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MVMA Specifications Form
Passenger Car
Car Line     Mustang II     
Model Year     1974    Issued    9-73    Revised (o)    12-73  
 Body Type And/Or Engine Displacement, Etc
 
60F 60H 69F 69R
Suspension - General
Provision for car leveling None
Provision for brake dip control Tilted Upper Control Arm Anti-Dive Front Suspension
Provision for acc. squat control Asymmetrical Type Rear Spring Mounting
Special provisions for car jacking         Side of Car -- Outside Rocker Panel Flanges, Front & Rear
Shock
absorber
front & rear
Type Direct Acting, Rebound Stop and Integral Jounce Bumper - Front
Make Motorcraft
Piston diameter 1.00
Other special features - Scissors Jack & Wrench
-Staggered Rear Shock Absorber Installation

Suspension - Front
Type and description Independent Short/Long Arm W/Ball Joints, Spring on LWR. Arm.
Travel (Design) Full Jounce 3.51 3.51 3.51 3.51
Full Rebound 3.49 3.49 3.49 3.49
Spring Type (coil, leaf, other)           Coil
Material SAE 1060 Boron Steel
Size (coil design height & I.D., bar length x dia.) 8.50 x 3.50 (coil); 105.1 Bar Length; 0.57 Bar Diameter
Spring rate (lb. per in.) (a) 325 lb. per in.
Rate at wheel (lb. per in.) (a) 97 lb. per in.
Stabilizer type (link, linkless, frameless) Optional Handling Suspension - Link Type
Material & bar diameter SAE 1090 or SAE 5160 Steel - .75 Dia. (Std.); .95 (Opt.)

Suspension - Rear
Type and description Hotchkiss Drive
Drive and torque taken through Rear Springs
Travel (Design) Full Jounce 3.59 3.59 3.59 3.59
Full Rebound 3.41 3.41 3.41 3.41
Spring Type (coil, leaf, other)           Semi-Elliptical Leaf
Material SAE 5160 Boron Steel
Size (length x width, coil design height & I.D., bar length & dia.) 50.0 x 2.5 All Models
Spring rate (lb. per in.) 101 (Std.); 124 (H.D.)
Rate at wheel (lb. per in.) 110 (Std.); 133 (H.D.)
Mounting insulation type Rubber Bushings
If leaf No. of leaves 4 plus Stub Leaf - all models & H.D.
Shackle (comp. or tens.) Compression
Stabilizer type (link, linkless, frameless) Link Type
Material & bar diameter SAE 1060 Steel - Dia. .72 with optional H.D. suspension
Track bar type None
(a) Base Vehicle, Model 69F


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