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My .02... Not worth the effort or cost. Salvage what you can and tow the rest to the scrap yard. Treat it as a learning event. You can buy a very nice 71-73 in the 20K range and be driving it next month. You will be spending at least that much and probably much more just to bring yours back to...

Hi LoveThatHood, I'm a believer in the keep it simple approach. For a rough idle and engine dying symptom, a vacuum leak is a strong candidate. Take a can of ether and spray it around the base of your carburetor and intake manifold. If you get a idle change then you have found the source of...

What are you driving? I'll keep a look out.....

I have to say, red with a white interior is an attractive package. Black with red is also one of my favorites...

All of the chrome you see on the front of the car is from '72.

This color car is a chick magnet. You would not believe the number of ladies that come up and compliment me on the car. I have been stopped by a car full of young college girls giving me thumbs up on the car. If only I had this car 30 years ago when I got married...:-)... Gotta look around to...

I removed the airco and the front bumper. I hated the "guppy" look. When I did that the front end jumped up 2 inches. I had to cut the springs to get back to level. I have all the parts for the ram air just haven't gotten around to the install. Good to know it added some kick to your's. I'm...

It's hard to believe this car is 50 years young. Still looking good. The intake manifold is Edelbrock and it has a Holley 600 cfm. Ive replaced the water pump and alternator and some cables. Everything else is original. Heads and lower have never been apart "supposedly". I'm thinking of blacking...

Here's the story on my 73 Mustang Originally sold to a doctor in Santa Ana California and was ordered with all available options. Original price $3189 plus $1506 in options. Here are some of the more interesting options 351 CID 4V with upgraded cam $107 TopLoader 4 speed with Hurst Shifter $192...

Excellent info. Tx Ray Q.

Well, after looking thru the Petronix thread, maybe I'll just stick with mechanical points for now. My car's a Sunday driver anyway. I will look for a dual point unit though.

This is good stuff. Tx for taking the time to write it up. Regards Ray Q. Question? Can I stick the dual point Petronix unit in my single point housing. Is there a wiring difference?

The Petronix units also come in single or dual point flavors and I plan to convert. I guess I'll stay on the lookout for an original Ford dual point unit for 73. Id like to keep the engine looking as original as possible. Excellent info.... Tx

I guess the question I should also be asking is Do I need the dual points? What do I get performance wise. It would seem that at high RPM there may be some benefit as the points cam is flying by so fast that a single point setup may start missing firings. That's just an educated guess on my...

Hello All, Just a distributor question for the experts out their. I have a 73 Q code Cleveland. I have been led to believe that the Q code came from the factory with a dual point distributor. Mine currently has single points. I have been unable to find much documentation on this and have not...

I like to use small pieces of 180 wet/dry sandpaper. Once the vehicle is started and the air cleaner has been removed I put the pieces in the Carb bore. As it get's sucked down into the manifold it's polishing. When it gets done with the intake it P&P's the head port before cleaning the...

Unless the seller can prove mileage with documentation, all mileage claims should be taken with a grain of salt. Do a little math. The 36K mileage over 40 years comes out to about 2.1 miles per day average. Highly unlikely. People 40 years ago did not buys these cars to park them. And little...

What I love about this site is that there are people on it from all over the world/country. Good Day Mate Can't agree with you more. I tried to keep everything original, down to the nuts and bolts. But found it to time consuming and restrictive. Once I decided to "free style" the project...

Fenders and extensions are 73, all the 5 mph guts are there ie the rubber bushings. I only needed to fabricate the brackets that hold the bumper to the original 5 mph extensions. The first bracket took me about 8 hrs of labor time to fab, the second about 2. I love my plasma cutter. I get a...

Ok..I was wondering how long it would be before someone busted me on the front bumper. The front valance is a 73. The bumper is a 72. I had to make my own brackets for it but I hated that plastic covered guppy bumper that the feds forced on everyone. It also weighed about 150 lb's. So not...