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Psquare75 
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 Posted: 01-February-2010 at 12:50PM |
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Fixed a broken trunk light (body shop cut the wire on the guy when they painted the car), added a license plate frame for some bling, and added a hood insulation pad I bought for 'my' Cougar, but I can't use it with the scoop.. Amazing how much they quiet the car down.
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77 XR7 460/C6/3.00:1 *SOLD* 78 XR7 523/C6/3.5:1 79 F100 460/TKO500/3.25:1 'I also have some left over potatoes-I understand you can generate electricity from them'- Foote500 |
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Posted: 02-February-2010 at 12:24PM |
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I REALLY like the look of this car. I bet with the 460, wide ratio C6, and the 2.47s It probably scoots pretty well yet cruises like a dream!
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1972 Gran Torino Sport 4Spd 1974 Montego wagon "GT" with GT hood, correct buckets seats, console, and floor shift 2013 Focus 5 speed- Daily driver |
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Psquare75
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Posted: 03-February-2010 at 3:04PM |
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77 XR7 460/C6/3.00:1 *SOLD* 78 XR7 523/C6/3.5:1 79 F100 460/TKO500/3.25:1 'I also have some left over potatoes-I understand you can generate electricity from them'- Foote500 |
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Turbo301
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Posted: 04-February-2010 at 5:18AM |
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Nice lookin' air cleaner! That'll look much better under the hood than what's there :).
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Psquare75
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Posted: 04-February-2010 at 8:59AM |
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Thanks! It should warm up much quicker with the hot air tube hooked up.
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Paul
77 XR7 460/C6/3.00:1 *SOLD* 78 XR7 523/C6/3.5:1 79 F100 460/TKO500/3.25:1 'I also have some left over potatoes-I understand you can generate electricity from them'- Foote500 |
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Turbo301
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Posted: 04-February-2010 at 9:07AM |
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I wish my car had its hot air tube. I don't know where it and the bracket on the exhaust manifold went! How do you lose that part LOL?
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Psquare75
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Posted: 04-February-2010 at 9:10AM |
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They rot off and disintegrate.
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77 XR7 460/C6/3.00:1 *SOLD* 78 XR7 523/C6/3.5:1 79 F100 460/TKO500/3.25:1 'I also have some left over potatoes-I understand you can generate electricity from them'- Foote500 |
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Turbo301
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Posted: 04-February-2010 at 9:14AM |
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The riser tubes, yeah, but not the shield on the exhaust manifold! I'm missing that, too... maybe it's to look more hot-roddy? I dunno, the previous owners of my car were weird.
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Psquare75
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Posted: 04-February-2010 at 9:15AM |
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I was referring to teh shield on the manifold. Whenever I hit junkyards around there, they are in various stages of decay.
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Paul
77 XR7 460/C6/3.00:1 *SOLD* 78 XR7 523/C6/3.5:1 79 F100 460/TKO500/3.25:1 'I also have some left over potatoes-I understand you can generate electricity from them'- Foote500 |
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Turbo301
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Posted: 04-February-2010 at 9:19AM |
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Oh wow, really? Still, with the engine bay of my car being in fairly good shape - even the original spark plug mounts are there - I would have thought it'd be in okay shape. I think someone removed it and just couldn't be bothered to put it back because it's a "fair weather" car.
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Psquare75
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Posted: 04-February-2010 at 9:25AM |
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That could be. look around the exhaust manifold bolts for evidence of the riser being there.
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Paul
77 XR7 460/C6/3.00:1 *SOLD* 78 XR7 523/C6/3.5:1 79 F100 460/TKO500/3.25:1 'I also have some left over potatoes-I understand you can generate electricity from them'- Foote500 |
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Psquare75
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Posted: 07-February-2010 at 12:32PM |
 Now I know why ever 70s car had one of these wraps. I got one. NIGHT AND DAY! |
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77 XR7 460/C6/3.00:1 *SOLD* 78 XR7 523/C6/3.5:1 79 F100 460/TKO500/3.25:1 'I also have some left over potatoes-I understand you can generate electricity from them'- Foote500 |
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Turbo301
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Posted: 07-February-2010 at 11:31PM |
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Hmmm, I have to say I've never liked the look of those.... but then again, I actually really like the super-shiny, hard and smooth feel of the thin wheel - it's not a feeling you get on a new car!
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Psquare75
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Posted: 08-February-2010 at 1:11AM |
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It's not the look, it's the feeling of grasping a steering wheel with a girth smaller than my thumb. My wheel had a few cracks in the rim as well. Budget fix! :)
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Paul
77 XR7 460/C6/3.00:1 *SOLD* 78 XR7 523/C6/3.5:1 79 F100 460/TKO500/3.25:1 'I also have some left over potatoes-I understand you can generate electricity from them'- Foote500 |
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Posted: 08-February-2010 at 5:01AM |
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I think the $4 steering wheel cover cheapens the car.
I'm not saying this because I don't like them, because I DO! But because once that steering wheel cover goes on, there is another layer of separation between the driver and the car. I feel disconnected from a vehicle with one of these covers. I feel like I don't care for the car any more, I just care about myself and not wanting steering wheel sticky on me, and the car becomes a dirty object I must not touch. It's totally psychosomatic. I'll keep my stock skinny plastic wheel until it crumbles to a bare metal wire. Now if I pick up say, a '98 Corolla to bang around in as a commuter, well, that car already has no character, no personality, and no soul. I'll buy the cheap Walmart steering wheel cover on the way home from the seller's place, if not on the way THERE. |
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Psquare75
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Posted: 08-February-2010 at 5:26AM |
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Meh. It's one of those things that looks awful, but I can't stand the thin wheel.
 Main reason I put the 'sport' wheel in my 78. This car doesn't exactly lend itself to 'driving feel' with a 4 turn steering box. 
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Paul
77 XR7 460/C6/3.00:1 *SOLD* 78 XR7 523/C6/3.5:1 79 F100 460/TKO500/3.25:1 'I also have some left over potatoes-I understand you can generate electricity from them'- Foote500 |
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Psquare75
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Posted: 09-February-2010 at 3:03AM |
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Unofficial gas mileage check. 12-13 MPG combined, in 30 degree weather. I really can't complain with that.
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Paul
77 XR7 460/C6/3.00:1 *SOLD* 78 XR7 523/C6/3.5:1 79 F100 460/TKO500/3.25:1 'I also have some left over potatoes-I understand you can generate electricity from them'- Foote500 |
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Posted: 24-March-2010 at 12:39PM |
Fixed the door speaker grills.  OEM air cleaner I rebuilt.
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Paul
77 XR7 460/C6/3.00:1 *SOLD* 78 XR7 523/C6/3.5:1 79 F100 460/TKO500/3.25:1 'I also have some left over potatoes-I understand you can generate electricity from them'- Foote500 |
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Posted: 24-March-2010 at 10:20PM |
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I'm liking that air cleaner!
BTW what do you plan to use, if anything, to re-do the chrome trim on the inside of the door panels (around the fake wood)? I am in the process of redoing mine (at the strip-off-what's-left stage), and plan on using "Bare Metal Foil"; It should look good, but I also anticipate it taking forever to apply, so I just wondered if you had a better alternative.
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Posted: 25-March-2010 at 12:38AM |
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I'm not even bothering. This car is a driver :)
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Paul
77 XR7 460/C6/3.00:1 *SOLD* 78 XR7 523/C6/3.5:1 79 F100 460/TKO500/3.25:1 'I also have some left over potatoes-I understand you can generate electricity from them'- Foote500 |
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Posted: 09-April-2010 at 1:22AM |
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Now with stripes! Nothing crazy, just like OEM. I added mirror stripes.
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Paul
77 XR7 460/C6/3.00:1 *SOLD* 78 XR7 523/C6/3.5:1 79 F100 460/TKO500/3.25:1 'I also have some left over potatoes-I understand you can generate electricity from them'- Foote500 |
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Posted: 09-April-2010 at 2:15AM |
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Beautiful! Did you have a kit to do this with, or just bulk roll? Or is it painted on with a stencil?
Also, is the striping around the rear view mirror stock? It looks cool.
This car is looking awesome now, with the pinstripes and the stock wheels.
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Posted: 09-April-2010 at 2:53AM |
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Bulk roll from Pep Boy's. The mirror striping isn't stock but I've seen it on several cars of the era. The stripes definitely change the car for the better :).
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77 XR7 460/C6/3.00:1 *SOLD* 78 XR7 523/C6/3.5:1 79 F100 460/TKO500/3.25:1 'I also have some left over potatoes-I understand you can generate electricity from them'- Foote500 |
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Posted: 09-April-2010 at 9:09AM |
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Another gas mileage check, driving "normally". 10.84 MPG. mostly city/backroads.
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Posted: 09-April-2010 at 9:11AM |
I especially like them on the hood and trunk. I can still see the "bumps" where my striping is under my car's newer paint, and I've been tempted to re-stripe it... how hard was it, and how long did it take you (and did you have help, too)?
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Posted: 09-April-2010 at 9:21AM |
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Easy, about an hour for the entire car, and no, just another set of eyes to say "that doesnt look straight" here or there.
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77 XR7 460/C6/3.00:1 *SOLD* 78 XR7 523/C6/3.5:1 79 F100 460/TKO500/3.25:1 'I also have some left over potatoes-I understand you can generate electricity from them'- Foote500 |
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Posted: 11-April-2010 at 12:17AM |
Did you follow any existing paint stripe "bumps" through your paint, or did you not have to worry about that? I would foresee that as a big pain in the butt!
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Posted: 11-April-2010 at 3:12AM |
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Nope, I just went and did it. My car was repainted.
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Posted: 11-April-2010 at 7:52AM |
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Striping is not that hard.
make sure the surface is clean
Keep a length an inch or more beyond the start point
Stick it good at the start point
Run a LONG length of striping and then push it on to the car at the end of the run.
That gets it straight.
turns... a little more involved!
LOOKS GREAT!!!!
Love the touch of the stripes around the mirrors!
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Posted: 11-April-2010 at 10:34AM |
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looks great!
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