hello ! new member

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hello ! new member

July 24, 2014, 06:08:05 PM

I finally signed up here! Here's a bit of a story on my car, "el filoso" which in Spanish translates to "sharp". Anyway, this car lived at a friends shop forgotten by its own r 10 years. it was deteriorating bad. car has 103k. aod is probably toast. white leather waa . one day i check it out, and some dumba$$ slapped a 2 barrel carb and intake on the old 302 tbi. it didn't run at all. just a mess of wires and vacuum lines. i asked my friend, "what's with the tbird"? Dudes says, "you can have it once i see it running ". Well, i swapped in a performer carb and intake ong with a HEI summit distributor. It runs EXCELLENT . interior is bad. body is bad. rust on doors.... lots of love is what the filoso needs. I'm dealing with the aod tv cable/brackets dilemma as of now. luck hit me and i bought a 84 cougar ls with 93k on it. from second

owner! Car has a 3.8 which i intentionally tried to blow up, but it held together for 25 miles and a bad head gasket was all it needed. I bought it for $200.

i will try to toss some pics here for you guys. i will have plenty to ask and wonder about.

for now, good luck with everyone's projects, and lets see progress pics!!

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Reply #1 – July 24, 2014, 08:22:24 PM

Awesome! I like you, but I would like you more if you posted pics. :)

Anyway, it's hard not to like all of you on this board. You all have excellent taste in vehicles.

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Reply #2 – July 24, 2014, 09:02:41 PM

Welcome to the forum. First, I gotta give you props for having one of these cars. They take a special person to own and build one. ANYONE can do a Mustang, these take time, work, and patience, and in the end, it stands out as something different, and it's not ANOTHER Mustang. Can't wait to see the pics.

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Reply #3 – July 25, 2014, 02:33:34 PM

Can't post pics?? I'm using photobucket as fiile host. what should i do??? I get " problem creating temporary file"

Thanks for the proper props!

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Reply #4 – July 25, 2014, 02:45:28 PM

I use photobucket to post up my pics I usually copy http:// link after loading them on photobucket and then paste the Album on here friend. :poke:

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Reply #5 – July 25, 2014, 06:04:57 PM

http://i1375.photobucket.com/albums/ag454/noev678/CAM00982_zpskuhh5mei.jpg

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Reply #6 – July 25, 2014, 06:13:01 PM

Link works up there, i can't upload (?). Ill just add links for now to kill your curiosity .

http://i1375.photobucket.com/albums/ag454/noev678/CAM00975_zpshuwaieag.jpg

http://i1375.photobucket.com/albums/ag454/noev678/CAM00976_zpsnsxfwrfe.jpg

http://i1375.photobucket.com/albums/ag454/noev678/CAM00981_zpsc9ozwyn6.jpg

http://i1375.photobucket.com/albums/ag454/noev678/CAM00980_zpspgxgufz6.jpg

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Reply #7 – July 25, 2014, 06:39:37 PM

Starting tomorrow Saturday, i will be on the Filoso. The cougar is destined to the junkyard, its already sold for the same $200. I'm going to use its 93k mile sruts, brake booster/m cylinder, interior, doors,feinders, and gas pedail cable/ trans kickdown. also, the cougar has a healthy 3spd which is going into the filoso.
anything else i should keep?? I do feel a small amount of guilt ruining a perfect cougar, but i dislike its styling .

cheers!!

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Reply #8 – July 28, 2014, 12:26:50 PM

If the cougar is still in good shape there's a lot of stuff you could part out and sell on here. Lots of other members who do like it's styling

Also good luck on your FILA project. Not a whole bunch of those running around these days...

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Reply #9 – July 29, 2014, 03:41:09 PM

I respect others and their cars, just personal tastes:)
Ill be posting stuff on the classifieds for the Cougar lovers...

cheers

...shots of the filoso.
Interior pic of it. lookin good!
And a picture after the first scrub down in 11 years.

http://i1375.photobucket.com/albums/ag454/noev678/CAM00985_zpsqtthb0ol.jpg
http://i1375.photobucket.com/albums/ag454/noev678/CAM00987_zpsdwum8gou.jpg