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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-speed
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Well the day is finally here- dropped the car off to the paint shop yesterday (St. Patrick’s day). Should be in there about two months getting every panel straight, sanded, and rust free. Although at this point any remaining rust is just on the surface.
it’s going to be painted a BMW color: Sparkling Brown Metallic. It’s similar to the original brown but darker, and pearl, so it will turn black as you’re walking around it. Pretty excited!
-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-speed
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That's fuckin' amazing! Congratulations on hitting this milestone with the '82. With your prep work, you've saved some money and time on a big job. Thank you for staying the course, and pushing the envelope where you felt comfortable doing so. I'm particularly impressed how you made the jump from carb 351 to pretty modern EFI 351, without having giant packaging and tuning hurdles. Definitely a route I should strongly consider going down with the '79 LTD-S when its time comes.'89 Grand Marquis "Ebyt", '85 Grand Marquis "Eva", '94 Caprice "Kira"
'84 Town Car "Stacy", '79 New Yorker “Anita", '93 Town Car "Kelly"
'80 Mark VI "Allie", '94 Grand Marquis coming June, '79 LTD-S "Oksana"
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Great to see it is in a paint shop. Color choice is nice. Two months is a long time. They could have it done in a week maybe two, working straight. Keep following up on it. Body shops are experts at putting people off.
In Maine, my Lincoln was outside for nine weeks until it got into the shop. I followed up every week. One excuse after another. Shitty job and still not right.
My rule in CA was if it is not in the shop being worked on in two weeks, I take it out. There was plenty of competition in that area.
Wish you the best.
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Thanks Hearses, it's exciting! Yeah I've learned a good amount with the EFI, so it's certainly a possibility
Tom- It is a decent amount of time, and i'm definitely leery of body/paint shops. Thankfully I've known this guy for about a decade. He has a smallish shop with only 2 other part time employees, and a bunch of other projects, so it doesn't seem that bad as he wont be working on it 100% of the time. I'll be going back to help with final assembly and alignment to make sure everything is perfect.
Here's some examples of the color, it's hard to capture on camera, but these do an ok job
-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-speed
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That BMW brown is gonna look awesome on there.'91 LTD Country Squire LX | '82 Cougar GS wagon |'03 Marauder | ' 18 Flex Limited EB
formerly: '02 MGM, '04 MGM, '04 MGM v2.0, '04 MM, '07 P71 w/5-speed, '03 SAP P71, '04 CVLX (now in pantera77's stable), '10 P7B
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Thats not the same color 87gtVIC painted his car is it?86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
5.0 HO, CompCams XE258,Scorpion 1.72 roller rockers, 3.55 K code rear, tow package, BHPerformance ported E7 heads, Tmoss Explorer intake, 65mm throttle body, Hedman 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" dual exhaust, ASP underdrive pulley
91 Lincoln Mark VII LSC grandpa spec white and cranberry
1984 Lincoln Continental TurboDiesel - rolls coal
Originally posted by phayzer5
I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousers
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No, his is a lighter brown "Hot Chocolate", also a BMW/Mini color-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-speed
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A bit of a teaser pic, she's almost done! I'll get a better picture of it in the light when I go up for final assembly, the color is a lot nicer in person. The booth lights don't make all the colors pop.
2 Photos-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-speed
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Originally posted by Brown_Muscle View PostA bit of a teaser pic, she's almost done! I'll get a better picture of it in the light when I go up for final assembly, the color is a lot nicer in person. The booth lights don't make all the colors pop.
What I Own: 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis GS
What I Help Maintain: 1996 CV / 1988 CV / 1988 Tempo
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Paint is gonna look awesome. Don’t rush anything phil. Take your time. That’s one thing I wish I did when I assembled mine was wait a bit more before bolting on hard parts and trim.
So cool!~David~
My 1987 Crown Victoria Coupe: The Brown Blob
My 2004 Mercedes Benz E320:The Benz
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My life is a long series of "nevermind" and "I guess not."
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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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