My 85' Vic

[85ltd]

Finally found some pictures I had on facebook. Not recent, but everything is basically the same. Biggest difference is, I have removed all side trim on it. Waiting to be painted still, and get the engine rebuilt. Several more things will happen to it as I attain the money for it. Such as, a pretty stout motor/tranny combo, taller gears, and a hood scoop.

[BBMK790]

I like the factory color. The rims go good with the car.


Would love to find a 2-door vic.

[79lincolnlover]

Nice coupe. Sounds like you have big plans for it!

[1987cp]

Looks nice! I also have had a tendency to remove side trim on some of my cars (well two Panthers out of four).

What's planned for the engine?

[87gtVIC]

Car looks good. You going all out on the paint job? Or just a quick mask all trim and spray?

I like the factory color. The rims go good with the car.


Would love to find a 2-door vic.

Mine is always for sale.

[marquisman]

nice 2door vic. and the rims do work well with the car. what rim and tire size you running?

[85ltd]

Thanks y'all.
As far as the rims, they are Pacers. 15x7 I think. Tires are 215/60/15 for the front and 225/65/15 for the rear. I found some of the 18" five spoke mustang rims that I want for it, I think that will help a bit. I saw another vic on here with them; it was brown.
For the motor, right now it is still CFI unfortunately, and is being rebuilt right now. After the rebuild, I am doing the swap to carb, and I found some gt40 heads that will go nicely with it. Either the Edelbrock air-gap intake or Weiand's stealth intake. Found the Lunati VooDoo cam that should be perfect for everything. Hoping for at least 225hp at the wheels.

[marquisman]

the brown vic is daves car "87gtVIC" and it looks sweet with them rims. are them pacers steel chrome or aluminum? and do you wanna sell em? lol

[BBMK790]

Car looks good. You going all out on the paint job? Or just a quick mask all trim and spray?





Mine is always for sale.

$$$???

[85ltd]

Yea, the brown blob I think it was called. It's POTM still. Very unfortunately they are steel chrome. Weigh about 40 more pounds than the stock ones, but they were free and I think lookl better, came off my dad's Ranchero. No, haha, they are not for sale.

[85ltd]

Car looks good. You going all out on the paint job? Or just a quick mask all trim and spray?

Going all out. I have a deep blue with heavy metallic in it for the body. And I have a silver for the roof, but on that silver, I am going to be using some very nice metal flake. The flake is a little bigger than that of a bass boat, so it will definitely get some attention and hopefully look awesome. The fact that I am painting it myself will make it much more personal too. Bought a gun called the FlakeBuster II, it shoots the really big size metal flake very well. That will probably be in the early summer before I am done though.

[1987cp]

Oooh, so no plans for making it quick, just showy?

[87gtVIC]

$$$???

A smidgen over half of what I put into it. Absolute bottom dollar I would accept on the car as it sits now would be $6,500. So yes $$$ But nothing compared to what I spent.

Going all out. I have a deep blue with heavy metallic in it for the body. And I have a silver for the roof, but on that silver, I am going to be using some very nice metal flake. The flake is a little bigger than that of a bass boat, so it will definitely get some attention and hopefully look awesome. The fact that I am painting it myself will make it much more personal too. Bought a gun called the FlakeBuster II, it shoots the really big size metal flake very well. That will probably be in the early summer before I am done though.

Thats awesome man. If you need any help in knowing how to remove any of the trim pieces I can help you out. Everything was removed for my car. It will be a great experience painting the car yourself.

[85ltd]

I really want to make it quick one day, but money kinda limits that. I think my best bet for right now is to do my current build and run a 100 shot through it, until I get the money for new heads and a supercharger or turbo. I found that On3performance has awesome turbo kits for mustangs and I think I could manage with that and a carb, or just get a centrifugal blower. But with 225ish horsepower and the nitrous with 3.73 gears, it should move along pretty good, much better than now for sure.

Okay, thank you 87gtVIC. I think I have most of it, but I will definitely ask if I get stuck on something. I am still in high school, and for my senior project (I don't know if you are familiar with that) I had to paint an old bicycle and flaked it. So, I decided that I want to be a little more extensive and paint an entire car.

[87gtVIC]

Got an pictures of the bike? I wish my high school had cool stuff like that going on.