DSC00018.jpg 2173 hits | 16.11 KB | Posted: 6/29/03 well here is one picture! more to follow as i get time. (Posted in: pics)
DSC00070.jpg 1623 hits | 14.52 KB | Posted: 6/29/03 an original hood lock pin for a "G" (Posted in: pics)
DSC00076.jpg 2307 hits | 14.52 KB | Posted: 6/29/03 not much to look at now (Posted in: pics)
DSC00027.jpg 2222 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. (Posted in: pics)
DSC00034.jpg 1322 hits | 70.21 KB | Posted: 6/29/03 page 1 of an old Ford Shop Tips magazine section about 427's (Posted in: FE literature)
DSC00035.jpg 1374 hits | 75.11 KB | Posted: 6/29/03 page 2 of an old Ford Shop Tips magazine section about 427's (Posted in: FE literature)
DSC00069.jpg 2680 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! (Posted in: pics)
DSC00030.jpg 2840 hits | 25.11 KB | Posted: 6/30/03 a picture i just found, this was just after the nose was reinstalled. (Posted in: pics)
DSC00029.jpg 2323 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! (Posted in: pics)
DSC00067.jpg 1458 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!) (Posted in: pics)
DSC00014.jpg 1343 hits | 14.99 KB | Posted: 6/30/03 3rd paint job (second time i wrecked it!) (Posted in: pics)
DSC00015.jpg 1669 hits | 14.46 KB | Posted: 6/30/03 right after it was buffed out and detailed the last time i painted it. (Posted in: pics)
DSC00062.jpg 1744 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! (Posted in: pics)
DSC00019.jpg 1567 hits | 20.92 KB | Posted: 6/30/03 the day it came home. (Posted in: pics)
DSC00022.jpg 1390 hits | 20.35 KB | Posted: 6/30/03 this is how and why we got the car! (Posted in: pics)
DSC00020.jpg 1395 hits | 22.43 KB | Posted: 6/30/03 this is my sister at Laguna Seca (i built the car for her!) (Posted in: pics)
DSC00021.jpg 1507 hits | 22.53 KB | Posted: 6/30/03 me drag knuckles at Baylands Raceway UGH! (Posted in: pics)
DSC00065.jpg 1673 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... (Posted in: pics)
DSC00026.jpg 1784 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. (Posted in: pics)
DSC00068.jpg 1316 hits | 30.03 KB | Posted: 6/30/03 the first time we built her! (Posted in: pics)
DSC00017.jpg 1427 hits | 30.03 KB | Posted: 6/30/03 when she was done. a helluva car for sure! (Posted in: pics)
DSC00015.jpg 1552 hits | 36.92 KB | Posted: 6/30/03 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! (Posted in: pics)
DSC00016.jpg 1429 hits | 14.39 KB | Posted: 6/30/03 the "power dome hood" (see original sales literature!) (Posted in: pics)
pervertible.JPG 1876 hits | 21.81 KB | Posted: 6/30/03 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... (Posted in: pics)
DSC00023.jpg 1351 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... (Posted in: pics)
DSC00028.jpg 1252 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! (Posted in: pics)
DSC00025.jpg 1363 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. ... (Posted in: pics)
Boss351tunnlram.jpg 937 hits | 13.08 KB | Posted: 6/30/03 the powerplant Boss 351 stroker, need new pan (Posted in: Cougar)
IM000160.JPG 1082 hits | 50.27 KB | Posted: 6/30/03 As she sits now i have alot of work ahead of me (Posted in: As is now)
badside.jpg 1249 hits | 47.03 KB | Posted: 6/30/03 this is why i hav alot of work (Posted in: As is now)
1-4-1.jpg 1256 hits | 23.09 KB | Posted: 6/30/03 the motor as she sits now (Posted in: As is now)
73xr7orng.jpg 1313 hits | 24.93 KB | Posted: 6/30/03 A render my buddy did (Posted in: How she could be)
bossfade.jpg 1340 hits | 61.18 KB | Posted: 6/30/03 One version i am considering (Posted in: How she could be)
orngboost.jpg 1384 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)
starboardaft.jpg 935 hits | 41.84 KB | Posted: 7/15/03 Right side rear (Starboard aft) (Posted in: Gunner's XR7)