Mustang II Installed Pics | Welder Series Inc.

1950 Olds Mustang II installed

Here are two pictures sent in by a customer who recently installed our 56″ coil-over Mustang II kit in his 1950 Oldsmobile.

What do you mean, “modify the rails”?

We have had quite a few questions about installing our Mustang II kit in cars that don’t lend themselves well to a conversion. Sometimes “modifying the frame rails” is necessary. What exactly do we mean by that?

I thought I’d put together some pictures that show a few frames that have been modified to accept a Mustang II crossmember. If you have any questions about your frame or any of our parts, please email or call toll-free: 1-888-648-2150.

This Oldsmobile frame has been bottlenecked to accept our Mustang II crossmember.

The '57 Oldsmobile has received a similar treatment, but the builder used larger diameter tubing straight forward from the firewall.

You can see the spring clearance notch in the frame rail in this picture of the finished '57 Olds.

Here is a Welder Series Mustang II in a 1978 Volvo. Extra material was 'wrapped' around the existing front rails of the unibody car.

A '57 Ford frame has the springs mounted inside the frame rails.

The '57 has been cleaned up and 2x4 tubing was used to mount our MII.

If you’ve put our Mustang II kit in something “weird”, please send us some pictures!

The Barber Humpback: Update

Paul just got his 1937 Dodge humpback back from Grant Schwartz… could it sit any better?? Grant installed a Welder Series Mustang II kit and a new Hemi, along with some other frame work. Make a point to check out Grant’s website – lots of really neat projects, many using Welder Series parts!

Mustang II Article in Powerblock Magazine

Along with running the two parts of the show this weekend and last (installing our MII crossmember and rear four link kit), Powerblock TV has added an article with some more information on the actual assembly of the Welder Series Mustang II crossmember.

Check out these links:

Trucks!TV Mustang II install video (available for a limited time)

Powerblock Magazine Mustang II article

The Barber ’37 Dodge Humpback Build

Paul Barber’s ’36 Dodge panel truck is getting a Welder Series Mustang II crossmember kit, and a new HEMI! Grant Schwartz is doing the work.

’57 Ford Mustang II Install

Garth Webb (Webber Chassis) has been in the area building cars for a long time. Conveniently, he’s about 100 feet away in the same industrial building. This has advantages for both of us – he gets to peruse the shelves (daily) when he needs a little bracket or some custom machining, and it’s good for us because… well, I think I already mentioned why. The latest project to squeeze through the doors is a 1957 Ford which will be getting a Welder Series Mustang II crossmember and some other frame work done. Since he’s so close, I’ll be posting some updates as the project moves along. Here are some pictures to kick off the party.

UPDATE

Here are some pictures of the front end install on this Ford:

Stephen’s ’49 IHC Mustang II

Stephen sent us some pictures of his clean MII install in a 1949 IHC KB-2. He used our 60″ Mustang II kit. Obviously there is no weight on the front end – the lower control arm will end up level.

Thanks for the pictures, Stephen!

Along with the Mustang II kit, Stephen used Welder Series’ #C005 motor mounts and #WS2115 transmission saddle.

Trimming the frame for a MII

Here’s a great example of what it takes to install a Mustang II crossmember in frames where the rails are too high, too thick, or just not nice to work with. Lloyd (who has a lot of history with us – you’ll see his picture in many of the Horton History blogs) did a really clean job on this install. You can see that if he left the frame rails at their original height, they would interfere with the upper control arm cross shaft bolts.

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