1985 Black T-Top Dominator GT Restoration

[86 50CPRI]

Great progress!!

[bluesfannoz]

Double post. Delete

[bluesfannoz]

Thanks Guys!

Picked up from the exhaust shop on Friday. Gone are the atrocious header leaks and it sounds much quieter. Unfortunately that means you can hear the wine from the rear more prevalently!

Not the greatest of pictures. I snapped some under the car while they had it on the lift.




Here are some progress pics from today. Ran into a little snag. Was not planning on replacing rack and pinion yet. But since were are having to pull it to remove the control arm bolts. Going to have to go ahead and order a replacement one. Pretty much when we are done I will have replaced all bushings and hardware in the front suspension.

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More progress pics from today!

[JTurbo]

Great progress!

[bluesfannoz]

Updates from today's work. Both Control arms removed and new ones installed, new springs and struts installed. Still have to either replace rack or just replace its bushings. Also have to install new tie rod ends.





New replacement control arm from LMR

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New one Installed!


Driver side


New one Installed!

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Strut and Spring(FMS B-Springs) installed on Passenger side



Driver side



Glad to finally have these replaced! Ball joints were completely wasted!



That's all the farther we got done today.

[jayhawk261]

That sure made for a fun couple of days Steve! Honestly, I don't know how people do this without air tools. Even using the air hammer with a ball joint separator it took several minutes to break the knuckle loose. I don't think it ever would have come off using a hammer. Maybe with some strategically applied heat!

[bluesfannoz]

Thanks man for use of your garage, your tools, your time, and your brute strength! Couldn't of done it without any of that! Hopefully I will get it out of your garage eventually!

That sure made for a fun couple of days Steve! Honestly, I don't know how people do this without air tools. Even using the air hammer with a ball joint separator it took several minutes to break the knuckle loose. I don't think it ever would have come off using a hammer. Maybe with some strategically applied heat!

[bluesfannoz]

More work on the Dominator this weekend. Forgot my phone on Saturday so not many pictures. Got my fuel bowl leak fixed by replacing the fuel bowl and also the leak around the fuel tube that equalizes between the bowls. Also loosened the front control arm bolts to hopefully get it to settle more as its sitting a little high still. Going to leave them loose until next weekend.

Here is what it looks like now.

[bluesfannoz]

Big thanks to Randy(jayhawk261) and his son Jeremy for finishing up the rear suspension upgrades to the car over the weekend. Here are some pictures they took.

Before


After


Other side after

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Car all back together and on the ground!


Some cool shots with Randy's Sweet Ride!

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Today finally got stickers put back on the car!

GT sticker on Hood


Dominator and 5.0 on Passenger side


Dominator GT and Summit Ford Logo on back hatch

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Dominator and 5.0 on Drivers side


All Done!

[TopGear85]

The Dominator looks amazing, it incredible the impact a few decals can have. One of the best I've ever seen...congrats!

[Radarluv]

Way cool, Beautiful Car

[99GTMichael]

Looks great. Motivation to get to work on mine.

[02Z06]

Wow, looks freaking awesome Steve!!!

[lumarkhood]

That car looks very slick!

It is amazing the different "look" the car takes after those Dominator decals are added.

[vascj]

Very nice Steve, just can't beat black on 85 86 GTs. Looks great!!!

[bluesfannoz]

Thanks Guys! Looking forward to getting out and driving it more! This weekend I am taking it to the MidAmerica Ford and Shelby show in Tulsa! Going to be a fun trip! jayhawk261(Randy) and I are both taking our cars.

[02Z06]

Get some pictures Steve!

[bluesfannoz]

Mid America Ford and Shelby Meet in Tulsa Ok

Four Eyes at the Thursday night Cruise In at the Brady Arts District Downtown Tulsa

My car and jayhawk261(Randy's) 27K 85 Canyon Red GT next to mine




silverfiveO's(Ray) 86 Capri


Nice 85 T-Bird

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Sweet Garage storage provided by a good friend of jayhawk261's