"ImmoralMinority" (araimondo)
07/01/2017 at 11:43 • Filed to: None
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"ImmoralMinority" (araimondo)
07/01/2017 at 11:43 • Filed to: None | 1
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I have been primarily a “jap car” guy, as my FIL so eloquently put it, and I need help identifying the T Bird engine.
Can you tell me what it is?
Also, here is a sense of what we are looking at with this project.
There is a bird that goes here that I ordered from eBay yesterday.
Other than the rotted rear quarter panel, this spot on the roof is the worst of the rust.
Ripped passenger seat. This interior is really cool
Missing badge, also on its way from eBay.
The other side is intact.
A lot of what seems to be relatively minor rust, but it is all over the car. Advice?
Cracked dash after 47 years is no surprise.
Lots of missing and beat trim.
The chome is rough. Let me know if you have restoration advice.
There are a couple of nasty dents, and this one has rust.
All the weatherstripping has to get replaced
Door sill is damaged.
Really bad rubber. But those little windows roll down, which is cool as shit.
Someody bumped the nose, dented it, and fucked up the grill.
My dose!
We already have a replacement for this busted badge.
This will have to be dealt with.
The rubber on these is shot.
Lots o’ surface rust.
Damn, that is gorgeous.
Yep, that rubber is bad, too.
Man, I dig these windows.
Wrecked clearcoat.
This one is barely attached.
The springs and hinges for the hood are enormous.
I also registered the Sunchaser for the Japanese Classic Car Show in September, so I am on an automotive roll. It was a rough week, so this is kind of nice.
Hey....
shhh...
Wanna hear something? Follow me.
USA! USA!
Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
> ImmoralMinority
07/01/2017 at 13:17 |
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OEM was a 429 cobra jet, I guess if the block stamp matches the firewall stamp (if that’s a thing) then it’s a 429 cobra jet, but who the hell knows with a car this old it could be on it’s second or third engine.
brianbrannon
> ImmoralMinority
07/01/2017 at 13:17 |
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I put that same air cleaner on a 69 351 Windsor engine and it took some time to figure out the foam was blocking the carb vents and causing strange running issues
Sovande
> ImmoralMinority
07/01/2017 at 14:24 |
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“This car needs a ton of work, I better get some new badges.” Good luck with it. It’s a neat car with what looks like about $8000 in upcoming maintenance. Then another $6000 in paint and body work.
Junkrat aka Rick Sanchez: Fury Road Edition
> ImmoralMinority
07/01/2017 at 14:33 |
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It’s a Ford Windsor, probably a 351. Try this site out if you can find the stampings on the block/heads.
http://mustangtek.com/FordDecode.html
lone_liberal
> ImmoralMinority
07/01/2017 at 14:52 |
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I’m no Thunderbird expert but I think at this point they were big block only. I’d guess 429.
My X-type is too a real Jaguar
> ImmoralMinority
07/01/2017 at 15:44 |
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So which is bigger, the AC compressor in the T Bird or the engine in the Sun Chaser?
My bird IS the word
> ImmoralMinority
07/01/2017 at 18:29 |
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Please, get that edelbrock triangle of death off ASAP
Birddog
> ImmoralMinority
07/01/2017 at 22:17 |
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It’s a 429 Thunder Jet.