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Old 09-18-2010, 01:11 AM
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I want to do the same and here is what I found. Someone said the ones on ebay are junk but the thunderbird ranch sells one for about $600. I was looking at his setup and compared it to the original manual but have yet to get a parts list together. I also found that someone else had done the 65/66 swap on the 63. The only part that I see that would be difficult to find is the plate that the caliper bolts to. According to the manual I have, the spindle is the same and the Thunderbird Ranch diagrams and pictures confirm that. Like you, I'm not ready to spend that kind of money. At the minimum, I will be converting the master cylinder from a single to a dual bowl. I have to do some more parts checking but it looks like that master cylinder was used on quite a few vehicles including Mustangs. I'm going to see if a '67 dual bowl (like I installed on my wife's 66 Mustang) will fit the booster with enough room to plumb it up. First I have to finish getting the mud dauber nests out of all the brake drums so it will actually roll without freezing up.
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Dash: I've just purchased the Detroit Iron Shop Manual Parts Cross Reference for 1960-1972 on CD and a digital version of the 62-63 Shop Manual. I'll look and see how the dash comes out and try to get back to you in a timely fashion.
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