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gjz30075

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66 lower control arm
« on: September 15, 2018, 03:04:52 PM »
It looks like I've got a bad ball joint on the rh lower control arm, on my 66.    The arm looks like a Scott Drake repro.    In my
small cache of parts, I find a lower control arm that I'm certain came from a SJ 66 Mustang.    Can you guys verify it's the
real deal and not a repro?   Is there a part number, engineering number or date code on the arm somewhere?

The boot says 'lower' and has a C7xxx part number.

The jacking tabs look much thicker than the alleged SD arm.

If the real deal, I'll get this one restored.   If not, I'll just get another Scott Drake arm, for now.
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Re: 66 lower control arm
« Reply #1 on: September 15, 2018, 03:53:45 PM »
Appears that what you have is one of the service replacement versions. If they are still in good shape that can be restored and modified to look more like the originals did
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Re: 66 lower control arm
« Reply #2 on: September 15, 2018, 06:57:33 PM »
Thanks Jeff :)
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Re: 66 lower control arm
« Reply #3 on: September 15, 2018, 08:46:32 PM »
Plan on changing the jack tabs to the typical 65/66 type. You can't make those look right.
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Re: 66 lower control arm
« Reply #4 on: September 16, 2018, 07:14:11 AM »
Good point.  Thanks Bob.
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Re: 66 lower control arm
« Reply #5 on: September 16, 2018, 07:02:03 PM »
Can someone post a picture of what an original looks like.  I will check mine this week.

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Greg
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