Well as I was claiming last Scottfest - 13, that I was thinking of buying a two-door. Looks like I found one I needed, due to it being white and my current whale being white.. Was a big selling point for me
Was a clean car from New Jersey, me and Nick went and picked it up with a solid 9 hour truck ride on Friday 4-7-14
I bought it because I recently bought a 351 Windsor two weeks prior, seeing I had an engine.. I finally had a full reason to invest in a box to put it in. (Or atleast that's how I saw it)
History,
Third owner, bought it from a kid who had no idea what it was and didn't even know how to check the oil. It seems to be fully loaded, other than not having vent windows (Real downer..)
it has full red vinyl interior which is in pretty good condition. The body showed no signs of rot, anywhere. Both doors are solid, frame is solid. The only rust spot was by the drivers side ditch light.
What I've done / plans.
Power plant the 351 in with some minor upgrades.
> Weiand Stealth Intake
> Demon 650 carb
> Cam
> GT40 or P heads (Planned for later on)
> New rings, gaskets ect.
Hoping this won't nuke the AOD until I have the funds for a T5 swap.
Yesterday I finally was able to start working on it.
Yesterday 6/7/14
> Took off front front tires to check brake condition and bleed sometime soon.
> Tore out all smog related equipment pump, hoses, cut the cat lines and capped the hose coming out of the rear of the head.
> Figured since I'll need a new belt anyways and since it'll have to come out, took the AC out, leaving the condenser in place and removed all bracketing.
> Ordered new KYB front shocks, Nick believes I should've ordered the police shocks (due to heavier motor coming) and I also was going to do that. Though, last second I decided I'd order the KYBs since the PI ones were Monroe.
Today 7/7/14
> Tore out all of the Y-piping and took off both down pipes, seeing I had a BBK H pipe that is supposed to go with short tubes, that I purchased from Nick.
> Atempted to install said H pipe, finding out it indeed won't seal fully without short tubes and has open O2 sensors holes, seeing the short tubes don't.
> Picked up short tubes from Nick that I was planning to test fit on the 351 (Wasn't perfectly sure that they had the same exhaust ports, now know.)
> Got discouraged that my "new" H-pipe wouldn't fit. Decided I'd pull the manifolds and put on the short tubes (I still need to pay Nick for).
Future plans
> Aero rear end, disk brakes with Trac-Loc and 3.55s
> Order or find some sort of wheels.
> Source PI swaybars and cargo coils.
> Late model PI Vic aluminum drive shaft.
> Late model PI Vic front air spoiler
> Alternator upgrade
> 88' and up front clip swap, keeping rear the same.
> WC T5 swap
> Aluminum flywheel
> GT40 or GT40P heads.
> Taillight and headlight relay upgrade
> Maybe tuck front and rear bumper (back of mind thought)
Was a clean car from New Jersey, me and Nick went and picked it up with a solid 9 hour truck ride on Friday 4-7-14
I bought it because I recently bought a 351 Windsor two weeks prior, seeing I had an engine.. I finally had a full reason to invest in a box to put it in. (Or atleast that's how I saw it)
History,
Third owner, bought it from a kid who had no idea what it was and didn't even know how to check the oil. It seems to be fully loaded, other than not having vent windows (Real downer..)
it has full red vinyl interior which is in pretty good condition. The body showed no signs of rot, anywhere. Both doors are solid, frame is solid. The only rust spot was by the drivers side ditch light.
What I've done / plans.
Power plant the 351 in with some minor upgrades.
> Weiand Stealth Intake
> Demon 650 carb
> Cam
> GT40 or P heads (Planned for later on)
> New rings, gaskets ect.
Hoping this won't nuke the AOD until I have the funds for a T5 swap.
Yesterday I finally was able to start working on it.
Yesterday 6/7/14
> Took off front front tires to check brake condition and bleed sometime soon.
> Tore out all smog related equipment pump, hoses, cut the cat lines and capped the hose coming out of the rear of the head.
> Figured since I'll need a new belt anyways and since it'll have to come out, took the AC out, leaving the condenser in place and removed all bracketing.
> Ordered new KYB front shocks, Nick believes I should've ordered the police shocks (due to heavier motor coming) and I also was going to do that. Though, last second I decided I'd order the KYBs since the PI ones were Monroe.
Today 7/7/14
> Tore out all of the Y-piping and took off both down pipes, seeing I had a BBK H pipe that is supposed to go with short tubes, that I purchased from Nick.
> Atempted to install said H pipe, finding out it indeed won't seal fully without short tubes and has open O2 sensors holes, seeing the short tubes don't.
> Picked up short tubes from Nick that I was planning to test fit on the 351 (Wasn't perfectly sure that they had the same exhaust ports, now know.)
> Got discouraged that my "new" H-pipe wouldn't fit. Decided I'd pull the manifolds and put on the short tubes (I still need to pay Nick for).
Future plans
> Aero rear end, disk brakes with Trac-Loc and 3.55s
> Order or find some sort of wheels.
> Source PI swaybars and cargo coils.
> Late model PI Vic aluminum drive shaft.
> Late model PI Vic front air spoiler
> Alternator upgrade
> 88' and up front clip swap, keeping rear the same.
> WC T5 swap
> Aluminum flywheel
> GT40 or GT40P heads.
> Taillight and headlight relay upgrade
> Maybe tuck front and rear bumper (back of mind thought)
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