I have a '39 ford pickup all stock components. I have an oppertunity to purchase a ford grenada and would like to know if the front suspension would work and how much trouble it would be. the shock towers on the grenada seem to be very high in the engine compartment. this is something i do not want in the pickup. is it going to be a problem lowering the shock towers?

You failed to mention if the Granada had disc brakes. Adapting the front crossmember would be a real chore and if done incorrectly will result in lousy steering and control of the vehicle. You will be time and headache ahead to purchase a commercial front end kit based on the old Mustang II/Pinto front end and install it. It will be engineered to minimize steering problems that would result from improper Ackerman. Additionally, there are a whole bunch of neat products for this type of front end, such as five lug rotors, polished stainless A-arms, etc, if you wnated to make it pretty. I have used these front end designs and was adapting the old crossmembers before the kits were even invented. These make for a great front end and would work well in the 39 pickup. Oh yeah, if the Granada has disc brakes and the rotors are not shot, get them and the rest of the disc hardware, caliper brackets, etc for as little cost as possible, as the rotors will interchange to the Must II spindles and give you larger rotors. The caliper brackets will have to be changed too.

Give this some thought even if you are on a tight budget as there is nothing worse than doiong it yourself with the Granada cross-member to "save money" and then having to do it over if it handles or drives poorly. Either way, have fun!

Mike I agree with Jerry. I do this stuff all the time and in the end donor front ends are not any cheaper in the end.We used to us camaro clips because the cars were new back then and it was a good option.I dont even do those anymore.After rebuilding the clip and all the time to get it correct its just not worth it.You could have a good mustangII or other all tacked into your ride in 1 day.Some guys will still say i dont want that mustangII in my ride cause it out of a little car or its ford.But there is nothing on a good mustangII that is really mustangII it really is a custom frontend.Forget the granada(all the ones i have seen are 4 lug)keep your eye peeled the frontend kits will be dropping in price with the way things are going.Dont be afraid to ask a lot of questions.Having said that.I would not use fat man products of late.TCI.Hedits.Progressive and many more sell them. try to get the bigger brakes(11inch rotor at least) and full lower a-frames(not the original strut rods)I also like to see the newer slower rack put on ,it drives much better.Sorry for the long post.

the grenada 5 bolt disc brake rotors 11 inch will fit on the mustang II but you will have to use something other than the must II calipers most people use gm calipers although there are kits to use the granada, the lincoln versaille use the granada set up with a 9 inch disc brake rear end, the lincoln used the power steering pump to power the hydroboost brakes and they stopped very well. without the hydro boost the pedal pressure is a little weak with a vacuum booster

Most Ford Granada's are 5 lug, few and far between to find a 4 lug Granada, but it's not a good Idea for your truck, leave that car for the Mustang/ Falcon guys like me, there disc brakes bolt right onto our cars with no problems

Granada, like the early Mustangs, Falcons, Cougars, etc had the spring mounted above the upper "A" arm. No way to hide the spring. It would look real funny to have the spring and shock tower sticking out thru the top of the fender.