Moneypit's money pit (1983 CV Tudor) *DUW*

[Blaze86Vic]

Oh yes you do! That is one sweet setup! And don't kid yourself it looks awesome!

[moneypit]

Oh yes you do! That is one sweet setup! And don't kid yourself it looks awesome!

It's not that- I can't stop staring at the pictures myself! It's that I haven't hardly done a thing to it compared to what I plan to do to it.

[85crownHPP]

dayum you HAVE been busy!
Definitly PotM material thats good stuff. I'll nominatate you next month mang if no one else does.
How did the big brakes go? did you do new bushings?

[p71towny]

Looks damn nice!

[moneypit]

dayum you HAVE been busy!
Definitly PotM material thats good stuff. I'll nominatate you next month mang if no one else does.
How did the big brakes go? did you do new bushings?

The big brake swap went slicker than frog snot! I was quite pleased to find that the whole front end on my car had been redone- so I had NEW balljoints, TREs, and control arm bushings! The only bushings I might need to replace would be the ones on the UCAs.

I got my own stickie!!! w00t! I am honored.

[Grand Marquis GT]

:worship:

Well I no longer have the site's coolest tudor, but that honor was taken awhile back from me by turbo, and most likely chachi...

[Dave84]

Well I no longer have the site's coolest tudor, but that honor was taken awhile back from me by turbo, and most likely chachi...

And dave's to,,,,,,lol just kidding

Moneypit that car is awsome,

[packman]

Awesome car!!!

Those wheels and that stance really work for your CV. A friend of mine let me experiment with fitting his 2003 Cobra rims on my ma's CV, but there was too much backspacing and the rim was hitting the upper control arm. I was either going to get the 17x9 2003 Cobra style rims or the Bulllits, but I ended up getting mags. Those rims and tires look great on that car, I am glad that worked for you, good job!!!!
Packman

[moneypit]

Those wheels and that stance really work for your CV. A friend of mine let me experiment with fitting his 2003 Cobra rims on my ma's CV, but there was too much backspacing and the rim was hitting the upper control arm. I was either going to get the 17x9 2003 Cobra style rims or the Bulllits, but I ended up getting mags. Those rims and tires look great on that car, I am glad that worked for you, good job!!!!
Packman

It's all about spacers. I've got 1.25" in the rear to put the tire right to the edge of the quarter panel so that if the suspension were to compress I wouldn't cut the sidewalls up and .25" in the front-- it's just enough to avoid rubbing the UCA and not enough to rub the fenders.

[packman]

Congrats

Your nomination for PotM is well deserved. I probably should have played with spacing the wheels out. I wonder though, did you have to install longer wheel studs? My ma's CV has relatively short studs (stock???) and if I spaced the cobra rims out I probably would have nothing for the lugs to grab onto, but that's water under the bridge and what's done is done. Can't wait to see what you have planned for your CV.
Packman

[moneypit]

The 1.25" spacers bolt to the studs and have their own studs onto which the wheel bolts. Stud length is a non-issue.

[packman]

Oh, I forgot to mention that the center bores on friend's rims were too small for my ma's CV. I am unfamiliar with machining metal alloys, however, I probably could have gotten my father to mess with the wheels or possibly alter the spacers. The current mags that I have on the CV were the first set of new wheels and tires that I have bought for any vehicle. I usually have bought junkyard or used wheels from my friends. I like what I got now but I would have liked P245 45R17's all around like yours because they would handle even better than what I got.

[Grand Marquis GT]

Congrats on teh win, mang!

Your tudor totally kicks mine's ass!