15 John Travis.jpg
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16 Me.jpg
454 hits | 60.74 KB | Posted: 9/9/04
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well here is one picture! more to follow as i get time.
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1625 hits | 14.52 KB | Posted: 6/29/03
an original hood lock pin for a "G"
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2309 hits | 14.52 KB | Posted: 6/29/03
not much to look at now
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2225 hits | 16.88 KB | Posted: 6/29/03
this is what it looked like when i got it home (well the body anyway) they had been selling parts right off of the car. the good news is i got most of the car and the matching numbers engine transmission and rear end.
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1324 hits | 70.21 KB | Posted: 6/29/03
page 1 of an old Ford Shop Tips magazine section about 427's
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1376 hits | 75.11 KB | Posted: 6/29/03
page 2 of an old Ford Shop Tips magazine section about 427's
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2682 hits | 35.7 KB | Posted: 6/30/03
the only picture i thought i had of the car. the rest of my photo album came back in the same condition as the car was delivered to her!
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2843 hits | 25.11 KB | Posted: 6/30/03
a picture i just found, this was just after the nose was reinstalled.
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2325 hits | 23.96 KB | Posted: 6/30/03
the engine. it is a 66 HiPo 289 with 69 351W heads and lots of expensive trinkets!
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1460 hits | 30.42 KB | Posted: 6/30/03
this is when it was red and didn't have a hood scoop (3rd time i wrecked it!)
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1357 hits | 16.53 KB | Posted: 6/30/03
second paint job!
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1345 hits | 14.99 KB | Posted: 6/30/03
3rd paint job (second time i wrecked it!)
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1671 hits | 14.46 KB | Posted: 6/30/03
right after it was buffed out and detailed the last time i painted it.
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1746 hits | 26.36 KB | Posted: 6/30/03
one of the few pictures i have of this one taken at the old baylands dragstrip in 1984. i bought this car as a driver for my sister!
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1569 hits | 20.92 KB | Posted: 6/30/03
the day it came home.
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1392 hits | 20.35 KB | Posted: 6/30/03
this is how and why we got the car!
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1397 hits | 22.43 KB | Posted: 6/30/03
this is my sister at Laguna Seca (i built the car for her!)
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1509 hits | 22.53 KB | Posted: 6/30/03
me drag knuckles at Baylands Raceway UGH!
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1675 hits | 26.26 KB | Posted: 6/30/03
sorry, this is the only pic i could find! this was taken the day it came home from the paint shop. i bought this after the owner hit a guardrail and i had to replace the hood and left front fender. that is my 1st XR7-G on the left and my 69 XR-7 behi...
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1786 hits | 17.2 KB | Posted: 6/30/03
this is the car right after i bolted the sheetmetal on it and took her for a ride. the damage was very minor and really easy to fix and the car was an original paint car when i got it.
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1319 hits | 30.03 KB | Posted: 6/30/03
the first time we built her!
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1429 hits | 30.03 KB | Posted: 6/30/03
when she was done. a helluva car for sure!
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1366 hits | 41.03 KB | Posted: 6/30/03
hello my pretty!
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lots of very expensive parts here! all original and special aluminum and yes that ram air is a correct unit with a mustang 351 shaker snorkel!
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1431 hits | 14.39 KB | Posted: 6/30/03
the "power dome hood" (see original sales literature!)
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1393 hits | 38.15 KB | Posted: 6/30/03
riding in style
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here is the ragtop today. i finished it and sold it to familyclassiccars.com. i have no idea what they want for it but you couldn't build one like it i am sure. i did keep all of the fancy engine parts, some small specialty parts, and the cruise cont...
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1353 hits | 18.49 KB | Posted: 6/30/03
this is what a $500.00 Rust Free California Cougar convertible looked like in 1990! the son of the original owner had been working on it and now it didn't run. turned out he liked music while he worked and turned the key on and melted the points clos...
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1254 hits | 16.19 KB | Posted: 6/30/03
here it is after i put the rear end and front brakes back on. the engine was still in my truck but we did it all in two days!
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1365 hits | 24.6 KB | Posted: 6/30/03
this is how i first saw it. it was part of an estate sale and advertised as "for parts only". after i bought it i asked why it was for parts and they said it didn't have any brakes! i added fluid and drove it on the trailer. boy were they surprised. ...
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1445 hits | 13.08 KB | Posted: 6/30/03
cleaned and washed!
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1051 hits | 13.08 KB | Posted: 6/30/03
in primer

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1165 hits | 13.08 KB | Posted: 6/30/03
back view
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1153 hits | 13.08 KB | Posted: 6/30/03
tunnel ram fittment
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1111 hits | 13.08 KB | Posted: 6/30/03
adding subframes
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939 hits | 13.08 KB | Posted: 6/30/03
the powerplant Boss 351 stroker, need new pan
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1085 hits | 50.27 KB | Posted: 6/30/03
As she sits now i have alot of work ahead of me
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1252 hits | 47.03 KB | Posted: 6/30/03
this is why i hav alot of work
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1259 hits | 23.09 KB | Posted: 6/30/03
the motor as she sits now
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1316 hits | 24.93 KB | Posted: 6/30/03
A render my buddy did
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1344 hits | 61.18 KB | Posted: 6/30/03
One version i am considering
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1388 hits | 60.25 KB | Posted: 6/30/03
another version i may go with...the Cragar Boost is the rim i hav decided on
(Posted in: How she could be)

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938 hits | 41.84 KB | Posted: 7/15/03
Right side rear (Starboard aft)
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