I'm so indecisive

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I'm so indecisive

December 11, 2013, 07:42:26 PM

After selling quite a bit off the TC I have decided to keep it. I am working on getting parts together to put it back together.

Last night I picked up a 351w and AOD w/ a Lokar TV cable for $200. 351 is out of a 79 Marquis, so it won't be a powerhouse just yet but it will get the car back on the road. Best part about it being out of a Panther chassis car is the oilpan is the one I need for a fox body :D So that alone was enough to make it worth buying. $100 oilpan, $75 Lokar cable, looks like I have about $25 in an AOD and a 351w

Hoping to set it all down in there this weekend, I still have the solid engine mounts that I built for the old 88 Sport and I have a double hump transmission crossmember from a mustang that will be going in it. Not sure what I'm going to do for exhaust, I know I will be building an exhaust from the headers back but I am hoping that I can make either stock mustang headers or the 79 Marquis manifolds work.

I'm so indecisive

Reply #1 – December 11, 2013, 07:48:24 PM

Lucky beeeeotch to get such a good package deal!

I'm so indecisive

Reply #2 – December 11, 2013, 08:05:26 PM

I was just cruising craigslist seeing what I could find worth buying and found the 351 listed for $250. I texted him and asked what bottom dollar was and he said he would do $150. We texted back and forth and due to weather it took a few days to be able to go get it. He texted me Monday night and said he would throw in the AOD that came out of his mustang when he c4 swapped it for another $50. I said I would do $35 on it and he said ok. Then yesterday while at lunch I shot him a text to see if it came with a TV cable and he said he had a braided stainless Lokar cable that he would let go with it for $25 more. I told him I only had $200 to spend and he bit.

He had a 2.5" X-pipe with Flowmaster Super 10's welded to it that he said he would take $60 for but I had already told him I only had $200 so looks like I shot myself in the foot there. I would have had to modify the whole exhaust to work with the 351 (without 351 swap headers), but the lers and s are worth $60. Probably going to end up buying it in a few weeks.

I'm so indecisive

Reply #3 – December 11, 2013, 08:07:18 PM

I have to admit that this isn't the best 351/aod price I have ever got. I bought a 351w and AOD out of a 85 Crown Vic cop car for $100 a few years ago, but I let that go when I traded my 77 Mustang II for a 95 Dodge Ram.

I'm so indecisive

Reply #4 – December 12, 2013, 04:43:43 AM

That's a good deal.

I'm so indecisive

Reply #5 – December 12, 2013, 06:59:19 PM

I had to pass on nice 347 shortblock a few weeks ago. Guy wanted more than i had, and I was willing to trade one of my handguns, but he was in a pinch and needed cash. Oh well, I'm going to start off with a Windsor block and try to end up around 400 cubes when I get my block ready. That's on the backburner though, I've got liquidate 2 more cars first. The "boss" says so.