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Progress Thread 1985 Gt I Finally Have A T Top Car.

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General karthief

wonder how much it would cost to ship you a pair
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QuietOne said:
My In-Law's place is like this and because of it I can't have a car magazine for more than two days before my wife throws it away because "I'm hoarding like her father"
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I am NOT a hoarder, I am a COLLECTOR.
 
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karthief said:
You need proof? Just ask @a91what I'm sure steve was amazed at my collection of junk, er stuff. A ten minute fix takes an hour just to find the tool to do it.
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I like junkyards
 
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karthief said:
I am NOT a hoarder, I am a COLLECTOR.
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Oh trust me I'd never call you a hoarder! Not with that fine collection of man stuff!
 
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Waiting on parts is a drag.

I got the old master out and new one mocked up with the MMBAK-17 kit also gutted the prop valve, installed the manual prop valve and got the C/C plates in place. Nothing exciting or really picture worthy because underhood makes baby jesus cry.

I will bench bleed the new master and mount it for real this weekend other than that I cant do too much until the new arms show up.





Underhood needs some work boys.
 
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It looks good under there if you ask me! Great progress too!
 

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FWIW, I called J&M and I have the C/C bearing plates in backwards, the shorter side goes towards the firewall to allow max caster.

Easy fix
 

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Did I mention waiting on parts is a drag?




These are going back on the 93 and the 98 Cobras will live on the 85.
 
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GroverDill said:
Did I mention waiting on parts is a drag?




These are going back on the 93 and the 98 Cobras will live on the 85.
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But that does look really AWESOME!
 

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Beautiful fox ! Cant wait to see more.
Kris
 

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Mock up shot, since there is no front suspension in the car currently so it is trapped on the lift.


 
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Mustang5L5

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I think I like it better with the 98 Cobra wheels.

The TF wheels look better on the 93
 
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Totally agree the TF wheels stay on the turbo princess
 
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car looks awesome. I agree TF wheels look better
 

General karthief

wonder how much it would cost to ship you a pair
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+1on the other wheels.
 

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IMO finding the right wheels for a 4-eye is tough to do. A lot of wheels that look good on the aero cars look "too modern" on the 4 eyes. Those Cobras look pretty good.
 
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Mach 1 wheels are another wheel that look incredible on the 85-86s.
 

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18" CCW Classics... For some reason I love mesh style wheels on 4 eyes. I thought the 98's were going on that Mercury/Lincoln (whatever it is)?
 

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The Grand Marquis has been sold off, I will be using the 98 Cobra wheels for now. I "like" them on there but cant say I am in love with them on there. With that said I have them and I am about $3000 deep into this suspension/5lug swap so I will be using them for now.


Adds up so damn fast.
Suspension Upgrades LMR 1550
Brake cables misc hardware LMR 250
JunkYard 5 lug parts 150
Rock Auto Brake Kit 420 ( $57 shipping and $88 Core included in total)
Master Cylinder Amazon 56
Soft Brake lines Amazon 60
FRPP A arms LMR 307
Used rear axke CL 300
$3093

Now to be fair I have some parts to sell to slightly lessen the total, below are asking prices, nothing has sold yet.
4 lug wheels 250
Extra 5 lug rear parts 100
Entire 4 lug suspension 100
Core Rock Auto 50
$500
 
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Too late, I could have used the four lug wheels.
 

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You're a brave man keeping track of the spend. I started doing that, got to about 3k and stopped. I just don't want to know. It's kinda like when my wife buys shoes....she never tells me how much they were, only what percent off they were. Me: "how much were those shoes? Her: " they were 30% off. So, she essentially told me nothing..... I love the car. And I agree on the cobra wheels looking good on there!
 
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