Modifications so far include:
- B&M Star Shifter for automatic transmission (ratchet action)
- Edelbrock RPM Air-gap Intake Manifold
- Interstate Battery
- A mismatched set of Keystone Wheels with Mickey Thompson Indy Profile Tires
- Holley Street Avenger 670 cfm Carb
- Mr Gasket 4 hole 1" Carb Spacer
- Edelbrock Pro Flo 14" chrome air cleaner
- RCI 5 pt Harnesses
- ARP Intake Manifold bolts
- Corbeau Forza II seats in black cloth
- Custom Cowl Hood
- rebuilt power steering pump with new front seal
- Roll Bar fully installed with help from Sharp Fabrication (X-brace design, 120 wall DOM tube)
- Boxed Lower Control Arms
- Competition Cams High Energy Pushrods
- Competition Cams Magnum roller tip rocker arms 1.7:1 ratio
- Rear Bumper Modified so it sits in 3" closer to body
- Shaved Antenna shaved and driprails
- black ppg phillips Epoxy primer
- 2 New Cragar Keystone Wheels for the rear with the correct offset
- 10 new Melling lifters for cylinders one though 5, pn JB-900
- New Wheel cylinders insalled on both sides (Wagner pn# F73623 and F73622)
- New brake hose from body to rear end (Wagner pn# F78094)
- Reman water pump as the old berring was going or was gone
- Reman master cylinder, as something was wrong with the one I had
- New spark plugs Champion pn RF11YC supposed to be the same heat range as the Motocraft BRF42's that were in the car
- Headman Shorty Headers from a great guy who goes by the name OleDutchD, gave me them free along with some exhaust tubing
- 3" exhaust tubing into home made x pipe, into some flowmaster cone reducers into some cheapy reducers and 2 1/4" mufflers
- Ford Racing 9mm plug wires from Moneymaker Racing
- Wide post HEI style cap and rotor
- Echlin Replacement Ignition Module pn TP35
- Melling Timing Chain set pn 3-358SA
Modifications to be done soon :
- Set up FoMoCo 3.56 rear gear set sitting in the garage
- General tune up to make it run a bit smoother
- The car has mostly been hibernating, so nothing much probably for a while
Wishful modifications :
- Chassis
- New bushings all around
- Rancho RS-9117 or RS-9115 rear shocks
- Thicker sway bars (1 1/8"- 1 3/8" up front and 7/8" in the rear)
- Driveshaft Safety Loop front and rear
- New gas tank & pickup
- Engine
- General engine rebuild, likely with slightly higher compression somewhere around 9:1
- Install the MMR/Flo-Tek Aluminum Cylinder heads sitting in storage
Specs:
- 1.94 swirl polished stainless intake valves
- 1.54 swirl polished stainless exhaust valves
- 5 angle valve job
- 180 cc intake runners
- 62 cc exhaust runners
- 58 cc combustion chambers
- Flow # Intake : 223CFM @ .500" lift, Exhuast 161CFM @ .500" lift (Flow at 28" water)
- Something like a Comp Cams 270H or 280H cam, possibly a hydraulic roller version
- Trans and rear end
- Transgo Shift Kit, or Kit from Broader Performance
- A streetable torque converter, and a tranny cooler to get rid of the extra heat
- Some sort of limited slip dif
- Possibly a Gear Vendors overdrive unit to make it a bit of cruiser
- Interior
- Replacement Headliner in charcoal grey
- New Fitted Carpet in charcoal grey
- Recovered dash