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**mr48chev** · 01-24-2015, 07:01 PM

The Crown Vic crossmember works on Ford F100 trucks because the frame width on the truck is within very small fractions of an inch of the Crown Vic frame both in width and height.

The big rub is that you are extremely limited to what wheels you can run and most guys end up using rather ugly wheels with a positive offset (front wheel drive style to get them inside the fenders. That might fly if a guy wanted to go with a dualie look with positive offset rims on the front and a narrow rear axle with deep negative offset rims on the rear.

I'm not sure on the ride height but the 67 F100 that Carcrafter22 did on the Ford truck board http://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/71...o-67-f100.html sits fairly high. That's a long thread but I'd say it is an absolute must read for anyone contemplating doing a Crown Vic swap.

01-24-2015, 07:01 PM	#8
mr48chev Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toppenish, WA Posts: 15,824	Re: 57 Pick-up performance Question The Crown Vic crossmember works on Ford F100 trucks because the frame width on the truck is within very small fractions of an inch of the Crown Vic frame both in width and height. The big rub is that you are extremely limited to what wheels you can run and most guys end up using rather ugly wheels with a positive offset (front wheel drive style to get them inside the fenders. That might fly if a guy wanted to go with a dualie look with positive offset rims on the front and a narrow rear axle with deep negative offset rims on the rear. I'm not sure on the ride height but the 67 F100 that Carcrafter22 did on the Ford truck board http://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/71...o-67-f100.html sits fairly high. That's a long thread but I'd say it is an absolute must read for anyone contemplating doing a Crown Vic swap. __________________ Founding member of the too many projects, too little time and money club. My ongoing truck projects: 48 Chev 3100 that will run a 292 Six. 71 GMC 2500 that is getting a Cad 500 transplant. 77 C 30 dualie, 454, 4 speed with a 10 foot flatbed and hoist. It does the heavy work and hauls the projects around.