1964 comet suspension parts

[Michelinsauto]

Looking for the following for left side front suspension parts

upper L side A frame
Lower left side lower control arm
left front shock assembly
front sway bar
drag link
left side inner and outer front tie rod ends
power steering assist piston
left side strut bar


any ideas on where i can find these?? used or new

[Santa's Comet]

64 Comet front suspension parts changed in mid year. Check your vin# to see what month yours was made.
Recommend a inch plus sway bar and KYB gas-a-just shocks.
64 Comets are the car to own!!
NP Dave

[lavron]

Most of those parts should be available from the local parts store, if not you can check Rockauto.com or places like Macs.

Most of those parts are the same as the early Mustangs so they are pretty easy to find, the difference os the drag link will need to be a Comet/Falcon part and maybe the sway bar, the Mustang is a little wider than the Comet

See Ya,
Mike

[A/FX]

If you need the steering center link I have at least two of them. ('64 is different than a '65)
I also have upper and lower control arms but I would recommend you just buy a quality new one. (Watch for offshore parts, you get what you pay for)
Jim

[redhotcomet]

Mustang sway bar will work fine. As mentioned drag link must be comet or falcon. All other parts can be mustang and are readily available.

[Michelinsauto]

What would I look at regarding vin to make sure im ordering right parts??

[redhotcomet]

The only mid year changes I'm aware of is that the upper balljoints went from 3 bolt to 4 bolt. Easy to tell. Take a front wheel off and look at the upper ball joint. It'll either be held on by 3 bolts or 4 bolts. Or possibly rivets which can be drilled out. Or if you are replacing the upper control arms, just get them with 4 bolt balljoints.

Maybe someone else knows what other changes were made mid-year?

[lavron]

On your vin tag the date should be the most you need, as long as no one changed stuff the last 50 years, like RedHot said the best way to confirm is to look.

On your date built it is under the "DATE" three numbers that give day of month and the month as a letter (A=Jan, B=Feb, etc) so like 15B would be Feb 15, I can't remember the model year change but I think in Sept. or Oct. (someone can confirm) so like a 15J would be a car built in Nov. 1963 and the first letter in the VIN is a 4.

See Ya,
Mike

[Santa's Comet]

My 64 is an early model and if I remember right???? the passenger outer tie rod and idler arm were different and spendy.
V8 and P/S.
NP Dave

[popscomet]

My 64 is an early model and if I remember right???? the passenger outer tie rod and idler arm were different and spendy.
V8 and P/S.
NP Dave

how early is your 64 DAVE ?.....thanks POP

[Santa's Comet]

POP, Build date is March 03-64. I think they changed in June or July.
NP Dave

[popscomet]

POP, Build date is March 03-64. I think they changed in June or July.
NP Dave

COOL...POP's comet was built sept 20,1963.....277th car off the line...the vin has a few O's in it...AUSSIE JOHN's is 365 built on the same day....BOTH built in SAN JOSE,CALF.....that's early and very odd that 2 comets were built this close and the same color and after all these yrs,for one to be down yonder and for the other to be where it is....thanks and good luck....POP

[poboyjo65]

So Pop tell why sep 20 is special to you, the most important tidbit!

[popscomet]

So Pop tell why sep 20 is special to you, the most important tidbit!

WELL,that just happened to be my DEAR OLE DADS birthday,sept 20,1916.and he passed away 6days before my 27th bd,,I bought the comet to resale,,,til I happened to notice the built date,,that's when I decided it would never be sold.....stuff like that built date on a old ragged used car don't happen often thanks POP

[poboyjo65]

I'd have to keep the ragged ass old thing too! & I would have fixed it up like you did.