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StarskyHutch75
New Member Joined: 01-March-2019 Location: Manassas VA Status: Offline Points: 11 |
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Posted: 01-March-2019 at 11:13AM |
Hello my fellow Ford enthusiasts. I'm the proud owner of a not so perfect 75 Gran Torino painted like the striped tomato. I installed a mildly built 408 last year and I'm in the process of getting the transmission rebuilt. I love looking around at what everyone else has and getting some insight on tips and tricks for problems that I may run into. Also it would be nice to find some parts that I'm missing.
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72FordGTS
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Welcome to the forum! What engine is your 408 based on? We'd love to see some pics and hear more details on your car.
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Vince
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californiajohnny
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welcome! what parts are you needing?
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JOHN
74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
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StarskyHutch75
New Member Joined: 01-March-2019 Location: Manassas VA Status: Offline Points: 11 |
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My motor is built off of a 351w. I've been searching for some wheel well chrome/mouldings...I dont need them but they'd sure bring the look of the car together. I'm also having trouble finding a column shifter cable for my c4
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californiajohnny
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the wheel well moldings are "holy grail" items! i have several good shift cables a couple from fmx's and 1 from a c-6 i should have the 1 from my buddy's c-4 somewhere as we swapped it for a floor shift set up...
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JOHN
74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
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StarskyHutch75
New Member Joined: 01-March-2019 Location: Manassas VA Status: Offline Points: 11 |
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That's what it feels like with the wheel well mouldings. I'm also curious about my driver side windshield wiper arm. The owner before me put a weak spring on the arm so it doesnt hug the windshield like it should. I dont drive in the rain but I'm curious if I can find just a spring to make it work or if i should just look for a new wiper arm and hope that they include the spring
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StarskyHutch75
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72FordGTS
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The car looks great! It must move out well with that 408 stroker.
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Vince
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Bensport
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Really nice looking car... Welcome and glad to see another Va. member joining. I'm just down the road in Fredericksburg.. I've been thinking of turning my 302 into a stroker motor. I'm looking forward to taking my 73 to some local car shows this year so if you hear of any, let me know.
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Ben
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7T9_Tbird
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Nice setup! Is the distributor D.U.I. or Proform?
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John
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californiajohnny
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nice! looks like you have the rocker moldings, that's great because they are holy grail items as well!!!
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JOHN
74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
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StarskyHutch75
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It's a proform distributor. I originally had a summit brand distributor but the cap ended up busting somehow when I was driving one time so I went with my current setup
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californiajohnny
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hmm strange. i have one on mine not from summit but i put their clear red cap on mine works fine
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JOHN
74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
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7T9_Tbird
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I haven't had any issues with the Proform unit, although the one I had in in My '73 Olds had a module failure...after about 10 years of service...
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John
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handsofstone
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Your car looks great. Or pissa as we like to say in New England.
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