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2020 Volvo XC90 T6 Momentum (Ice White / Blonde)
2022 Ram 1500 4x4 5.7 Etorque, Built to Serve Edition, (Granite Crystal / Black)
Past Panthers
1989 Grand Marquis LS (Cabernet/Grey), 1989 Lincoln Town Car SS (White/Blue), 2004 Mercury Grand Marquis Ultimate (White/Black)
Originally posted by Lincolnmania
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which vb are you using, part number wise?Originally posted by 86VickyLX View PostHUGE HUGE HUGE HUGE HUGE Updates everyone!
The valvebody is now functioning properly after a hole drilled into a certain channel in the valve body. And then it went straight to Scotts. Haha.
The car is now parked on the property awaiting body mounts, big brakes, ABS, frame rot and body rot repairs, undercoating and paint prep. When I dropped the car off last Friday, we managed to harvest a very clean passenger side B pillar, which you can see towards the end of the video that I'm going to post. We would've had a very clean and straight passenger quarter panel, however the batteries for the sawzall ran out of juice.
So while the work is getting done I'm driving Scott's 92 Grand Marquis around. And as much as I love this car... I miss mine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVjtHd3frhE89 townie, mild exhuast up grades, soon to have loud ass stereo....Comment
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Hey that is all fantastic. Your car already ran like a champ. Now it will look like one to. ABS, I am jealous but hey, hopefully I will follow along that path as time and life permits.We installed the later rear with tone rings on the axles and big brakes up front so that much is done.
Good show man.03 Marauder DPB, HS, 6disk, Organizer Mods> LED's in & Out, M&Z rear control arms, Oil deflector, U-Haul Trans Pan, Blue Fuzzy Dice
02 SL500 Silver Arrow
08 TC Signature Limited, HID's Mods>06 Mustang Bullet Rims 235/55-17 Z rated BFG G-Force Comp-2 A/S Plus, Addco 1" rear Sway, Posi Carrier, Compustar Remote Start, floor liners, trunk organizer, Two part Sun Visors, B&M Trans drain Plug, Winter=05 Mustang GT rims, Nokian Hakkapeliitta R-2 235/55-17
12 Escape Limited V6 AWD, 225/65R17 Vredestein Quatrac Pro, Winter 235/70-16 Conti Viking Contact7 Mods>Beamtech LED headlight bulbs, Husky floor linersComment
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Awesome John.~David~
My 1987 Crown Victoria Coupe: The Brown Blob
My 2004 Mercedes Benz E320:The Benz
Originally posted by ootdega
My life is a long series of "nevermind" and "I guess not."
Originally posted by DerekTheGreat
But, that's just coming from me, this site's biggest pessimist. Best of luck
Originally posted by gadget73
my car starts and it has AC. Yours doesn't start and it has no AC. Seems obvious to me.
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Awesome John, bet you can't wait to get it back, I'll look forward to seeing Scott's updates on it.-Phil
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+1982 Ford LTD-S Police Car. Built 351w, Trickflow 11R 190 Heads, Holley Sniper EFI, RPM Intake+ Hyperspark dizzy, WR-AOD, Full exhaust headers to tails. 3.27 Trac-Lok Rear. Aluminum Police Driveshaft. Speedway Springs+Bilstein Shocks, Intermediate Brakes, HPP Steering Box.
+2003 Acura CL Type S 6-speedComment
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Update #1: B Pillar is out, drilled out from spot welds. Looking like the rotting was caused by the vinyl top... yay.
Since this video, the new B pillar is now welded into place. Probably next on the list is to fix the rot in the floor which involves removing the rest of the interior. Then the trunk, quarter panel, frame, body mounts, undercoating, then the abs/big brakes stuff.Comment
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Interesting stuff. I couldn't tell, is there any cutting or just drilling of spot welds to pop the B pillar off?
What do the rust that was showing through look like?
85 4 door 351 Civi Crown Victoria - Summer daily driver, sleeper in the making, and wildly inappropriate autocross machine
160KMs 600cfm holley, shorty headers, 2.5" catted exhaust, 255/295 tires, cop shocks, cop swaybars, underdrive pulley, 2.73L gears.
waiting for install: 3.27's, Poly bushings, boxed rear arms, 2500 stall converter, ported e7's, etc
06 Mazda 3 hatch 2.3L 5AT (winter beater that cost more than my summer car)Comment
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Woohoo! Nice work Scott!
-ryan s.08 Lincoln Navigator L - 233k
03 Mercury Marauder- 63k
97 Ford Crown Victoria HPP "Tank of Justice III" (TOJ3) - 194k -->578.9 miles on ONE tank of gas<--
94 BMW 325i Convertible - 135k
73 VW Super Beetle "Bunky" <----- Wifey's
12 Mini Cooper S - 90k <---- Wifey's
Originally posted by pantera77Comment
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the b pillar was cut and seamed just below the vinyl top. the original seam is up near the roof, the rest of the spot welds were just drilled out.
the outside of the old b pillar was rusted thru, there were several pinholes.
next step after the b pillar is primed and painted is repairing the floors, here is a preview of one side of that mess.
1986 lincoln towncar signature series. 5.0 HO with thumper performance ported e7 heads, 1.7 roller rockers, warm air intake, 65mm throttle body, 1/2" intake spacer, ported intakes, 3.73 rear with trac lock, 98-02 front brake conversion, 92-97 rear disc conversion, 1" rear swaybar, 1 3/16" front swaybar, 16" wheels and tires, loud ass stereo system, badass cb, best time to date 15.94 at 87 mph. lots of mods in the works 221.8 rwhp 278 rwt
2006 Lincoln Town Car Signature. Stock for now
1989 Ford F-250 4x4 much much more to come, sefi converted so far.
1986 Toyota pickup with LSC wheels and 225/60/16 tires.
2008 Hyundai Elantra future Revcon toad
1987 TriBurner and 1986 Alaska stokers keeping me warm. (and some pesky oil heat)
please be patient, rebuilding an empire!
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Dear Scott,
Many/most/all these old boxes have rust issues. When American Hotrod builds a car, they routinely cut out the floor and replace it with fresh metal. Could this be done with some of our cars?
DonaldComment
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Yes, but you can't buy new sheet metal. You'd have to sacrifice a rust-free car.
85 4 door 351 Civi Crown Victoria - Summer daily driver, sleeper in the making, and wildly inappropriate autocross machine
160KMs 600cfm holley, shorty headers, 2.5" catted exhaust, 255/295 tires, cop shocks, cop swaybars, underdrive pulley, 2.73L gears.
waiting for install: 3.27's, Poly bushings, boxed rear arms, 2500 stall converter, ported e7's, etc
06 Mazda 3 hatch 2.3L 5AT (winter beater that cost more than my summer car)Comment
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fixed yer post.Originally posted by johnunit View Post
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein
rides: 93 Crown Vic LX (The Red Velvet Cake), 2000 Crown Vic base model (Sandy), 2003 Expedition (the vacation beast)
Originally posted by gadget73
... and it should all work like magic and unicorns and stuff.
Originally posted by dmccaig
Overhead, some poor bastards are flying in airplanes.Comment
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I have a set of nice rust free salvaged front pan sheet metal for a 90-91 if anybody needs it. At first I got the wrong year pans for my 89 so these are left over.03 Marauder DPB, HS, 6disk, Organizer Mods> LED's in & Out, M&Z rear control arms, Oil deflector, U-Haul Trans Pan, Blue Fuzzy Dice
02 SL500 Silver Arrow
08 TC Signature Limited, HID's Mods>06 Mustang Bullet Rims 235/55-17 Z rated BFG G-Force Comp-2 A/S Plus, Addco 1" rear Sway, Posi Carrier, Compustar Remote Start, floor liners, trunk organizer, Two part Sun Visors, B&M Trans drain Plug, Winter=05 Mustang GT rims, Nokian Hakkapeliitta R-2 235/55-17
12 Escape Limited V6 AWD, 225/65R17 Vredestein Quatrac Pro, Winter 235/70-16 Conti Viking Contact7 Mods>Beamtech LED headlight bulbs, Husky floor linersComment
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That car actually looks really solid underneath from the second video.Originally posted by 86VickyLX View Post2020 F250 - 7.3 4x4 CCSB STX 3.55's - BAKFlip MX4
2005 Grand Marquis GS - Marauder sway bars, Marauder exhaust, KYB's
2003 Marauder - Trilogy # 8, JLT, kooks, 2.5" exhaust, 4.10's/31 spline, widened rear's, metco's, addco's, ridetech's 415hp/381tq
1987 Colony Park - 03+ frame swap, blown Gen II Coyote, 6R80, ridetechs, stainless works, absolute money pit. WIPComment
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We would benefit from unmolested floor panels. Kinda wish I didn't fix pinky for the derby. Asshole Jason (you guys know which one)... Thanks Scott and Ivan! So much done even in such a short amount of time.Originally posted by dmccaig View PostComment
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