great article , me and sons next project is headliner ,,, question does roof drip rails need to be removed ???, i just did one side before i thought about headliner ,, gonna leave windshield in and have back glass out ,,,
well my son has been chipping it out , front crossmember ,bumper brackets packed with it ... to me it doesnt look like it was put there for any reason not confined to one area ,,, when i got car rf drum was missing and could see were car had dragged and wore backing plate flat ... possible wheel...
timing problem , i set timing hot without lite till starter has very slight drag when trying to start .get most power there ,just watch temp gauge can overheat
motor will set about 2 inches to low . put motor in bolted to tranny crossmember and u will see .. i put 429 in 73 fastback . had to move mounts onframe foward 1 inch and raise them 2 inches and was perfect ... used clevland frame mounts
threaded rod down threw shock hole ,steel plate on top and bottom. crank nut down . i work at ford dealer and factory tool goes down middle of spring ...
im thinking gonna go with edelbrock intake , 650 holley carb , i do have a edelbrock carb but never liked the carter afb carbs ... slight bigger cam just to give little lope in idle and headers ... phase 1.....
i used one of the dash pad covers , installed way instruction said only glue in middle to allow it to expand and contract ,,, within month was melting and wrinkled , returned it now 2 years later got crack down middle ,,, dont recommend them to anybody .....
the only racing he will be doing is few trips to dragstrip .... he is just looking for little more then stock . headers and cam and intake ... nothing wild if im helping foot the bill .....
it is out of another 73 parts car i had ,,, putting automatic in to start him off ,, i have a 69 4spd to go in too but lets start him off slow ... i had 73 fastback ,got from my dad , put alot of time in ... yanked out the original clevland and put the 429 in ... went good ...
ok my son has new found interest in mustangs .. my dad gave me 73 fastback when i was 13 sold it many speeding tickets later .worst mistake ever did.... well i bought 73 grande 20 years ago and told my son kmichaud it would be his when old enough . well time has come to pass on the luv of 71-73...
my son is just learning his car talk forgive him , he is trying hard ... car is 73 302 2v with 3spd standard . 2,75 8 inch rear , stock dual exhaust ... installing 351c 2v with c4 tranny ,,, 9 inch rear,3.50 gears ,,,