucky my calipers were fine I turned my Rotors and repacked my

bearings even if I changed that stuff to I would have still saved big time.

I got my parts from Pep boys and Corbin auto parts in Palmdale Ca. most of
the stuff was moog which is quality stuff

Well I did it thanks to Joe B,Hag and woody,s site of course I found out that 66 and 67
are not the same on a 66 you have to change the inner tie rod to es363rl by moog which
is the part# for a inner on a 67 stock so if you have the 67 you dont need to change the
inner, also I've seen some questions regarding price on the Granada swap vs. PST I rebuilt
my front end and did the bakes for $650.00 this includes shocks to get the brakes and the front
end parts from PST would run around $1300.00 and you would not receive shocks thanks for
everyone's help if anyone has questions just ask.

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