1973 Gran Torino progress

Hi,

I'm Ilyes, 22 years old, french and algerian, and i moved to NY 5 months ago  :D  . I bought my car last week, and i can't wait to put my hand on it  :twisted:  .
The car is in a pretty good shape as far as i've seen, got some rust in the trunk, in the engine bay, but it's just a minor rust, some grinding will make this go away.
The car has been built in Canada, it's a 302 engine with a c4 tranny, there was a vinyl top but it's gone, and i think i will paint all the car, so bye bye the vinyl. the interior is in a god shape, just need to fix the front sit and the dashboard. When i saw the car, i don't even take a ride, the guy just started it, the carburator needs some tuning cause the engine have some issu to run without your feet on the gas, but the shape of the car convince me  8)  and for the price, i think it's ok. I've been looking everywhere since November, so i was also sick to wait again.

No, no more talking, pictures time  :P

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Edited by ilyes - 10-March-2011 at 8:20PM

lol, a friend of mine told me the same thing, no, as soon as i have some money for a stock wheel, this one go away

i don't know, it was in the car when i bought it, if you want, i can check the brand for you

I like your choice of car! By the way, do the red buttons on the steering wheel activate the lasers?

Dude! Rocket Launchers...Nice! A little messy for my liking, but still effective. 

i take my car back today. After few phone calls, i was feeling great, because the cheapest towing company around NY asked me 200$ . But, finally, i found a company on craiglist for just 125$  :D . So, the car left her old house on a flatbed to make it to my garage  8) .

before gettin on the truck

Enjoy the trill.  Take loads of 'before' pics :)

well, i,ve spend few hours on the car yesterday, and work is goin well. I found the sheet factory behind the back seat, and another one behind a panel  Car was loaded of coins, there was nearly 10$ in coins . And under the front seat, i've found a special object

need some grinding, primer, new sound deadener and for the carpet, i'm not sure, the stock one or a new one, in one piece, i'm in the garage now, and neighboor had not securised is network connection , so work is still in progress, just take out the dashboard, when this floor shifter go away, i can remove the carpet , i'll take some pictures later

end of the first week end, all the interior is gone, except the headliner, i will chane it next year. Next time, it's gonna be a grinding week end  8)

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my mountain of parts, it keeps growing  :lol:

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