the"mustang II" frontend
first came out on the 71-73 pinto but it is slightly smaller,
the race cars guys like some of these parts.
then in 74 the front end parts were a little bigger
and as street rodders were looking to get an independent front end other than a
corvair or jag the pinto/mustang frontends started showing up under rods.
they were a very good riding and handling addition to a more modern rod of the day
with disk brakes and rack and pinion steering,
and as the aftermarket parts started showing up they became the front end of choice,
many company's stated making cross members for the more popular rods out there
and then tube "A" arms and bigger brake kits became available and that style front end
is now the pattern that most after market kits base off of.


the mustang II frontend is much better than the front ends used in the 65-72 mustang
(they even make kits to change them to the mustang II front end)
and yes you can cut one out of mustang II and fit it to a rod,
I have done that plenty of times "BUT"
it is a little more time consuming
(cutting it out,trimming it down and fitting it to the chassis)
it is cheaper than just getting a cross member from some place like fatman
but the fatman cross member fits great and saves time and looks more professional ....
hope that helps Ron....