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From 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis “93 Marquis”, documented by Raymond Jones.

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1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - New flex plate installed 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Driver's side 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Passenger side 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Hmmm....looks like it'll fit from here 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Yeah....looks good from this angle too 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - '68 heads 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - So clean...and pretty! 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - The 460's bed is ready... 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Have to clean that up! 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - A/C?? In a HotRod?? :) 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - DANG a C6 is one L-O-N-G transmission 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Gonna need a new driveshaft with that transmission 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Small case starters ROCK! 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - It FITS!! 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - "Mikey....I think she likes it!" :) 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Big cars....Big motors.....the way things should be. 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Dang....these headers don't fit :( 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Modified AOD shifter linakge 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Modified linkage side view 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Lines up pretty good 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Holes drilled for new motor mounts. Missed with the first try...OOPS... 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Driver's side. (Using the hole that runs front to back) 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Cleaned up and ready for the motor! 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Stock C6 shifter linkage from a '78 Lincoln Town Car. 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Modified to fit the '91 CV transmission tunnel. 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Fox 460 mounts 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Stock AOD cross member modified to hold the C6 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Original mounting pad was ground off and new holes drilled. 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Hmmm...might be a ground clearance issue there. :) 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - New drive shaft is being built. Everything looks to be in-line! 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - The new and improved driveshaft. 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - After two attempts at headers....old school manifolds fit the best. 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Adapter plates installed. This will let us use the factory 5.0 A/C, PS and Alternator. 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Serpentine belts line up, with a little help. 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - C6 resting on it's newly customized cross member. 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Passenger side manifold installed. 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Driver's side manifold. Look at the extra room up there 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Looks like an engine now 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Lots of detailing to do, but looks ready to RUMBLE 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Chrome everywhere 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Almost ready to fire 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - 3300cfm cooling fan on stock CV radiator 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - All accessories mounted and belted 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Alternator and PS in stock locations thanks to custom adapter plates. 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - A/C compressor is ready to go. Adapter plate working like magic. 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Almost looks factory 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Everything lines up! Just a little grinding here and there to get it all perfect. 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Radiator and fan installed. Plenty of room for a larger radiator...should the need arise. 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Can't believe how "right" it looks sitting there. 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - A few more connections before she's ready to rumble. :) 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Ready to RUMBLE 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Wiring covered and cleaned up 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Engine compartment left 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Engine compartment right 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Still have to finish the A/C work. Yes, it will have working A/C! 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Added a tach to keep track of things under the hood. 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Had to ditch the 302 radiator for something a little bigger. A new transmission cooler was added as well. 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Not quite as wide as the original radiator, but a lot thicker, and all aluminum. 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - The upper hose just clears the A/C now, but there is plenty of room between the fan and the motor. 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Compared to the 302 radiator, this is a monster! 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Right side header looking down and back from front of car 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Another lower view.....TIGHT fit for the 2 remaining pipes 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Looking straight down on the left side header 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - You can see the rear most pipe wants to go straight through the steering shaft. 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Driver's side header 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Passenger side header 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Drivers side header 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Passenger side header 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Steering shaft 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Digital guages everywhere! 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Newly powder-coated accesories and brackets 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Driver's side header....plenty of room for the steering shaft with these! 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Passenger side header.....so pretty! 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Stripe style #1 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Stripe style #2 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - Time slips 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - A white Ford full-size sedan (Panther-platform, likely a Mercury Grand Marquis or Ford LTD Crown Victoria) viewed from the front-left three… 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis - A white four-door sedan shown in side profile passing along a drag strip, staged near a blue Christmas-tree starting light and concrete bar…