my new money pit :)

[derekm]

1967 ford fairlane 500. orig a 289 car, now a 390 w/ a carb/intake (and big block springs) interior s gutted, but no bondy/filler on the og paint body, gonna be sanding this week

http://a672.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/95/l_5380935e4807f09b53b333b908437937.jpg

http://a601.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/51/l_2f9ac01d279cca4fd7ee7895bddb7e98.jpg

[Aracheon]

Are you going to do wheelies with it? :D

[DavidofColorado]

A field find. Very fun idea. Good luck with your project. If you need help let me know.

[derekm]

I wish I would have read this before spending 3 hrs cleaning out 10 yrs of rodent filth & open window leavings! haha

[DavidofColorado]

Yep. LOL

Do you have any other pictures? I am going to tinker with my own money pit right now. A 66 mustang coupe with all original stuff in it. Its just been neglected.

[derekm]

good ole' manspace!
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.editAlbumPhotos&albumID=1615085&MyToken=f5dccaf9-e542-4877-aa33-a21ab7fb00c9

[DavidofColorado]

Didn't work?

[derekm]

www.myspace.com/dsfdlish

its the last album in my pics, try that

[DavidofColorado]

Need to add me as a friend. But we are getting closer.:)

[derekm]

really??? ok..
NICE!!!! changed oil/filter, new starter, added 5 qts of type F trans fluid, coolant flush, drained old gas and got 4 gals. of fresh gas w/ BG supercharge, and threw a couple pillows on the seat, still a long way to go, but it was a nice zip around the block :)

[DavidofColorado]

I love it when an old engine comes back to life. I think they should make a show about it. I would watch.

I started the straight six in the mustang and I was thinking how nice it was until it started smoking like a bogger. I think that I am going to have to change the engine in mine. At least you got a good engine yours so far.

[pilot]

That is a great thing you're doing;fixing up a car from the past. Good luck with the project and it will be nice to see some before and after shots of your project.

[derekm]

wanna buy this 390/c6? I could get the 5-o and 5 spd, haha :)

[DavidofColorado]

I thought about going the 490 route and I found that the heads would be to pig for the engine compartment. The 5.0 and c4 I have for it will fit just fine.

[Sortarican]

...no bondy/filler on the og paint body, gonna be sanding this week

Lot of sanding. Try chemical paint stripper and media blasting.
Harbor Freight has a cheap blaster gun that does an OK job as long as you have a good compressor.

Anyway, congrat's and hope your rust assessment holds true.
Always nice to find one without terminal cancer.

Oh, and welcome to an additional addiction.(Here's some of my pending projects)
1970 Cuda
8324
1970 Cutlass
8325

[konichd]

Jeff,
I want that cutlass! Would like to do a 442 W-30 replica. Or strip that bitch down and throw in a LS1 and do a "resto-mod" that Olds is a fine lookin' machine!

[Spy007]

I love the 70/71 cuda's!

Which engine is it?

[konichd]

^^^I think Jeff said a 340, no 383 or 440. However Jeff should "dump a Hemi in it" and say hello to 6 figures at Barret Jackson.

Derek, hell with the 5.0 motor, find a new 4.6 cobra motor and throw it in there!

[Spy007]

The hemi or the 440 six pack... mmmmmm

[konichd]

Get a date-coded Hemi and say hello to retirement Jeff!

Dereck needs a Hotchkis (SP) suspension on that Ford!

[puckstr]

Nice find and it came with a set Weld Wheels?

[Sortarican]

...I want that cutlass! Would like to do a 442 W-30 replica. Or strip that bitch down and throw in a LS1 and do a "resto-mod" that Olds is a fine lookin' machine!
Great ideas. The "clone" cars and update conversion cars are even starting to fetch some real money.
I may actually be interested in selling the Cutlass, we'll have to talk DK.

I originally bought it to practice my bodywork/welding skills before tearing into the Cuda, but now have too many projects.
('77 Vette (aka: Barbies Dream Vette), '87 LaBaron Covert. for my grandaughter, '81 CJ5, finish the RD350, fix the Triumph, do something with the CBR F1, Harley Hello Kitty concept, plus keeping my commuter car and R6 running.)

The Cuda is a clone with some updates, it was originally a 318 car.
Currently it has a 340 out of a '72 challenger in it.
Was going to do an engine rebuild but after doing the math have pretty much decided to go with a magnum 360 crate motor (390hp vers).
I'd love an elephant motor but at 14K plus all the upgrades needed to handle a hemi it's overkill.
They've come out with some small block strokers that are in the 4 & 5 hundred horse/torque range and run on pump gas that I might look into too.

[konichd]

^^Tell me that sweet cutty is rolling on factory 14" rally rims? Also does the dust cover bolt(5) from the inside?

I got cutty fever!

[konichd]

Derek, are you doing a full frame off-resto or just "refreshing" it?

[Sortarican]

^^Tell me that sweet cutty is rolling on factory 14" rally rims? Also does the dust cover bolt(5) from the inside?

:yes: Factory rally 14's.
I think I'm missing a hub cover or two though.

[konichd]

^^^I can get the trim besils and caps from Year One. The rims are the hardest part to find. Although the trim and cap are about 200 per wheel. :(

Since that is a cutlass "S" is there louvers in the hood?

[Snowman]

Hey, I have one of those…
Although I’ve been working on this for 8 years now. Just one of my never ending projects.:)

1989 Camaro RS
http://rapidferretracing.com/Automobiles/Images/1989_Chevrolet_Carmaro_RS-1.JPG

This has to be the most redneck Camaro out there...

[konichd]

Working on the camaro for 8 years or your mullet? :dunno:

[Snowman]

Not enough hair for the mullet....

[konichd]

No T-tops Randall? WTF?

[Snowman]

Maybe later, I can take a chainsaw to roof and make a convertible…

[derekm]

Derek, are you doing a full frame off-resto or just "refreshing" it? refresh and update

[konichd]

What other goodies besides the motor and interior?

[Sortarican]

^^^I can get the trim besils and caps from Year One. The rims are the hardest part to find. Although the trim and cap are about 200 per wheel. :(
Since that is a cutlass "S" is there louvers in the hood?

Year One is the shit but the prices show they're proud of that fact.
I prefer Brothers, descent quality and a bit cheaper.

No louvers in the hood. I thought that was a 442/w-30/convertable thing.
(BTW, it's a plain jane 350 auto)

[derekm]

What other goodies besides the motor and interior?
dunno, I'll play it by ear.. haha I did some priming, foam cutting and cheap covering today. I need to pull the carb and take it into work, its leking from the ac. pump area up front.
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[DavidofColorado]

The Accelorator pump area are also the over flow vents. The floats could be sticking. You might want to run it a while or tap the carb gently with a handle of a screw driver or both and see if it stops.

[derekm]

The Accelorator pump area are also the over flow vents. The floats could be sticking. You might want to run it a while or tap the carb gently with a handle of a screw driver or both and see if it stops.
I was just gonna take it off n clean it out, when u punch it, it pops and chuggs, then takes off. Maybe Ill go do that now since tommes flight is delayed. heres what I started with this am.
http://a71.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/38/l_9c461586b3c97bc518f76885d68fc7b6.jpg

[DavidofColorado]

Needs a little love.

[derekm]

http://a719.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/110/l_04b3e8e86e95791c5d5742691841df3e.jpg

[DavidofColorado]

Nice job. I did the same thing to my Mustang. Someone gave me some cherry stock seats for the back before I even had the car and it slipped right in. I was having the same problem with overflow on mine and I ran it some more lately and its stopped flowing out the top there. A rebuild or a through cleaning of the carb and its parts never hurt either when a car has been sitting for a long time. (Works on bikes too)

[Jeffro]

Here's a pic of my '66 fairlane I restored. Good luck on your project.

[DavidofColorado]

Jeffro why does that look like a GTO like the in XXX? Just wondering?

[Jeffro]

Jeffro why does that look like a GTO like the in XXX? Just wondering?

because they copied me. Just last week I had a guy in a RV next to me at a stop light tell me "that's a nice GTO". You would be amazed at how many people think it is a nova, impala or whatever else. Anybody that knows anything about old cars can tell from the front and rear lights that it is a ford.

[DavidofColorado]

Not my old car of choice. I would have thought it was a pontiac for sure. Its the headlight that do that.

[derekm]

Here's a pic of my '66 fairlane I restored. Good luck on your project.
fucking sick.

[konichd]

Not my old car of choice. I would have thought it was a pontiac for sure. Its the headlight that do that.

I was thinking it was a Tempest! :lol: Nice car even for a Ford.

[Sortarican]

I was thinking it was a Tempest! :lol: .

...and I thought it was a LaMans.

[konichd]

^^What a Grand Prix? :dunno:

[Sortarican]

^^What a Grand Prix? :dunno:

Yes.... you are a grand prick DK.

A friend of mine had a car we used to call "The Pseudo-Goat".
It was a Tempest with a GTO front clip and LaMans doors and trunk.
He kept the badging on all the parts so it was confusing as hell to people.

On top of that his older brother worked at an auto paint shop and saved the leftover paint from a dozen or so spray jobs and they put a diagonal stripe of each color across the car.
It looked like a godamn rolling color sample card.

[konichd]

Sell me the CUTTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sortarican]

Sell me the CUTTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Come to Boston's tonight and we'll talk.

[konichd]

Can't make it to Boston's tonight. I have to cut out nekkid bitches for my Johnny Rock Page project :)

I'm going to paint it white, just like this rally 350. THE STORMTROOPER LIVES!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sortarican]

Can't decide wether to do the Cuda in Vitamin C Orange like my first Cuda was (except with flat black hood and rockers):
http://www.collectormotors.com/images/1970Cuda2.jpg

Or Lemon Twist Yellow (also with flat black rockers)
http://www.stockmopar.com/_images/cuda/1970-lemon-twist-plymouth-aar-cuda-pictures/original/1970-lemon-twist-plymouth-aar-cuda-pictures-thumb.jpg

[derekm]

2 tone prime job! lol
http://a538.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/103/l_0d37265a83b30260a6e8961f119c9f01.jpg

[Wahooman]

Jeff,
I want that cutlass! Would like to do a 442 W-30 replica. Or strip that bitch down and throw in a LS1 and do a "resto-mod" that Olds is a fine lookin' machine!

We have a 1970 Old 442 W30--MINT. Freakin thing is sweet, just too bad it doesn't get taken out more. I will post some pics once i get home. I think its been driven about 20 miles in the past 3 years...LOL. 2 local car shows that is about it probably.

[derekm]

This past weekend-
-Primed from the trim up(after stripping all that rust)
-Installed all the missing lug nuts/locking lugs
-Edelbrock Performer carb., new air & fuel filters
-Laid carpet on the dash & rear deck(after fabbing a new one w/ cardboard)
-New head lamps and installed light bezels
-Installed lap belts, got it registered & insured

This week-
-alignment & balance wheels
-new brake shoes, hardware & fluid
-floor mats & installing rear side panels
-purchased the 3 pack of 1.5" white face gauges... reto- fitting gauges & tach into the stock dash behind the plastic covering
-I'm thinking mini tach to the right of the speedo where the clock would be & 3 pack of gauges where the stock radio sits (far right) since theres already a din sized cut out just to the right of the ign. switch.
http://a119.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/76/l_c5128446744ac3bcb62697cbec14c28e.jpg
Also gonna dump the exhaust out in front of the rear tires.
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[derekm]

I took it up to my families place (weld county) it was about 80 round trip miles on the highway, this car rides and drives like a dream!

[DavidofColorado]

This past weekend-
-Primed from the trim up(after stripping all that rust)
-Installed all the missing lug nuts/locking lugs
-Edelbrock Performer carb., new air & fuel filters
-Laid carpet on the dash & rear deck(after fabbing a new one w/ cardboard)


Cool, cool... wait what is that about carpet on the dash?

[derekm]

the dash is badly cracked, so I covered the top of it w. blck carpet 9 car toys uses it for speaker boxes, ect...)
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[Sortarican]

2 tone prime job! lol

Classic.
Say what you want, but primer just screams:
"Yeah she'll be pretty someday, but for now I'm workin on speed."


We have a 1970 Old 442 W30--MINT..... I think its been driven about 20 miles in the past 3 years...

OK, that's a crime.
As a favor I'd be happy to put a couple (hundred) miles on it for you.
Just in the name of keeping the suspension and seals lubed up of course.

[Stuart Little]

Can't decide wether to do the Cuda in Vitamin C Orange like my first Cuda was (except with flat black hood and rockers):
http://www.collectormotors.com/images/1970Cuda2.jpg

Or Lemon Twist Yellow (also with flat black rockers)
http://www.stockmopar.com/_images/cuda/1970-lemon-twist-plymouth-aar-cuda-pictures/original/1970-lemon-twist-plymouth-aar-cuda-pictures-thumb.jpg

ORANGE all the way, no exception!

[derekm]

yay, I got an extra dash assm so I modded this one, I'm trying to find a mini-tach for the clock insert just to the right of the speedo
http://a682.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/31/l_4cef27b497fc7808e1a036ad5a19f691.jpg

[DavidofColorado]

OK, that's a crime.
As a favor I'd be happy to put a couple (hundred) miles on it for you.
Just in the name of keeping the suspension and seals lubed up of course.


I will go with him to make sure he stays out of trouble and doesn't just run it up on jack stands to get the mileage up.

[DavidofColorado]

Nice pics.

I am having a delema about my own money pit. I am wondering if I should restore it since its mostly original anyway. Or drop the 5.0 in it for the power?

Sorry about the highjack but I was wondering what some of the experts think about it?

[DavidofColorado]

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[derekm]

im gonna do the 5.o/aod you can google articles about it, heres 1 i have marked...
http://www.mustangandfords.com/howto/16159_engine_aod_transmission_swap/index.html

[Dr. Joe Siphek]

Jeff go w/ the Green one!
http://dw3066.k12.sd.us/cars/green%20cuda.jpg

Derek...looking good, nice to see someone actually start the restore when they say they are...most people buy, talk about restoring and then never do. Keep updating this thread.

[Sortarican]

Jeff go w/ the Green one!.

Ahhh....Sub-Lime....a true 70's classic.
(I want to do a Dodge Dart in the sublime green with the black lateral racing stripe on the trunk.)

[derekm]

love this thing!
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=38617855

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=38618040

[puckstr]

Damn nice vid. Love the "Second Gear CHIRP. SWEET



And Jeff
I still prefer the SUPERBIRD. The original WING.

http://www.musclecarclub.com/musclecars/plymouth-superbird/images/plymouth-superbird-1a.jpg

[derekm]

new pix from tonight-7.17.2008
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=1517128&albumId=1615085
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[derekm]

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[pilot]

Ahhh....Sub-Lime....a true 70's classic.
(I want to do a Dodge Dart in the sublime green with the black lateral racing stripe on the trunk.)Darted way back in the 70's with a 68.

Keep up the work on the car. That is going to be a beauty when she is done. Nice speedo--all the way, left to right on the dash, nice.

[derekm]

in the last pic u can see where I flushed the tach to the right of the speedo :)

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