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got my car running better today. I also pulled and fixed the stock wiring harness there was no power getting to the coil so no spark so i got all that fixed. i have good oil pressure and fixed the alternator so got a nice amount done i can now start and shut it off with the key. only engine...

sounds way better than the video lol the vid picked up nothing from me giving it some gas but it sounds amazing nothing like bringing an old engine and car back to life

Got a great update ive been working on it this week cleaned the fuel tank new fuel lines and fuel filter rebuilt the carb new hardline to that put a battery in fixed the wiring and got her running

i almost jumped up and down when i saw the long tubes on the car saved me 300+$

Alright i showed my car off in the introductions so i figured i would start a thread very detailed lots of pics on my way building it up so ill start it off with some pics (view attachments) while i only paid 650$ for the car running and driving (i took the fenders off). I have 4 fenders so i...

Im gonna dig into my engine here soon i wanna get some advice i have some questions #1 i know that these engines have a oil issue what can i do to help with this (performance minded) #2 i dont think im gonna bore it out yet but can i swap cranks and rods to get a longer stroke on stock bore...

i figured so i dont really want it completely flat black so i think satin black would work best has anyone ever blacked out like the bumpers and stuff like that ? i thought it might be an interesting idea since the chrome on mine is wearing out

i think i saw it a while ago on ebay to for a long time of course if you have a good engine you could just add EFI instead of a swap. Swapping engines seems kinda pointless if you got something good just add efi to it

my way so blower through the hood stripes on the side stick vs auto i got some plans for it sub frame connectors as well ahh gotta love cars when your "i want to do ...." turns into a black hole that only sucks up lots of $$$$$$$$ lol since i have white paint ill paint it that color and i might...

man those are some nice cars thanks for sharing i love the 71-73 mustangs BUT that 67 does catch my eye

IF it was done right would make a nice car get more mpg but still have the old body style but your right could have just dropped it in and rigged it to run and things could be bad would be a better sell if you could see under the hood and under the car

thats a good point to rare combo choice or something ill do that before i change anything on it

makes sense i figured i would ask before i did my own thing with it and someone went crazy because i modified a rare car lol time for stripes and ram air hood lol

PRODUCTION NUMBERS Hardtop - 65,696 Convertible - 6,121 Fastback (Sportsroof) - 23,956 Hardtop grande - 17,406 Fastback (Sportsroof) Mach 1 - 36,999 Boss 351 - 1,806 thats for 1971 cars

Ok i own a 71 mustang grande now ive seen the numbers for production and my car seems to be a lot lower number produced. How rare do people consider a grande? the only car with lower production numbers is a boss 351 and a convertible. Im interested to hear everyones thoughts on this and heres...

yeah i noticed that to would be interesting to see under the car see what its like under there and under the hood

heres a car i came across looks really nice actually http://grandrapids.craigslist.org/cto/2348834591.html

see i think they were correct BUT someone wanted to make the engine bay look clean so they cut down the braces (stupid) because thats how the braces look. I did and alignment on the front end the car itself is perfect. I believe it was due to that "mod" that was really just butchering the car...

thanks again for all your help this site has already been crazy helpful all on the first day i joined thanks everyone so much and thanks again for the chat droptop73

welcome great looking car glad to have you here and like stated you should start a garage