MY 85 NOTCHO PROJECT

[dragin92gt]

HEY yall, some of you may have saw this project on corral.net. but figured id expand it to the world.
to start w/ i gave 800 cash for this ride. a pretty much rust free(dismantled) 85 coupe. i was never a big coupe fan, but up here in the boondocks, theres hatchs everywhere.
so i ended up parting my rustbucket 89 gt to build this. it had a 347 w/ victor jr heads and intake(now in the coupe) , a 2 gear aod, coiloverd tubular k member, disc rear(not in the coupe yet)
WELL LETS GET TO THE PICS. ( any advice, critisism, or yada yada yada, go ahead with it) mind you that i bought it the end of jan and had to deal with the winter BS.

 

[FrankenStang]

Very cool.

 

[dragin92gt]

a bath after 5 years of setting, helps.

the start on the newer dash assembly, and the resto of the pedels

the filling of the heater holes

 

[1991notchbackLX]

looks like a pretty clean foundation to start with, that thing is torn down to the skeleton! thanks for saving a coupe from the boneyard! i'll be looking forward to pics of you breathing life back into it

 

[dragin92gt]

this spot had no factory spot welds. wtf. no damage just no welds

AND THE ENGINE, O THAT DAM THING. LOL
THIS WAS OFFICALLY THE LAST RIDE FOR THE 89 GT(RED), WAS A GOOD OL CAR, HAD ALOTA FUN W HER. BUT NO RUST BUCKETS IN MY GARAGE R.I.P. U OL GOAT
SETN ON A BUCKET, LOL BURNIN EM UP
1ST GEAR

2ND GEAR

AND THE SUSPENSION

 

[dragin92gt]

AND HERE WE GO WITH THE WIRING AND FINISHING UP

ONCE THE WHEEL HOP IS GONE AND I GET THE STEREO IN, THIS CARS GONNA BE QUICK. to fast for me LOL JK

 

[LaserSVT]

Excellent, love a nice four eye to Aero swap





EDIT: Does the intake not clear the stock hood? I understand the convertable motor mounts sit the engine lower

 

[dragin92gt]

actually it does rub a lil. i had to cut the Y BRACING out of the center of the hood monday.

i actually suprised that someone complemented the swap. most people hate it

 

[S&B]

great swap, love it.

you just made another 4 eye owner happier, the less 4 eyes the more valuable they will be.

 

[strtrcr50]

Excellent, love a nice four eye to Aero swap

Beat me to it.

 

[MikeROD16]

i love it and i think i see a new FOTM winner!

 

[JH96GT]

ROFL

Here we go again.................. jeez....

 

[strtrcr50]

i love it and i think i see a new FOTM winner!

 

[stykthyn]

need to ditch the tails to complete the look

 

[NIKwoaC]

Love the rattle can paint job! Are those Frankenstein stitches?

 

[66sprint6]

Get over it people, once again he saved a car from a life of rotting away. Its his car, let him do his thing. I woulda left it 4 eye personally, but this trend of jumpin on someone for swappin is gettin annoying, as if any of us are Fox purists in ANY way.

If you dont like it, dont do it, but I dont think theres a person on here that doesnt think the car looks a hell of alot better now than it did sittin on the trailer in the first couple pics.

ANYways, keep it up and have a blast. Its a good lookin car with a potent powerplant and even tho, GOD FORBID, its not a virgin 4 eye, I bet it still a fun ride!
Matt

 

[stykthyn]

I'm not jumping on anyone

personally I dont see the big deal about swapping parts between aero and 4 eye cars.

 

[66sprint6]

I'm not jumping on anyone

personally I dont see the big deal about swapping parts between aero and 4 eye cars.

Not talkin bout anyone in general, especially not you since you didnt even mention it, but it seems like the popular thing to do lately and its annoying to me. One person says its dumb and un-holy and how the owned sucks and the rest follow up so as not to stand out or possibly be mistaken for someone who doesnt care what kinda front end is on it LOL. To each his own!
Matt

 

[LaserSVT]

I'm not jumping on anyone

personally I dont see the big deal about swapping parts between aero and 4 eye cars.

 

[66sprint6]

That and it seems he swapped everything that the Coupe didnt have over from his GT, which is pretty resourceful! With all this said I woulda left it 4 eye but that just because I fell in love after seein a buddy's 4 eye coupe drag car and have been huntin one ever since. My next mustang will be a 4 eye T-top coupe...and itll stay that way LOL
Matt