I'm just getting caught up Brock. So pardon me for the .
Do you know if it runs yet, or can be made to run fairly easy?
When the "free" word gets thrown out there it's hard to not pay attention. I'm interested in seeing an update there buddy.
I'm just getting caught up Brock. So pardon me for the .
Do you know if it runs yet, or can be made to run fairly easy?
When the "free" word gets thrown out there it's hard to not pay attention. I'm interested in seeing an update there buddy.
Brock
1984 Mustang LX Convertible 3.8L V-6/Auto (SOLD)
1984 Mustang GT Hatchback 5.0 V-8/5 Speed
I'm an FEP Supporter and proud of it. Are you?
I do have an update on the 87 vert Dave. I will derail my thread a bit to post it up since you are interested.
I went out to Lincoln to look at it and all in all, it wasn't in horrible shape. I decided since it was "free" to go ahead and load it up on the trailer and bring it home. Trying to move it out of the garage turned into a fiasco for a bit. After sitting the past 8 years, she didn't want to budge by hand. I had to unhook the trailer, hook up to the car with a strap and give her a couple decent tugs with the truck to get it to finally roll. Got it up on the trailer and headed home.
Got it in the garage at the house, much to the wife's dismay as it is on her side, and started looking it over. It was dirty as heck, but I was actually surprised at how good of shape the car is in especially being a midwest car. There's some surface rust around it but most of it is minor. I only found 3 spots of rust through and they are minor/small, all things considered. Each side of the very front floor pans have a hole about 1" by 3" and the drivers side rear quarter has a hole. The rest of the floor pans, usual body rust areas, frame rails and strut towers are clean.
After that, I decided it was worth seeing if it ran.
Checked all fluids and they were amazingly clean. I pulled the plugs and they were clean. Dropped a little oil down in each cylinder. I grabbed the breaker bar and proceeded to spin the motor by hand. It actually spun fairly easy. Reinstalled plugs and put a fresh battery in it. The tank was bone dry so I through a couple gallons of gas in her. Hop in and hit the key, hoping for the best. Took a couple tries but she fired right off once the fuel got there. SWEET! No knocks, rattles, or other weird things. She came down and settled into a nice smooth idle. Not bad at all for a little 2.3 that hasn't been started in 8 years. Shifted through all ranges of the transmission and she shifted in and out of each one smoothly. Carefully took it around the block to test the transmission under some load and it seemed to be fine. The brakes were a whole different story! They barely work.
All in all, with some love, time and little money...I think this will be a fairly decent car to play around with as a cruiser.
Brock
1984 Mustang LX Convertible 3.8L V-6/Auto (SOLD)
1984 Mustang GT Hatchback 5.0 V-8/5 Speed
I'm an FEP Supporter and proud of it. Are you?
Some more:
Brock
1984 Mustang LX Convertible 3.8L V-6/Auto (SOLD)
1984 Mustang GT Hatchback 5.0 V-8/5 Speed
I'm an FEP Supporter and proud of it. Are you?
I also couldn't stand the 14" steelies with hubcaps, so I changed its shoes.
Before:
After:
Got lucky and these mesh popped up for sale locally. 15" ARE wheels with 2 center caps and useable rubber. Guy wanted $200 for them and I snagged them for $125. I thought it was a pretty good deal.
Brock
1984 Mustang LX Convertible 3.8L V-6/Auto (SOLD)
1984 Mustang GT Hatchback 5.0 V-8/5 Speed
I'm an FEP Supporter and proud of it. Are you?
Damn, that's pretty clean considering where you are and the age! NICE score on the wheels! $125 for 4 round wheels is never bad, but some Mesh ones?
1985 GT, Sunroof, 5 Lug, Rear Discs, 01 Graphite Bullets, 88 forged piston shortblock, 2.02/1.60 Alum heads, Weiand Stealth, Holley C950 TBI, BBK Long tubes
DANG! Spray bomb that black bumper molding and get some not-yellow lenses for the lights and that thing is surely presentable. Nice work!
Mesh wheels look excellent Brock!
It's pretty cool you got it running so easy.
Thanks! My plan is to clean it up the best I can and drive it around for a while while I figure out what I want to do with it. I think that “back to black” stuff will work good on the trim and a good polish will make it look better. There’s only so much I can do since the clearcoat on the hood is peeling pretty bad. I looked at the headlights and the reflectors are in excellent shape, so I think I’ll do the multistep wet sand on them and give them a good polish, which should help tremendously.
I’m hoping that work will slow up a bit and I can get some time to work on both cars. If I can, then I’m going to try and have both cars ready for the trip to Foxtoberfest this year.
Brock
1984 Mustang LX Convertible 3.8L V-6/Auto (SOLD)
1984 Mustang GT Hatchback 5.0 V-8/5 Speed
I'm an FEP Supporter and proud of it. Are you?
YAY ME!
It's bad enough I have one P.O.S. barfing all over my garage floor, but why not double it!
I walk out to the garage yesterday afternoon to find that Blondie has caught the virus now and has decided to puke where she sits.
I'm hoping I can borrow the steering rack out of the vert and use it for the time being. I have some car related events I really need to make it to this weekend.
Brock
1984 Mustang LX Convertible 3.8L V-6/Auto (SOLD)
1984 Mustang GT Hatchback 5.0 V-8/5 Speed
I'm an FEP Supporter and proud of it. Are you?
That's an environmental hazard! lol Call the EPA!
Hope you get to the show!
1985 GT, Sunroof, 5 Lug, Rear Discs, 01 Graphite Bullets, 88 forged piston shortblock, 2.02/1.60 Alum heads, Weiand Stealth, Holley C950 TBI, BBK Long tubes
That bites Brock! So that's steering fluid from your tan mustang?
Man if the police happened by and noticed all that red fluid running out from under the door they'd break in! Good luck getting her going.
Glad the Sheriff that lives a couple doors down never comes up the hill.
I spent all day out in the heat and humidity today, but I got them swapped. I learned that there are differences in the mounting of the racks between the 4-eyes and Aeros. The bolts and bushings are way different...
Brock
1984 Mustang LX Convertible 3.8L V-6/Auto (SOLD)
1984 Mustang GT Hatchback 5.0 V-8/5 Speed
I'm an FEP Supporter and proud of it. Are you?
Brock
1984 Mustang LX Convertible 3.8L V-6/Auto (SOLD)
1984 Mustang GT Hatchback 5.0 V-8/5 Speed
I'm an FEP Supporter and proud of it. Are you?
Brock
1984 Mustang LX Convertible 3.8L V-6/Auto (SOLD)
1984 Mustang GT Hatchback 5.0 V-8/5 Speed
I'm an FEP Supporter and proud of it. Are you?
It’s taken 3 years, but I finally brought home a trophy! Placed 3rd out of 4 in my class. Hoping for 2nd but I’m happy with this. I actually didn’t figure I would even place.
Last edited by 84StangSVT; 07-07-2018 at 08:05 PM.
Brock
1984 Mustang LX Convertible 3.8L V-6/Auto (SOLD)
1984 Mustang GT Hatchback 5.0 V-8/5 Speed
I'm an FEP Supporter and proud of it. Are you?
Congrats! The GT looks good!
Trey
"I Don't build it hoping for your approval! I built it because it meets mine!"
"I've spent most of my money on Mustangs, racing, and women... the rest I just wasted."
Mustangs Past: Too many to remember!
Current Mustangs:
1969 Mach 1
1979 Pace Car now 5.0/5 speed
1982 GT Stalled RestoModification
1984 SVO Still Waiting Restoration
1986 GT Under going Wide Body Conversion Currently
Current Capris:
1981 Capri Roller
1981 Capri Black Magic Roller Basket Case
1982 Capri RS 5.0/4spd T-top Full Restoration Stalled in TX
1984 Capri RS T-top Roller
1983-84 Gloy Racing Trans Am/IMSA Body Parts
Hooah!!
Jim DeAngelis
Cornucopia of Useless Knowledge
Connoisseur of Dearborn Ferrous Oxide
'83 GT hatch, currently under the knife
'79 Capri 2.3L n/a, Medium Copper metallic, survivor
(bought from MRausch82)
Sweet! She's such a sweetheart... I say 1st place! Congratulations, Brock!
Mike
1986 Mustang convertible ---> BUILD THREAD
Past Fox-chassis "four eyes":
1983 Mercury Cougar LS
1986 Ford Thunderbird ELAN
1980 Capri RS Turbo
Work in progress website ---> http://carb-rebuilds-plus.boards.net/
Woohoo!!!!
Thanks guys. I’m thrilled! I’m glad I had the luxury of having the 87 to borrow the steering rack out of. It was well worth the extra work swapping them in the heat and humidity.
Brock
1984 Mustang LX Convertible 3.8L V-6/Auto (SOLD)
1984 Mustang GT Hatchback 5.0 V-8/5 Speed
I'm an FEP Supporter and proud of it. Are you?
LOL... I told you a while back it's not that hard. I am far from a body and paint man. I've done two of them so far and it's easy. Press it down in the front and just draw the stripe out all the way to the back and eye it and press it down. I know that a machine "hand" painted the originals. But there was no person painting them on a table. It was a machine putting paint on an auto fed molding under it. My store bought tape stripe works just fine and I'm picky. Both cars have the fake "hand" painted stripe in the center and tape stripe on bumpers to wheel openings. Just buy a $6 roll of stripe and go for it. There's a break at the wheel opening. Nobody will ever notice.
Last edited by homer302; 07-08-2018 at 04:13 PM.
just like that brock. Did it this morning. Its not quite perfect, If you stare at it long enough the strait part looks crooked and the crooked part looks strait.
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