Nice job! Looks great from here! Welcome to the site!
Care to share some details about it?
'85 GT
Ok here’s the list ........... (FMS = Ford Motorsports)
5.0 roller block 30 over
FMS 1:6 roller rockers
FMS B303 cam
Edelebrock RPM air gap intake
Demon carb..... Nickerson tuned
Full Dyno tune and set up
MSD distributer
MSD 6 AL ignition
Custom fit Taylor ignition wires
120 MPH calibrated police speedometer
Show chromed shifter T handle
Mighty mite full rollerized C-4 Trans ( Dynamic racing )
Performance automatic 11” 2800 stall torque converter
SFI - Approved bellhousing for 164 tooth flex plate
B&M Trans cooler
4 inch aluminum drive shaft
8.8 rear with FMS locker
4.10 gears
Moser 31 spline axels
Granatelli motorsports 8.8 aluminum cover
Maximum motor sports lower rear control arms
Steeda adjustable upper rear control arms
Quad shock brackets installed with KYB shocks
FMS double hump cross member with poly bushings
Polyurethane motor and trans mounts
FMS shorty headers
Full dual exhaust with H pipe
Flow master 2 chamber mufflers
Maximum motorsports strut tower brace
Sub frame connectors welded in
Flaming river steering shaft eliminating rag joint
FMS 16 to 1 power rack and pinion
FMS lower front control arms with low friction ball joints
FMS bumpsteer tie rod ends
Maximum motor sports castor camber plates
SVO aluminum big bore master cylinder
FMS chrome master cylinder cover
11 inch front brakes (87 to 93 Mustang spindles)
SVO 73 mm calipers
Steeda stainless caliper bushings
Drilled and slotted rotors
FMS M2300 rear disk brake kit
Custom made stainless E brake cables
Russell stainless brake hoses
Hawk ceramic brake pads
FMS aluminum radiator
15” Aluminum wheels to clear big brakes
Auto meter pillar pod (mustang heated and molded to fit fairmont)
VDO oil and temp gauges
VDO tachometer
PA performance one wire HO alternator
NOS swivel map and dome light with bracket
NOS Ford marchal fog lights with oem switch
Both aluminum anodized bumpers stripped and show chromed
Chromed plastic inside of tail lights and front turn indicators and reverse lights
SVO Nos chrome air cleaner lid stripped and show chromed
K&N air filter
FMS aluminum valve covers
New fuel tank,inside coated,new fill tube and sending unit
All glass replaced with new
Restored real leather wrapped steering wheel
Custom aluminum turned dash inserts to replace vinyl
Brake lights,turn signals and marker lights upgraded to sylvania LED
Alpine Audio CD with Boston acoustics speakers
Tons of new old stock parts from EBay been buying since 2001
Soon to be installed real leather wrapped wheel
I’m sure I forgot something
Last edited by OrgInalESrestored; 07-18-2019 at 07:59 PM.
Waiting to get fixed after someone backed into it a few weeks ago
Hey, GORGEOUS car!! Your restoration has been done for a while, right? Your car is actually the background on my computer!
I have a '79 Zephyr ES so I'm always happy to see another one.
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Brad
'79 Mercury Zephyr ES 5.0L GT40 EFI, T-5
'17 Ford Focus ST
'14 Ford Fusion SE Manual
I finished it in 2002 and it sat till a year ago as kids were busy with sports
which picture do you have I’m curious as to where it was taken
It's the photo you use in your avatar. It's been a while now, but I think what happened was, you posted on facebook, and then someone shared it in the Fairmont group I'm in. I can't remember if you ended up joining. it's "FORD Fairmont and Mercury Zephyrs 78-83". There's a few other ESs there besides mine. Most of them are beige I think. It's certainly rare to see a bright red one! I seem to recall seeing your Marti report too, and being surprised it came with full blackout trim as a factory option too. I didn't know they did that! I consider myself the keeper of the ES knowledge since so little is known about them. You might enjoy this:
http://vb.foureyedpride.com/showthre...acts-amp-Myths
Since you bought yours during the original model run, you probably know more than I do! You can check my facts!
Brad
'79 Mercury Zephyr ES 5.0L GT40 EFI, T-5
'17 Ford Focus ST
'14 Ford Fusion SE Manual
ZephyrEFI
Great facts and thanks for the link. Glad to see your the keeper of the E.S.
I would like to talk to you some time and compare some notes
Well just waiting for the sanding to begin and it won’t be long till the ES comes back home with new fender and paint it was really nice before but should be nicer now.......... Can’t wait!
Last edited by OrgInalESrestored; 06-19-2019 at 09:10 PM.
Thank you for sharing your car and list of equipment & mods. I am really curious as to what gauge pods you are using on the A pillar (driver side)? Are the A pillars in Faimonts/Zephyrs the same as Mustangs (and thus the pods originally marketed for Mustangs)?
Thanks!
Raul
Welcome to the site!
Your car looked great before and will again! It really has a great curb appeal to me!
Surprised you never went to a manual though - mind you I have two automatics currently and a "Mighty mite full rollerized C-4 Trans" sounds pretty wicked to have even though I am not sure what it really is.
I have a question about the steering wheel. The original wheel looks pretty nice still from the picture. Is the new one a re-leathered one or actually new?
DarranOriginally Posted by BLUECRAPI
1982-1C (Black) GT T-Top:http://vb.foureyedpride.com/showthre...he-Road-Thread
1986-9L (Oxford White) SVO: http://vb.foureyedpride.com/showthre...d-did-1986-SVO
1979 (85:Tangerine) Coupe (my son's): http://vb.foureyedpride.com/showthre...gerine-Machine
1979 (3F:Light Medium Blue) Coupe (one day to be my other son's!) http://vb.foureyedpride.com/showthre...um-Blue-Bomber!
Thank you all for the compliments. I have been meaning to share my car for along time and just never found the time until now. As far as the original wheel goes it's in great shape . It is faux leather (Plastic molded to look like stitched leather ) which always bothered me. I saw that restored real leather wrapped wheel on Ebay and picked it up.The gauge pod is an auto meter which I bought very early in my ownership of the car. I purchased the one for a mustang and used leather gloves along with a heat gun to mold it to fit the Fairmont pillar. The Mighty mite Transmision was the hot set up in 2000 when I did the car I looked it up today and it's still available @ Dynamic racing transmissions. I had wiped out two previous transmissions so I wanted something overkill
Last edited by OrgInalESrestored; 06-20-2019 at 08:28 AM.
You race it? Or just drive hard?
Brad
'79 Mercury Zephyr ES 5.0L GT40 EFI, T-5
'17 Ford Focus ST
'14 Ford Fusion SE Manual
I had the car in my 20s and I wasn't that smart back then so I wooped on it and broke stuff . I'm in my 50s now so I dont like breaking things but I still have a little red light fun
Are the marchals factory for this car? They look nice where you have them. I may do something similar with my Crown Victoria. Basically the same style front end.
-David
The Brown Blob
They were offered as a dealer installed option I purchased an NOS set last year after searching for years and the original switch was found years ago on eBay there is a very nice set here for sale if I hadn’t bought the ones I have I would buy the ones here
Woooo Hooooo. !!!!!!!!!!
LET THE SANDING BEGIN !!!!!!!
Last edited by OrgInalESrestored; 06-21-2019 at 04:26 PM.
A few more pics from the body shop[ATTACH]128443[/
Last edited by OrgInalESrestored; 06-23-2019 at 09:38 PM.
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