Dad's '79 Mercury zephyr

[Dave84]

Well my dad is a chevy guy, and always buggin me about my 2 mercs, so this comes to a suprise, you all know i baught MeanVic84's zephyr off him, well i owed my dad some money, so in return i gave him the zephyr, and now he's doing it all up, so now he wont be able to make fun of my 2 cars
well here it is when MeanVic84 owned it


Well my dads going to paint it 2 tone blue, he got the base coat on the bottom half of the car so now he just has to do the top and clear coat it, the top is going to be a steel blue, and the bottom will be the colour you see in these pics, he also added hood luvers and put the other tail lights back in

[86VickyLX]

Oh wow. Can't wait to see the finished project.

[gabegt90]

nice dave how many cars do you guys have in the family i know the 2 grand marquis the zepher the oldsmobile what else

[Dave84]

no oldmobile, but here is the small list
1984 grand marquis 2 door (Mine)
1984 grand marquis 4 door (Mine)
1979 Mercury Zephyr (My Dads)
1930 chrysler hot rod project (MY dads
1997 Pontiac Bonneville (My dads)
1988 Lincoln LSC (my Brothers)

[Tiggie]

V8 gonna replace that greasy 200? Or you gonna build the 200?

[Dave84]

i think he's planning on putting a 5.0 in at some point, tho the 200 dose run strong

[nitroracer]

That zephyr has a granada dashboard.

[Dave84]

yea, Meanvic84 put that in when it was his car

[88MercWagon]

Looks good man, although I actually kind of like the blue that's on there 2-toned with the original color, although I'm probably the only one who thinks anything of it.

[boXman]

Those spinners on the turbines look goofy, the hood louvers too.

[Dave84]

V8 gonna replace that greasy 200? Or you gonna build the 200?

Hey that little 200 saw a lot of action. I've blown the doors off this bone heads caprice I don't know how many times and it has never let me down. Last year i got it suck in the snow and I had it floored and even then it didn't break down and it still ran smooth.

[Tiggie]

Hey that little 200 saw a lot of action. I've blown the doors off this bone heads caprice I don't know how many times and it has never let me down. Last year i got it suck in the snow and I had it floored and even then it didn't break down and it still ran smooth.

200's will take a ton of abuse thanks to 7 main bearings! One six builder I spoke to said the bottom ends were ready for 7,000 rpm, but the upstairs needed some help.

[nitroracer]

It needs more than a little help, more like major surgery. The 200 cylinder head is a horrible design. It can all be rectified with an aluminum piece or an import aussie or south american head.

My 34k mile, 200 was a dog and I did a full tune up on it.

[Grand Marquis GT]

That is absolutely beautiful! I love zephyrs

[Dave84]

well here are some new pics of the zephyr now that its finished, took a few weeks ago, before someone stole my digital camera!!! any ways here it is now, looks pretty good in the pics, accept some stupid fucker jumped on the hood a few days ago, wont mention there name,,,,



my dad has it up for sale right now, and hes thinking about possibly getting a box grand marquis, i know he's looking at an 89 thats for sale for 700