Project 88 LX Vert......Im In Deep...

[ryan218]

here my offical progess thread... you wanted one...you get one.

started on it today..pulled a plug and its all black...so later ill be going to get some plugs, wires, cap and rotor...

also got started on pulling some interior pieces and started cleaning it up and this is going to take a while.....

here are some pics for today...Saturday i may drill the rivets out and pull the luggage rack..... then sunday we may try and make it to the 07 curise :bigthumb....

plans are too..

get it running right hope to have that done by next weekend..
get the new top on it.....
body work and paint... then tons of other little things..

here are a couple of pictures for now...ill keep updating every weekend...

started cleaning

pulled the cowl because it is broken along with the wipers and cleaned out all the crap that was in there....
the old... ****** up top that will be getting replaced with a black top withing the next couple of weeks...(can't wait to try this)

this is it for now...ill have more later today..

 

[cenok is family]

man the body of the 4 cyl coupe conversion i did started out in about that condition...actually no it didn't...i had a straight body and NO rust. haha let me tell you though man, the feeling when you're done is that much better. looks like you got A LOT of work ahead of you, keep us posted!

here's a few weeks after i got the car....

 

[FrankenStang]

 

[85_SS_302_Coupe]

Buddy you're neck deep in this one...I think i personally would've rather had your '86 with a K member/302 swap.

 

[ryan218]

Buddy you're neck deep in this one...I think i personally would've rather had your '86 with a K member/302 swap.

it was an 83 nah..i like this one.

 

[Turkey Sammich]

The more I look at it, the more $$$ signs I see going to making it atleast decent.

 

[ryan218]

The more I look at it, the more $$$ signs I see going to making it atleast decent.

nah right now....i have a budget of about $1,500 and ill be fine with $$$ left over...half of the parts i already have and everything will be done by ourselfs!

 

[sunil6784]

Did u pull the tank ? I remember u saying it had like 5 year old gas or something in it ? Might be kind of rough on the motor to go to a cruise with 5 year old gas...

 

[85_SS_302_Coupe]

it was an 83 nah..i like this one.

Oh yeah..i knew that. Do you have a thing for verts or is that just how you luck out?

 

[ryan218]

Did u pull the tank ? I remember u saying it had like 5 year old gas or something in it ? Might be kind of rough on the motor to go to a cruise with 5 year old gas...

7 year old gas and no..we would of been taking my dads vert...mine is staying where its at for the next month or so...till its ready to go back for paint..

Oh yeah..i knew that. Do you have a thing for verts or is that just how you luck out?

yes and no...i either wanted a vert or a hatch...and i found a vert that i liked but yeah...part of it is..i like the vert...nonthing better then top down and cruising...

 

[bottlfed92]

Kudos to you for 'digging in'. Everything has potential if you want it to. Good job at keeping a fox alive. As you can probably tell....alot of guys would walk right by. Doing everthing yourself makes it that much sweeter. so damned rewarding to look back, flawed or not, and say "I did that".


SUBSCRIBING.


~Jeff

 

[ryan218]

Kudos to you for 'digging in'. Everything has potential if you want it to. Good job at keeping a fox alive. As you can probably tell....alot of guys would walk right by. Doing everthing yourself makes it that much sweeter. so damned rewarding to look back, flawed or not, and say "I did that".


SUBSCRIBING.


~Jeff

thanks..means alot coming form you

got more of the interior out and then spent a couple of hours "trying" to clean it... anything that will get that cleaner faster?

couple more pics... tomorrow i promise ill have more progress pictures of something other then the interior

im glad i bought another stang...i missed being able to work on something

still need to clean the seats

door panel...this is going to take a bit to get these clean...

oh and who wants to see a 100% original exhaust?

 

[grey5.0beast]

I would take out that rear end and por15 that whole bitch to keep it from rustin through. But good luck wih it,I am the number one vert supporter, I don't really like LXs but its got potential and its yours!!

 

[RYC CUKR]

The underside looks to be in pretty decent shape. No real major rust I could see in those pics. Get some more pics of the underside up. So far with the exception of the surface rust and the one bad spot on the panel I don't think it looks bad.

Compared to what I have had to deal with on my 65 thats nothing.

Good luck building her back up. It will mean so much more to you when your done since you are gonna do as much as you can by yourself.

Keep us updated

 

[ryan218]

I would take out that rear end and por15 that whole bitch to keep it from rustin through. But good luck wih it,I am the number one vert supporter, I don't really like LXs but its got potential and its yours!!

i dont think im going to take it out...my mom pretty pissed that i have tooken over her parking space for the next 5 or 6 months lol.....

maybe ill throw her up in the air and paint the rear black to give it a little rust prevention till i have the time to do something like that.....

dropping the gas tank Saturday so we will see what it looks like 2 marrow...

ill update later...

later stangnet.

 

[795.0pacecar]

You know what ryan, congrats on the purchase and good luck. As pretty much everyone here knows I bought my car when I was a little younger than you and it was in as bad or worse shape and I turned it into a magazine worthy car (at the time it was in the magazine lol) so theres no reason for you to not be able to do the same. I also went through a couple cars before I could drive (68 galaxy 500 vert, and an 88 lx vert).

Just don't give up when the going gets tough. Also it may be better to paint the car without a new top on it. Just put the top down and cover it with paper. That may make it easier to keep from getting paint around the back edges of the top.

 

[fivespeedsteed]

damn people are saying thats not much rust. i guess mines rust free then. mine looks better. aside from my doused tans bellhousing plate in oil.

anyways good looking car. lots of work ahead but i think you can do it.

 

[Cwalk]

I have never seen anyone use that rack. I really never understood the point of it. With a trunk under it and all. But keep up the good work.

 

[Saleen8786]

i love the feeling of tearing apart a new stang goodluck with everything and dont give up

 

[chaos254]

you definitely got some work ahead of you but I can also see the potential in it! It's a great feeling building a car from the ground up. Don't be afraid to tackle the top on your own! I did mine and it came out great.