lincoln frame swap

so the short story on this is i have a 96 continental. i want to remove the unibody and replace with a 98 ranger front clip and 2x3 the rest. motor runs so im keeping is and turning it to make the car rear wheel drive replace the trans with a crown vic. have wheels and all just want a uniqe car that no one else has. would like opinons gud and bad.

theres the car for refernce :DRAG:

Why not just lay it out like it is?

becouse it has mcpherson struts and wish bone rear suspension so i would kinda be limited to hydros and im not comfortable round that stuff

but your comfortable making it a non unibody any more? if your going for RWD i would use a mustang K member up front and irs out back and keep it uni body. look up hydroholics on here, they will change your mind about juice :D

lol yea if i had that budget i could with a mark 8 rear end. ive been looking around

Dont use a 98 ranger clip. 98 and up ranger clips are a pain in the ass to bag, Ive seen it attempted before. The rack and pinion sucks and gets in the way, the steering shaft gets in the way of any bigger engine, the lower control arm mounts get right in the way of the engine and exhaust. the engine crossmember is huge and also gets in the way. Stupid balljoints wont lay and the upper control arms are short No1 makes drop spindles for it last time i checked.

You want a good front clip to swap in there get a 95 or older 2wd toyota pickup clip. Same lug pattern as ford and way easier. Theyre narrow to allow you to tuck, lots of room for any motor to fit, and simple. Lots of people have swapped this clip into ford rangers and other kinds of vehicles, theres a bunch of guys on here who have done it.

Nice car btw.

thanks i try to keep it clean but my brother backed onto it with his truck so now i have to paint it so im going to try to lay it before i paint it.

Or look into a crown vic stub

i no a crown vic is rear wheel drive but is it unibody