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1997ThunderbirdLXV6 said:
(Automatic swap? That's a thing?).
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At the height of the who has the fastest SC arms race it definitely happened to a few cars. If you’re going for consistent quarter mile ETs you cannot beat an automatic, plus the IRS copes substantially better from a launch on drag radials with a high stall converter automatic in front of it than it does a manual with a 5000rpm clutch dump.

There actually was a time the predominating club culture kind of considered 4R70w to manual swaps sacrilege, certain people took the notion like it was a personal betrayal to Jerry W. 😆
 
KevinVarnes said:
Looks like it could be decent and the price is right. Don't see any rust in the rockers from the pics. Think they pulled the driveshaft to tow it on the dolly? Eh, not that it matters. 94/95 so probably needs a transmission rebuild anyway. :D

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That low of an angle will still be an issue for dolly towing on these cars?
 
Several questionable modifications on this car. None the least is the license plate covering up more than half of the intercooler. I feel like this could possibly be a good car if several things were undone to it. Question is, did the lift come about for IC ground clearance or was it just convenient to put it there because of all the extra ground clearance?

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I don't recognize the car, but some 60's era cars were made for the rutted 60's gravel roads. :)
Think two wheel tracks with gravel in mud, and a 6-12" high center.
My Cougar doesn't visit some places I go; bike or jeep places. But in the 60's the Cougar ain't making it to the road from the driveway, let alone the house, at most of my relatives houses then.
 
That is... I didn't have anything nice to say, so. Anyway, I think it's lifted to fit those wheels.
 
90% of 50-60's cars you see have been lowered;from the factory they had a good 6" of ground clearance.
 
Grog6 said:
90% of 50-60's cars you see have been lowered;from the factory they had a good 6" of ground clearance.
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This one is definitely raised, I assume for an incongruous gasser look, Lancers and Valiants normally sit as low as any later A body. Though it is easy to change ride height on torsion bar era Mopars

This is a stock one IN the 60s

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I'd call that ~6", It wouldn't get stuck easily.
I'm sure those are 15" rims.
 
I didn't realize they made them that small then, but I guess the 6-cyl falcon my buddy had might have.
I didn't see those until the subaru. Car in the pic has more clearance than the subaru did, and I took it to Windrock, and buzzards bluff; no mn12 is going there. Heck, with the tokicos and voightlands, the tbird dragged at the bottom of my driveway, lol. I had to pull up on the fender to get my jack under it. :) I drove the 63 tbird to my grandma's house, and there's no way our cars would; it's 200 yards of river rock pounded into a driveway by 20 years of farm kids in the 30's or 40's. You don't see blacktop for 5 miles.
 
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Jae 'Bird said:
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I kinda want it, its not perfect but would make a fun project plus learn how to fix the rust, I can see a bit at the bottom in front of the rear wheel. Seems like an old guy had it
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Once the rust gets that bad on these cars they are financially totaled and ready for the junkyard. A few members here have repaired rust similar to that; but it's almost never worth it unless the car has sentimental value.
 
Jae 'Bird said:
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I kinda want it, its not perfect but would make a fun project plus learn how to fix the rust, I can see a bit at the bottom in front of the rear wheel. Seems like an old guy had it
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Learn to weld on random sheetmetal instead. Learning to fix rust is almost a nonsequitur; when it’s that bad you’re just cutting it out and adding new metal. And new steetmetal means intricate stampings you can’t just bend together over your knee, you’d need new pre stamped replacements which simply don’t exist for these cars. Without aftermarket replacements the only option for good metal is a rust free doner car to salvage the good metal off of….

So you buy a bad car, then buy a good car, then cut up the good car into pieces, use a few of those pieces to fix the bad car, then spend $10,000 for bodywork and paint… after that's all done it’ll be as good as the good car you cut up 😆

Kenz said:
Once the rust gets that bad on these cars they are financially totaled and ready for the junkyard. A few members here have repaired rust similar to that; but it's almost never worth it unless the car has sentimental value.
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Yep, parts car. Or just a fun beater to run into the ground
 
XR7-4.6 said:
So you buy a bad car, then buy a good car, then cut up the good car into pieces, use a few of those pieces to fix the bad car, then spend $10,000 for bodywork and paint… after that's all done it’ll be as good as the good car you cut up 😆
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Shhhhh! Don't let @Zep5.0 hear this!
 
XR7-4.6 said:
He heard me say it over and over again years ago! 😆

BUT he was restoring a car he has history with, not restoring a car found in the classified site on a whim.
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CDsDontBurn said:
Shhhhh! Don't let @Zep5.0 hear this!
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He's just scared of a fun project. All you sissies and your rust free cars need some rust dust in your eyes from taking apart a 30 year old rust bucket🤣

In XR-7's defense he was trying to save me a ton of money and more importantly time. But alas, I didn't care.
 
Safe to say Zep is driving the newest mercury whilest bending space and time. I hope we get some trailing drone footage on a cloudy day
 
Zep5.0 said:
He's just scared of a fun project. All you sissies and your rust free cars need some rust dust in your eyes from taking apart a 30 year old rust bucket🤣

In XR-7's defense he was trying to save me a ton of money and more importantly time. But alas, I didn't care.
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Also the car you cut up looked like mine 😭😝
 
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