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This is my first full blown restoration project, Ive done motor swaps and interior and body work before but this is my first car to need ALL of the above haha.
Its a 68 standard with Factory AC and um..thats about it. Still has the 302 shortblock in it but heads were removed years ago to be rebuilt but the car was just neglected then.
its got some rust here and there, not much at all considering its age, but i'll put in the partial floor pan sections to make sure its nice and stout and eliminate the chance of it spreading by doing a quick fix. the trunk is the worst but ive found the panels for it already too.
my big question, when i got the car the PO (wife's uncle) had purchased a wrecked 88 or so Ford pickup and pulled the EFI motor out of it (302) to put in this car. Then they got side tracked by one of the thousand other project cars they have going on so I am now the proud new owner of a cougar with half a motor and a complete motor on the stand beside it.
My plan is to yank all the EFI stuff off the motor and put an intake and carb on it (the car has its OE 2bbl intake and carb plus a second 2bbl carb that was in the trunk). my plan is to go with a 4bbl.
but i got to thinking...what would be needed to put the complete EFI motor in the car? the motor was just unplugged from all the hanresses and pulled out complete- from the throttle body to the oil pan. i know to go from the EFI to the carb im gonna need an intake, carb, mechanical fuel pump, and my guess is distributor also... plus the oil pan, i assume, will swap over from the cat's to the "new" 302 since the pickup's pan is backwards from the cougars....
what's ya'lls thoughts? its going to be just a clean and simple restomod type of car... some changes here and there to make it mine and no racing or anything, just cruising. sourced carpet and headliner and other trim parts, but who has the best price on upholstery and foam? the fronts will need foam and covers the rear probally just needs new covers....
anyone still running the stock drums on it? im kinda leaning towards keeping it as close to factory equipped as i can...something about drivnig an old car that drives like an old car is just neat to me. without wanting to do any high speed driving or racing, i figure they would work just fine since thats pretty much how they did it back then and it seemed to work, as the car isnt smashed into a wall.
also, trunk lip repair... it has some minor rust but finding a rust free used one is kinda like pulling teeth..ayone have good success repairing the lip?
looking forward to this LONG project haha
Its a 68 standard with Factory AC and um..thats about it. Still has the 302 shortblock in it but heads were removed years ago to be rebuilt but the car was just neglected then.
its got some rust here and there, not much at all considering its age, but i'll put in the partial floor pan sections to make sure its nice and stout and eliminate the chance of it spreading by doing a quick fix. the trunk is the worst but ive found the panels for it already too.
my big question, when i got the car the PO (wife's uncle) had purchased a wrecked 88 or so Ford pickup and pulled the EFI motor out of it (302) to put in this car. Then they got side tracked by one of the thousand other project cars they have going on so I am now the proud new owner of a cougar with half a motor and a complete motor on the stand beside it.
My plan is to yank all the EFI stuff off the motor and put an intake and carb on it (the car has its OE 2bbl intake and carb plus a second 2bbl carb that was in the trunk). my plan is to go with a 4bbl.
but i got to thinking...what would be needed to put the complete EFI motor in the car? the motor was just unplugged from all the hanresses and pulled out complete- from the throttle body to the oil pan. i know to go from the EFI to the carb im gonna need an intake, carb, mechanical fuel pump, and my guess is distributor also... plus the oil pan, i assume, will swap over from the cat's to the "new" 302 since the pickup's pan is backwards from the cougars....
what's ya'lls thoughts? its going to be just a clean and simple restomod type of car... some changes here and there to make it mine and no racing or anything, just cruising. sourced carpet and headliner and other trim parts, but who has the best price on upholstery and foam? the fronts will need foam and covers the rear probally just needs new covers....
anyone still running the stock drums on it? im kinda leaning towards keeping it as close to factory equipped as i can...something about drivnig an old car that drives like an old car is just neat to me. without wanting to do any high speed driving or racing, i figure they would work just fine since thats pretty much how they did it back then and it seemed to work, as the car isnt smashed into a wall.
also, trunk lip repair... it has some minor rust but finding a rust free used one is kinda like pulling teeth..ayone have good success repairing the lip?
looking forward to this LONG project haha
i'll take some liberties with it and change things to my liking here and there though, its just a standard car nothing going to be lost with a resto mod.
