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- 1973 mustang convertible(some day)
I figured I would finally start a project build post. I started 10 months ago and most of that time has been spent in tear down and detailing the engine bay, aprons, undercarriage and trunk. I’ve also started detailing the various parts and hope to start reassembling soon. The car will have every piece restored or replace. I’m trying to make it look original when reasonable with obvious modifications.
The car started off a somewhat clean but rust free 1973 convertible h-code, FMX. Car was originally special order brown, ginger int, and white top (very much regret not waiting for a Q-code or at least a red one). I’m changing it to:
Exterior: VW tornado red with black top, functional ram Air, front/rear spoilers, slotted OEM wheel with backup 16” torque thrust II for driving,
Interior: black int(changing out all int pieces to black then re-die.)
Drive train: Engine was freshly rebuilt 8K ago so I will only detail that(Only has a RV cam so one day I might mod it out but not for now). Has 4 barrel edlebrock intake and carb. Trans will be a 4r70 conversion. Rear end is Currie 3.5 limited slip.
Exhaust: Pypes, with Hedman headers.
Suspension: Eaton 1” lower rear spring, Grab-a-track 620 1” lower front, Scott Drake CA’s with Opentracker roller preaches.
Steering: Redhead quick ratio steering box rebuild with Moog steering part to finish off.
The pics are my progress so far. Special thanks to everyone from the site that has help me along the way but particularly Mike(mach71351c) and Jeff(jeff8877) as I call them every other day!
I included a pic of a car that I'm shooting for. Not sure if I'm going to do the blackout on the bottom.
Updates to continue!
The car started off a somewhat clean but rust free 1973 convertible h-code, FMX. Car was originally special order brown, ginger int, and white top (very much regret not waiting for a Q-code or at least a red one). I’m changing it to:
Exterior: VW tornado red with black top, functional ram Air, front/rear spoilers, slotted OEM wheel with backup 16” torque thrust II for driving,
Interior: black int(changing out all int pieces to black then re-die.)
Drive train: Engine was freshly rebuilt 8K ago so I will only detail that(Only has a RV cam so one day I might mod it out but not for now). Has 4 barrel edlebrock intake and carb. Trans will be a 4r70 conversion. Rear end is Currie 3.5 limited slip.
Exhaust: Pypes, with Hedman headers.
Suspension: Eaton 1” lower rear spring, Grab-a-track 620 1” lower front, Scott Drake CA’s with Opentracker roller preaches.
Steering: Redhead quick ratio steering box rebuild with Moog steering part to finish off.
The pics are my progress so far. Special thanks to everyone from the site that has help me along the way but particularly Mike(mach71351c) and Jeff(jeff8877) as I call them every other day!
I included a pic of a car that I'm shooting for. Not sure if I'm going to do the blackout on the bottom.
Updates to continue!
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