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restoring old cars
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| enferno |
anyone else do this besides me?
my first car was a 1967 mustang fastback.
took me the better part of a decade, but it's a 100 point restoration.
i just bought a 66 coupe for $1000, and want to drop a new engine in it.
however, i'm torn if i should find an older engine and rebuild it, or buy a new repoduction.
i only have a few grand to spend on the engine. |
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| BTG |
| i wana get a 68 el camino, duno if it makes any sense to do so because it might be in the shop more than its on the road. |
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| enferno |
| quote: | Originally posted by BTG
i wana get a 68 el camino, duno if it makes any sense to do so because it might be in the shop more than its on the road. |
send it my way along wtih $10k and i'll restore it for you :) |
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| jonSun |
I got this old junk for free from a lot near my uncles way out in the boonies.
I had to invest about $2000 into it & about 2 months of having my friend work on it, but in the end it turned out pretty good.
Most of the conversion parts i found cheap on the internet.
Heres an after picture.
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| jonze234 |
| my uncles do this in their spare time. one of the cars was a '73 trans-am with a 454. another one they did was a '67 vette. it was bought for $16,000 and it got appraised for over $50,000. |
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| grooviebeats |
| find a old one and rebuild it. Do it the way you want it and do it right. |
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| XoxidE |
| Ive always wanted to get a 67 mustang fastback and make it like "eleanor", like the gone in 60 seconds movie.:D ...:( |
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| Audious |
| quote: | Originally posted by XoxidE
Ive always wanted to get a 67 mustang fastback and make it like "eleanor", like the gone in 60 seconds movie.:D ...:( |
Eleanor was a Ford GT.
Yet another thread where people pretend to know about cars, but really, they don't know . |
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| enferno |
| quote: | Originally posted by Audious
Eleanor was a Ford GT.
Yet another thread where people pretend to know about cars, but really, they don't know . |
eleanor was actually a 67 fastback converted, by mr. shelby, into a gt500
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| Audious |
| quote: | Originally posted by enferno
eleanor was actually a 67 fastback converted, by mr. shelby, into a gt500
:rolleyes: |
I'll admit, haven't seen the movie since it came out. I remembered the GT half of GT500, couldn't remember what it looked like. I apologize. |
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| enferno |
| quote: | Originally posted by Audious
I'll admit, haven't seen the movie since it came out. I remembered the GT half of GT500, couldn't remember what it looked like. I apologize. |
GT is just the title that Shelby gave it after the souped it up.
basically, all Shelby was was a 3rd party souper-upper.
the bought factory mustangs, souped them both cosmetically and performance wise, and sold them again.
they never really made that many of them, but they are ing sweet cars. |
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| Audious |
| quote: | Originally posted by enferno
GT is just the title that Shelby gave it after the souped it up.
basically, all Shelby was was a 3rd party souper-upper.
the bought factory mustangs, souped them both cosmetically and performance wise, and sold them again.
they never really made that many of them, but they are ing sweet cars. |
I know what Shelby is and what the GT500 is. I just thought it was Ford's supercar, the Ford GT. |
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