tarafied1
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I originally bought a 67 coupe from John to make a drag car. Some here contributed parts (which I still have). The car was rust free but had been rear-ended hard and needed a lot of work. When my friend kept bugging me to sell it (he did a fastback roof swap and made an Eleanor out of it), I thought I would find a better car. I found a 64 Falcon. It was pretty solid but needed a lot of parts. I bought a 65 coupe parts car that I thought would be a better car so I sold the Falcon to Joey (he still has it). The 65 needed front frame rails. So i sectioned in a 68 front clip from the fastback my friend had cut the roof off of. Then that same friend offered me a 65 Fastback and coupe parts car that I thought would be even better so I sold the FrankenStang 65/68 car and focused on the new 65. But still a pretty big project just to get a solid platform. So when Jeff was hunting for a fastback project we struck a deal and I will deliver it to him this week.
So having said all that, I am focused on finding a car that will not require any bodywork or major structural repair. I have the drivetrian mostly gathered up. I have a Currie 31 spline 9" rear from BobV that came out of his Saleen (I traded an 8.8 for it), a rebuilt 94 Cobra shortblock with a E303 cam and lots of hipo top end goodies like ported heads with big valve and roller rockers, etc. Mallory electronic ignition distributor, Holley 650 and intake. I have a T5 from Bill that is out of a 94 also (needs to be rebuilt) and a C4. I even have an AOD and a 4R70W doner for the guts to put into the AOD. I have all the parts to put a front sump on the 5.0 from a 289 and of course it is setup now as a rear sump from the 94. All three transmission will fit about any Ford body. The rear is set up for a Fox or SN95.
So my best option would be a Fox body as nearly everything will bolt in and they are cheap as well as light. An SN95 would work too, I V6 with the 3.8 is basically a sawed off 302 so the 5.0 would fit all the way up to a 2004. The engine is in fact from an SN95 (94 Cobra) and I have the remote oil cooler, motor mounts, underdrive pulleys, etc. I have long tube headers for a 65 that may fit a fox or SN95(?).
But I really like classic cars better. I just can't seam to find one I can afford that I could drop the drivetrain into.
What to do...
So having said all that, I am focused on finding a car that will not require any bodywork or major structural repair. I have the drivetrian mostly gathered up. I have a Currie 31 spline 9" rear from BobV that came out of his Saleen (I traded an 8.8 for it), a rebuilt 94 Cobra shortblock with a E303 cam and lots of hipo top end goodies like ported heads with big valve and roller rockers, etc. Mallory electronic ignition distributor, Holley 650 and intake. I have a T5 from Bill that is out of a 94 also (needs to be rebuilt) and a C4. I even have an AOD and a 4R70W doner for the guts to put into the AOD. I have all the parts to put a front sump on the 5.0 from a 289 and of course it is setup now as a rear sump from the 94. All three transmission will fit about any Ford body. The rear is set up for a Fox or SN95.
So my best option would be a Fox body as nearly everything will bolt in and they are cheap as well as light. An SN95 would work too, I V6 with the 3.8 is basically a sawed off 302 so the 5.0 would fit all the way up to a 2004. The engine is in fact from an SN95 (94 Cobra) and I have the remote oil cooler, motor mounts, underdrive pulleys, etc. I have long tube headers for a 65 that may fit a fox or SN95(?).
But I really like classic cars better. I just can't seam to find one I can afford that I could drop the drivetrain into.
What to do...
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