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Howdy Folks,
I'm hoping you catophiles can help a newbie just getting started(and probably in over my head from the start).
I'm trying to buy a '68 Cougar that has a 351W slid down in the hole. The interior is BAAAAAD!!!!! Dash pad looks like it went through the landing at Normandy and the front seats aren't much better, the headliner is gone, but the backseat looks fair.
It drives straight and true, sounds fantastic and stops when and where you tell it to.
After telling a friend about this he gave me a '76 Cougar with a 351W in it. Auto tranny (c-4 or C-6 he's not sure which) with a 9 inch rearend in it. The problem is that he said the carb leaked and caught fire and because of that his boy parked it about two years ago and it hasn't moved since.
My question is: How difficult would ot be to rebuild the 76 engine and is it even feasible to put the car back on the road? I haven't seen the 76 yet as it is about 60 -70 miles north of me and I've been busy at work. From the way he described it, it didn't sound like a major fire but I'm assuming the worst and fguring on belts and hoses and maybe a wiring harness.
Am I about to get "burnt" on a project that should never be started or am I just seeing too much smoke?
Thanks for your input,
John B.
I'm hoping you catophiles can help a newbie just getting started(and probably in over my head from the start).
I'm trying to buy a '68 Cougar that has a 351W slid down in the hole. The interior is BAAAAAD!!!!! Dash pad looks like it went through the landing at Normandy and the front seats aren't much better, the headliner is gone, but the backseat looks fair.
It drives straight and true, sounds fantastic and stops when and where you tell it to.
After telling a friend about this he gave me a '76 Cougar with a 351W in it. Auto tranny (c-4 or C-6 he's not sure which) with a 9 inch rearend in it. The problem is that he said the carb leaked and caught fire and because of that his boy parked it about two years ago and it hasn't moved since.
My question is: How difficult would ot be to rebuild the 76 engine and is it even feasible to put the car back on the road? I haven't seen the 76 yet as it is about 60 -70 miles north of me and I've been busy at work. From the way he described it, it didn't sound like a major fire but I'm assuming the worst and fguring on belts and hoses and maybe a wiring harness.
Am I about to get "burnt" on a project that should never be started or am I just seeing too much smoke?
Thanks for your input,
John B.