Pinto Car Club of America

I was wondering if the manual transmission, drive shaft and rear axle from  an 80's mustang would fit in/on my 1978 pinto hatchback. If any of them will, please reply, and fill me in on the modifications i will need to make if there are any.

Any thing will fit given enough time and money.

ok let me rephrase that a little. Will the manual transmission and rear end from an 80s mustang fit into my 1978 pinto hatchback easily?

The term "easy" is very subjective. I did a t/c swap into my pinto, and I think it was easy.

Tranny: The worst case would be you would have to do one or more of the following even if the tranny bolts to your engine: modify the tranny mount, have the driveshaft length changed, re-locate the hole in the floor for the shifter, splice the wires to the tranny, convert the clutch linkage or type(rod/cable/hyd.), open the tunnel with a big hammer to fit the bell (MII v8's have a very small bell housing. MIIs and pinto's are not identical). 

Rear: No, 80's stangs have coil springs. You would need to do lots of work to it. You can get an 8" from a mid 70's pinto/bobcat/mustangII, they bolt in. I have been told that a granada rear will fit with minor work. I installed one from a 60's stang with not too much effort.

Bill

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77TurboPinto is correct. And he did not even mention getting the pipes set up or the radiator thing worked out or the transmission cooling lines or the powersteering lines. I used a c4 out of a grand marquee. And I mean to tell you it was not "easy". But I did it!!!!!