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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: SFRT - Frenchy on November 14, 2010, 12:22:13 PM
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For the car guys in here:
My kid turned 16, she's a good kid so I think she deserves a car to be able to get a side job. She always wanted a 70s Olds cutlass but those things are way too $$$ as everyone wants to make them a 442 clone. I looked for about 1-2 years and couldn't really find anything decent for the price, ain't going to pay $1500 for a rusted out, ran last parked Buick Skylark self titled "Muscle car" :lol We all know how crazy old car owners get once they done watching "Barret Jackson".
Plus as a first car I didn't really want to give her a V8 and a "big car". So I found that little forsaken Mustang ii, for $700 that barely ran. Drove it home and refreshed her a bit. The nickname of my daughter is "The Bee", thus the yellow/black paint, she likes road racing thus we put a hint of vintage racer look.
The 2.3 is perfect, cheap to rebuild, slow and I get 28-30 MPG on highway. Little car easy to park/drive. Updated the 13" wheels to 15", wider tires for more grip and more rotating mass for less speed, I win both ways.
Flomaster Super 44 exaust, so she thinks she's going fast. :devil
Here's a vid of the work done. No trailer queen here, think high school parking lot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syZuc3uX8JU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syZuc3uX8JU)
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Very cool!
:aok
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Damn French - now my wife wants one
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Very Cool i bet that car is her pride and joy and will hang onto it for years, Me and my Son are in the process of rebuilding my old truck i gave to him, its a 1994 ranger 4x4 that i bought new in 94 still in real good shape but were going with a V8 swap, it has a 3.0 in it now but with around 200,000 on it so its alittle tired, plus my son wants to be able to tow and play offroad and use it for Hunting so a total ground up is what were doing
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Way cool Frenchy!
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those mustang 2's aren't really as bad as people like to say they are. they handle very nicely, and look pretty good too.
i had a 74 with a 2.3L, and 4 speed. wasn't exactly a rocket sled, but it was fun.
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those mustang 2's aren't really as bad as people like to say they are. they handle very nicely, and look pretty good too.
i had a 74 with a 2.3L, and 4 speed. wasn't exactly a rocket sled, but it was fun.
but the CobraII's were 302 4sp that car flew :rock
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but the CobraII's were 302 4sp that car flew :rock
not with a whole 180 hp they didn't. :devil
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Cool but Modern Safety Features are missing
1998 I broght 2 cars to greece in very good condition a SJ413 and a E28 520i,I fly to greece every yeahr put Batterie and air in tires and Vacation begins.
But since than Iam Married and have 2 Kids and the Safety of both cars is from mid 80`s so I broght a 3rd car with Hometrailer a 1995 Ford scorpio II ( Us Lincoln Ls) cause its more safety but not 2010 standart.
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I don't think there's a word in the English language that can convey how cool that was. Add to the fact that you did it for your daughter just puts an X10 on it in my book. :salute Sir.. That was amazing. I wish I knew how to do that stuff and had the equipment.
Yo Laverne know anybody around you that needs a structural enginerd?
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Wow, wish I got that as my first ride :(
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Thx guys, appreciated :)
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Thx guys, appreciated :)
BTW....know how much poop you could have gotten in for painting that car outside like that, if you lived here in joisey?
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Dear God I know ... I got pretty lucky. I did primer/base outside and rented a booth for the clear. The ironie was that this booth filter was poorly maintaned I think. I spent 1.5H cleaning the car but when I started shooting after turning the fan on, small black lint started flying around and landing on the car. Sometimes despite ur best efforts, u just can't win :cry
That car is a 20 footer, but the paint is actually pretty good, not too much crap flew in the paint that I couldn't fix. I did have a buterfly the size of my hand :eek: land in the black. Had to sand and repaint. No sweat. This 78 is like ur 74, must bring back memories.
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outstanding resto and vid :aok
great to see the engine rebuild in time lapse, that must be the tallest 4-pot ive ever seen :o
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Great vid sir, shows us dads will do anything for our little girls :aok
Cars lookin good,great paint choice!!
:salute
Mbailey
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Dear God I know ... I got pretty lucky. I did primer/base outside and rented a booth for the clear. The ironie was that this booth filter was poorly maintaned I think. I spent 1.5H cleaning the car but when I started shooting after turning the fan on, small black lint started flying around and landing on the car. Sometimes despite ur best efforts, u just can't win :cry
That car is a 20 footer, but the paint is actually pretty good, not too much crap flew in the paint that I couldn't fix. I did have a buterfly the size of my hand :eek: land in the black. Had to sand and repaint. No sweat. This 78 is like ur 74, must bring back memories.
it kind of does. i really haven't seen a mustang i don't like.
the 74-78's got a bad rap. they are very good cars, and are very solid. this car will be loads of fun for your daughter, and it will also keep her very safe in the event of an accident.
she is a very lucky girl to have a father such as you. :aok
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Did you know in the 2nd picture there is a funny looking French guy in the engine compartment?
ack-ack
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but the CobraII's were 302 4sp that car flew :rock
:huh
Have you been watching Charlie's Angels reruns again? :old:
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dang turning lemons into lemonade, awesome just awesome :aok
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I can fix a computer, but don't know anything about cars.
I found that fascinating.
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Dang man that is sick....my dad just gave me a hammy down 02 passat lol.
-BigBOBCH
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Great film, you're a good Dad Frenchie :aok
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Dang man that is sick....my dad just gave me a hammy down 02 passat lol.
-BigBOBCH
I'd give my left nut for an '02 Passat
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I'd give my left nut for an '02 Passat
Lol ,for such a small engine mine is actually fairly fast, I have street raced a few newer cars and kept even with em and won some lol. I should be getting Dodge Charger SRT8 soon, which I would kill for lol :)
-BigBOBCH
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that was outstanding :salute
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I'd give my left nut for an '02 Passat
and onc it passed about 60 to 80k miles, you'd want your left nut back.
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Nice man.
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and onc it passed about 60 to 80k miles, you'd want your left nut back.
lol? Mine is at 100,000 miles and I have never had to bring it in ONE TIME.
-BigBOBCH
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lol? Mine is at 100,000 miles and I have never had to bring it in ONE TIME.
-BigBOBCH
you then are the exception. you've no idea how many of those dam things i work on with things that seem to have failed prematurly.
one of the worst was an 01 passat 2.8L non turbo. 82k on the clock. had to replace all four car......they;re sold as assemblies per side. the d/s went bad first....in the end of the winter. i told them to expect the other side to go shortly thereafter. sure enough, it did....in the middle of the summer. those things ain't cheap for them either.
i could go on, but this thread's not about that......
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Very cool, lucky kid. I'd fire the barber though. :rofl
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Really enjoyed watching that! Nice work!
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Bet she really enjoys the car and the great Dad she has.
Good job!
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Fantastic job!
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:aok
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Excellent job Frenchy - cracking result on the car, your daughter is a lucky girl (good man, always good to do great things for your kids :salute)
Wurzel
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Outstanding video Frenchy, and what a perfect first car for your daughter. If she fancys she can get into working on it herself, or hopefuly at the very least between the both of you keep it around long enough for it to be that little man who wandered into the video to eventualy inherit it as his first project car. :aok
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Nice Frenchy,I'm sure it means more to her than if you just bought something off the lot!
Although not Ford's greatest car,that 2.3 is a solid little motor and like you said "it get about 30mpg" and looks cool.
All it's missing is a "SuperBee" decal but that might be sacrilege,it would suit the car. :aok
:salute
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btw, adopt me.
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I drive a 1993 ford taurus that reiks of mothballs. Gifted from my grandpa that thought he had rats living in it..........
I cant really complain though, its got 4 wheels, an engine and brakes......sometimes
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I drive a 1993 ford taurus that reiks of mothballs. Gifted from my grandpa that thought he had rats living in it..........
I cant really complain though, its got 4 wheels, an engine and brakes......sometimes
taurus is a good car.
when you're driving around town, keep it out of overdrive though./
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btw, adopt me.
And here, all this time, the French have been doing it all wrong. If the rest of them got their acts together and started putting together quality vintage automobiles for people, the world would be fighting over who would get to surrender themselves to them first.
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I drive a 1993 ford taurus that reiks of mothballs. Gifted from my grandpa that thought he had rats living in it..........
I cant really complain though, its got 4 wheels, an engine and brakes......sometimes
my first was a automatic 97' escort that barely ran. I would need to drive in low gear up to about 25-30 mph and then switch it to drive so that hopefully the the transmission would skip over second gear completely, which was totally screwed. If not then the car wouldn't accelerate and I would have to come to a complete stop, then we try it again. :o
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And here, all this time, the French have been doing it all wrong. If the rest of them got their acts together and started putting together quality vintage automobiles for people, the world would be fighting over who would get to surrender themselves to them first.
:lol
Check out some of his other videos, like the grand torino. :aok
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Frenchy, I watched the entire video and God Bless you man. I hope to do this one for my 9 year old son.
:rock bro
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Nice work Frenchie!
.. always amazes me how good a car can come back to with a little TLC
.. ok ok ..sometimes a LOT of TLC :)
..and yassir .. paint jobs never go perfectly ..there is *always* something :)
-GE aka Frank