Stanglover,
My 71 M code originally had the performance package, hence the factory staggered shock mounts up top. Early Cougars also had a staggered setup available but they included rubber isolators top and bottom of the spring as shown above that Hemikiller marked up of my first pic.
The big problem is the Cougar setup used a wider shock and sway bar plated to accommodate the rubber isolators, making then incompatible with a Mustang setup. Mustangs mounting holes are
3-1/4 wide and Cougars were 4" wide. Here a couple pics that will help explain the incompatibility.
To make thinks worse the 4" wide cougar sway bar plate is basically unobtanium due to very limited production and no aftermarket reproduction.
My 71 M code originally had the performance package, hence the factory staggered shock mounts up top. Early Cougars also had a staggered setup available but they included rubber isolators top and bottom of the spring as shown above that Hemikiller marked up of my first pic.
The big problem is the Cougar setup used a wider shock and sway bar plated to accommodate the rubber isolators, making then incompatible with a Mustang setup. Mustangs mounting holes are
3-1/4 wide and Cougars were 4" wide. Here a couple pics that will help explain the incompatibility.
To make thinks worse the 4" wide cougar sway bar plate is basically unobtanium due to very limited production and no aftermarket reproduction.
