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Originally Posted by rspears

Yeah, I think my ride is becoming "known". The other day I was headed through town and jumped on a road that has a 50mph speed limit, but is straight as an arrow and often sees some "excessive speeds". I was going maybe 55mph, and looked up and saw the oncoming vehicle flashing his lights at me, which I took to mean "Radar Ahead!!" Surprise, surprise the lead vehicle was a County Sheriff, and as he went by he was giving me a "Down" signal, as in "Slow Down, Bud!!" I'd already dropped speed, but looked back and saw him U-turn a car back, thinking "Oh crap, he's going to come after me!!" Nope, he closed in on the guy who was following me, who had been closing the gap quickly as we met the Sheriff, and he rode his bumper for a mile or two and then turned when he turned.

The red is looking great!! It'll be attracting attention, for sure!!

I'm sure it's really easy to speed in your area. You guys have some nice speed limits there. We have no 2 lane roads here at 65mph, and our interstates are 70. Yours are 75 if I remember correctly. Man, after I got back to slow ville I caught my self speeding more than usual.

Thanks! Yeah, I really like the TCP stuff. Looks good and you can't beat the price. I wish I had used it on my 48, the PPG base/clear we used cost way more and really doesn't look that much better than TCPs stuff.

Originally Posted by randyr

I guess MoFo could work, too....

Comments overheard at a car show in the near future:

Wow! That MoFo is really RED!! Yeah, and check out the engine FoSHO!

There's a car here in New Zealand called by just that name: Mofo.
It's a '36 Ford truck powered by a sloper six Mopar, and owned by Jerry and Raewyn Stutterd of Waiuku.

He's a fellow Maverick, and a top bloke. Known him for years.

A ford truck powered by a mopar slant 6 in New Z???????????


Back in the day of the first oil imbargo-----mid 70s?, My pardner John Keeling took the stroked 427so (428 crank/427 nascar block/) out of his 69 F100 and put in a slant six---fuel economy and would run on what gas that you could get in California---just couldn't get gas for the higher compression engines when that all went down plus the price went over $.50 gallon and he had a long drive to get to work at the LAX airport----------Saddly its all gone now---John, his truck, the 427, TWA, $.50 gas------------

Lots of little tidbits done the past few days: I had a run in the door that was troublesome so decided to just konock it down with some 400 and reshoot the door. The rest is good. Scrubbed lots of dust and overspray off the frame, finished bolting a few more things on the motor, tore down the intake for paint/new gaskets, and got the flywheel/clutch/pressure plate lined out. When I bought the ranger 5 speed the guy gave me the clutch and pressure plate and said it had only been put in about 6 months before. It bolts right up to the SHO flywheel. The weird thing was that the entire pressure plate was packed with feathers and hay! The Ranger was a farm truck so I guess he used it around his chicken house. It took about two hours with an air hose and a long skinny screwdriver to get it all out.

That's going to be a real fun ride

Really looking forward to seeing this one on the road!

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Heck just looking forward to seeing it back in one piece! !

Originally Posted by stovens

Heck just looking forward to seeing it back in one piece! !

Were you looking in the mirror Steve? bwaaaahahahahahaha jkjkjk.. 8-)

LOL I almost wrote, "as much as I'm looking forward to getting my truck back together! Heck this thread has inspired all my recent work towards the same goal!"

Hopefully it'll be back on the road by early spring. It's been a time thing lately, I changed jobs in October and its really cut down on my garage time but I'm squeezing in what I can.

It's looking good! I had a mouse nest in the bell housing of my 72 and didn't know it until after start up and noticed the pieces coming out. When we pulled the trans, the nest wasn't very big, but the started behind the pressure plate. I was like, really?

Lots done today; drivetrain is bolted in for good (barring any unforseen disasters). I've got upper gaskets on the way, now I need to pick up some header wrap and get them wrapped and installed. I also saw a pretty cool video on how to build your own fuel injector cleaner. I'll be giving that a shot before too long. The car sat a while and the gas smelled funky so I want to make sure the injectors are clean and working before installing them. They go under the upper intake and a lot of stuff has to come off to get to them.

Looks good Falcon! I'd say definitely a good idea to clean and verify operation on the injectors before things go together for final.... Lot's easier now then later and without knowing the history of the engine who knows what kind of maintenance it had or how fussy the owner was on where he made a fuel stop!!!!!

Yeah, that's what I figure, Dave. I dont have my intake gaskets yet but here's an idea of what it will look like assembled. I went ahead and put the door trim, handles, and door panels back on today. Hopefully I can get the headers knocked out this week.