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Forum Name: 1972-1976 Ford and Mercury
Forum Description: Technical discussion for 1972-1976 Ford and Mercury
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Topic: my 73
Posted By: dspring107
Subject: my 73
Date Posted: 01-February-2009 at 4:28PM

before
so far



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Posted By: starsky76
Date Posted: 01-February-2009 at 4:32PM
Man,that car looked really good in the before photo!It looks like you going the route I did,full resto.Is that the current state,any more done on it?


Posted By: dspring107
Date Posted: 01-February-2009 at 4:37PM
getting frame out of paint booth early this week and yes on the full resto.
the was in pretty good shape at 20 ft away and drove like s#@$.


Posted By: Eliteman76
Date Posted: 01-February-2009 at 4:39PM
I second that, she looked clean.
 
Why the reason for teardown?
 
Andy


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Andrew:GTS.ORG admin, '72 Q code 5 speed Restomod
Pondering: #99Problems


Posted By: dspring107
Date Posted: 01-February-2009 at 4:50PM
the guy i got it from put fresh paint on it and was it. like i said don't look at it to close the under carriage was shot plus a of other problems. i'll to keep this up to date. the tear down took 4 months.not sure how long the rebuild will take.


Posted By: Eliteman76
Date Posted: 01-February-2009 at 5:05PM
Ah...LOL...dude I wish my teardown was that short.
I think I am on year 9 of my 10 year plan.
 
LOL
 
I like that look though...going to go original, or a different direction?
 
Andy


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Andrew:GTS.ORG admin, '72 Q code 5 speed Restomod
Pondering: #99Problems


Posted By: dspring107
Date Posted: 02-February-2009 at 12:32AM
Going original with a little bit more under the hood say about 350hp.


Posted By: BBPeik
Date Posted: 02-February-2009 at 2:41AM
Looks like quite a project.  Keep us updated. What kind of motor is in there?

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1973 Gran Torino Sport 357 Cleveland FMX 3.50 auburn pro posi 1969 Black Jade


Posted By: dspring107
Date Posted: 02-February-2009 at 6:56AM
351 c fmx trans not to happy about tran but will see maybe a c6 down the road.


Posted By: dspring107
Date Posted: 02-February-2009 at 7:07AM





This was taken day i decided total rebuild. no looking back now


Posted By: dspring107
Date Posted: 02-February-2009 at 8:46AM



after the sandblasting






picked up today from paint shop. had to go to work after i unloaded it. maybe the weekend.


Posted By: starsky76
Date Posted: 02-February-2009 at 3:51PM
Looks like mine when I started.Looks great,you have a long road ahead.You going to do week by week updates?I'd like to see someone else put one together now that mines almost done.


Posted By: castillo
Date Posted: 02-February-2009 at 4:14PM
You didn't happen to mark down any paint markings


Posted By: dspring107
Date Posted: 02-February-2009 at 4:37PM
Yes i plan on keeping the site updated. i work out town all week so the weekend is all i have to work on it. plus i have honey do list so iam guesting its going to be slow.
i did find a couple paint markings one on the rearend not sure what its for.


Posted By: crispy23c
Date Posted: 02-February-2009 at 8:28PM
DANG!  Wish my '73 looked that good before I started!  Keep posting  pics!

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Chris P. '73 GTS FastBack 351CJ-4V Triple black


"Live free or die: Death is not the worst of evils." - Gen. John Stark


Posted By: legend onirot
Date Posted: 03-February-2009 at 1:35PM
whats wrong with the fmx transmission?  i have one in mine and i was told it was a heavy duty racing transmission... no good?


Posted By: dspring107
Date Posted: 03-February-2009 at 1:39PM
nothing wrong with the fmx i here the c6 is much better that all.if i don't find one close real cheap i'll have a fmx and love it.


Posted By: BBPeik
Date Posted: 03-February-2009 at 1:57PM
My FMX seems to work fine.  It is not as tough as the c6,  but they work real good.  Especially with a higher stall torque converter.

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1973 Gran Torino Sport 357 Cleveland FMX 3.50 auburn pro posi 1969 Black Jade


Posted By: dspring107
Date Posted: 04-February-2009 at 4:05PM
Can someone tell me if bucket seats & center console from a 73 cougar fit in a 73 gran torino.


Posted By: starsky76
Date Posted: 04-February-2009 at 5:29PM
Yes they will,but seat cover pattern is probably different.


Posted By: dspring107
Date Posted: 05-February-2009 at 1:16AM
Thanks i plan on recovering them from dearborn just making sure the seats were the same style & console was the same size i found a rx7 not to far away going to look this weekeng,


Posted By: crispy23c
Date Posted: 05-February-2009 at 11:48PM
I found out that Torino buckets are exclusive.  Guys at Dearborn Classics told me Cougar seats are narrower, I would re-verify before you buy!

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Chris P. '73 GTS FastBack 351CJ-4V Triple black


"Live free or die: Death is not the worst of evils." - Gen. John Stark


Posted By: dspring107
Date Posted: 27-February-2009 at 11:00AM


Posted By: dspring107
Date Posted: 27-February-2009 at 11:10AM
need a little help here trying to press in all bushing upper,lower not going so good everything keeps close-in up  


Posted By: ramair351
Date Posted: 27-February-2009 at 11:13AM
73 cougar is 71-73 mustang based, so console and seats are not desinged for that floorplan. maybe a 74

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-Pete
1972 montego GT
1970 Torino cobra SCJ
1970 mustang mach 1
1965 Falcon futura





Posted By: dspring107
Date Posted: 15-March-2009 at 2:20PM


Posted By: dspring107
Date Posted: 15-March-2009 at 2:31PM
Well its been awhile but was able to work to work on the car today. wish i could have got more done.



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