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My first non-Ford in over a decade:

Reply #75 –
Looking nice:D .  you people in Florida who can work on your cars in the winter without a garage heater:flip:
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

My first non-Ford in over a decade:

Reply #76 –
Heh.. I was just out cleaning up some stray spray-grease from the windows with some Simple Green, and using said Simple Green and a toothbrush to clean 21 years of grime off the pedals and floor mat.. and it was 57 degrees out there. Popped in a 'Floyd CD and just got to work for about 20 minutes.

Going to add a couple more interior lights wired into the dome light circuit.. thinking I'll go blue LEDs with those and with the main dome light. (or white LEDs, since they're modified blue LEDs from what I gather) My T-bird has blue lights inside and I like it with a blue interior.. gives it a little extra crisp/clean look to the interior at night. Need to do the same to the Mark.

Heh.. 3 vehicles, 3 blue interiors, 3 light blue exteriors.. go figure.

My first non-Ford in over a decade:

Reply #77 –
Today's pics: The painting I did on the bumper late yesterday. Not meant to look perfect, just better than it did before.

My first non-Ford in over a decade:

Reply #78 –
Your gona go broke buying all these little things for that truck.
One 88

My first non-Ford in over a decade:

Reply #79 –
That was paint I already had on-hand. I've bought three cans of Storm Gray so far, maybe four. Down to a little over one can. Still have a little over a can's worth of clearcoat, too.

The gauges I see as a necessity. All the truck had was speedo, fuel, and ammeter. (and idiot lights)

I have to get new belts for it, which should be about $42 plus tax. I think the vacuum gauge I wanted was only around $24.. plus a few bucks for the extra hardware to mount them the way I want them mounted. After that I should be set for awhile. I'll have spent around $300 on it total, I think. Got it for free via the inheritance thing.. and the tag and insurance deposit cost me more than I'll have spent on the truck so far. (just shy of $200 at the tag office, $160 or so to the insurance company)

My first non-Ford in over a decade:

Reply #80 –
I got one for you if you're looking to do a newer 318 magnum swap. Well I don't know where its going to end up, maybe on ebay or something.

My dad had an '01 Ram and a couple weeks ago it was totaled by some fool who ran a stop sign and hit the right front of him.
Back in March, he just put in a new Jasper 318 that was supposedly more performance oriented than a standard issue 318. I don't know the specifics or what was different, maybe the cam was a little different:dunno: In April, the tranny was rebuilt.
So his truck was totaled with less than 10,000 miles on the engine and transmission.
Probably couldn't find anything better than that to swap in as far as cost effectiveness goes.

So keep an eye out;)
Black and silver, extended cab, short bed with right front damage
 

My first non-Ford in over a decade:

Reply #81 –
That's always a possibility.

Couple more pics today, of the remaining dash vents painted to match the instrument cluster: