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A Dream Build...

78-84ish Ford Fairmont/Mercury Zephyr 2 door
3.0/3.2 SHO motor forged internals
Turbo or SC
narrowed Ford 9"
Tubbed/back halfed
5lug swap
cage
Fox Stang T-Top roof (best part of the dream)
Coilovers

Still in the air about having all the comfort items or not.
Kind of thinking about swapping some 85-86 Cougar tails into it.

Not all the way planned but rough idea. Something a little different.


Here is one with an LTD nose. Might be on the list too
1986 Cougar LS

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Reply #1 –
Someone linked me to that fairmont not too long ago. Two words BAD ASS. That thing is just pure awesome. People have done some of em up real nice...
1987 20th Anniversary Cougar, 302 "5.0" GT-40 heads (F3ZE '93 Cobra) and TMoss Ported H.O. intake, H.O. camshaft
2.5" Duals, no cats, Flowmaster 40s, Richmond 3.73s w/ Trac-Lok, maxed out Baumann shift kit, 3000 RPM Dirty Dog non-lock TC
Aside from the Mustang crinkle headers, still looks like it's only 150 HP...
1988 Black XR7 Trick Flow top end, Tremec 3550
1988 Black XR7 Procharger P600B intercooled, Edelbrock Performer non-RPM heads, GT40 intake AOD, 13 PSI @5000 RPM. 93 octane

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Reply #2 –
I love the Fairmonts!!! :burnout:
95 Ranger Splash 2.3
88 Tbird Sport :ies::ies:
5.0 SO, stainless shorty headers, w/ Magnaflow lers. KYB struts, KYB shocks. 5lug conversion from sn95 Mustang, subframe connectors, drilled and slotted rotors, 03 Mach 1 wheels. sequential taillights.140 speedo

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Reply #3 –
Why waste a high-winding SHO motor on a car with a tubbed 9" rear?
Long live the 4-eyes!  - '83 Tbird Turbo - '85 Marquis LTS - '86 LTD Wagon

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Reply #4 –
Quote from: Chuck W;253782
Why waste a high-winding SHO motor on a car with a tubbed 9" rear?


What would you suggest?
1986 Cougar LS

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Reply #5 –
Something built for the open road....
Long live the 4-eyes!  - '83 Tbird Turbo - '85 Marquis LTS - '86 LTD Wagon

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Reply #6 –
Should drop an IRS rear in it and scare the piss out of people on some nice back country winding roads.

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Reply #7 –
Quote from: slamedcat;253788
Should drop an IRS rear in it and scare the piss out of people on some nice back country winding roads.


I like the IRS idea
1986 Cougar LS

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Reply #8 –
Quote from: DVP;253784
What would you suggest?


big block  power or big cubes in small block 351W what could be better to do:burnout: ?? .

i tryed  to put the LTDII front end on my bright blue fairmont but it need the different rad sapport /two inner fenders to get LTDII fenders to  fit, so i put the fairmont front back on.

i like the zephyr better than fairmont because the merc has better fins in fender and gril. like below



but i like wagon better yet;



wish i cound find the  fairmont/zephyer pickup(durango?) to complete the collection.
remember it easier to fix them, than to find them after they been crushed.

V6 = juvenile delinquency!
 

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Reply #9 –
I was looking for a Fairmont when I ended up with my t-bird. The neighbor has a Farimont wasting away in their driveway (along with a few other cars) and they had no desire to sell it. s!!
Whoa, that was fun!

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Reply #10 –
Quote from: rancheronut;253796


i like the zephyr better than fairmont because the merc has better fins in fender and gril.


I agree, I like the Zephyr grill better than the Fairmont Futura grill. I do like the two headlight Fairmont grill though. I was gonna buy a '79 Zephyr ES 4 door with a 2.3 auto, but I ended up getting the Cobra motor instead. :hick:
Matt
1984 Thunderbird - 89 302 HO, GT40 heads w/ Trick Flow springs, E303 cam, Edelbrock Performer 289 intake and 600 cfm 4bbl, Mustang headers, Jegs o/r H pipe, Dynomax lers, Mustang AOD and shifter, Mustang 8.8 w/ 3.73s, 3G alternator, Mustang front and rear sway bars, KYB 87-88 Turbo Coupe shocks and struts, and 11" front brakes.

1988 Mustang GT - GT40 heads, Explorer intake, 70mm throttle body, 70mm MAF, Crane 1.7 rrs, E303 cam, Kirban Kwik shifter w/ Pro 5.0 deluxe handle, aluminum clutch quadrant and firewall adjuster, o/r h pipe, Dynomax lers, 3G alternator, aluminum radiator, and 3.27 gears.
 
1986 Cougar 5.0, 1989 Mark VII LSC 5 speed, 1980 Mercury Zephyr 4 door (sold)

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Reply #11 –
Quote from: ottoparts;253799
The neighbor has a Farimont wasting away in their driveway (along with a few other cars) and they had no desire to sell it. s!!


drive me nuts too.
 casper did that for 12 yrs at a guys house. I didn't know it was still on the car ramps until I went to look under it. the ramps only where sticking out of the mud about 6 inches .

 for some reason i'm closer to my zephyr than myturbobird our mustangs.
remember it easier to fix them, than to find them after they been crushed.

V6 = juvenile delinquency!

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Reply #13 –
The Durango was an '81 only deal.  They used a fiberglass "tub" for the bed.  That might be an early conversion, or a one-off.

THIS is a REAL Durango




(The only pics I had at work).

This was a car I seriously thought about buying after I sold the Ranger. 
ALL "factory" Durangos were 200 I6/Autos
Long live the 4-eyes!  - '83 Tbird Turbo - '85 Marquis LTS - '86 LTD Wagon

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Reply #14 –
No tailgates correct?
1986 Cougar LS