Next on my list...project Fairmont
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Next on my list...project Fairmont
Picked this up awhile ago and have been trying to sell off some parts to finance its build.
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Only 35k on the car. There is a nasty 347 being built for it and a built C4 waiting for me in my garage. Have a mustang k-member cleaned up already and am looking for an 8.8, preferably already built but I'd settle for a stock 4 lug disc brake rear as a place to start. Soon as I sell a few bits she will get through the floor connectors and some torque box bracing. WTF am I going to do with a 35k mile straight 6 and C4 combo with a 1 barrel carb?
One thing I love on this car, with a cast iron 6 and A/C it weighs 2700 lbs, goal is to have it 2600 lbs with the 347 in it and have 500 to the tire NA and leave it looking like a grandma car. Time will tell how close I can get to these goals.
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http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/d...0-1021_IMG.jpg
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/d...0-1022_IMG.jpg
Only 35k on the car. There is a nasty 347 being built for it and a built C4 waiting for me in my garage. Have a mustang k-member cleaned up already and am looking for an 8.8, preferably already built but I'd settle for a stock 4 lug disc brake rear as a place to start. Soon as I sell a few bits she will get through the floor connectors and some torque box bracing. WTF am I going to do with a 35k mile straight 6 and C4 combo with a 1 barrel carb?
One thing I love on this car, with a cast iron 6 and A/C it weighs 2700 lbs, goal is to have it 2600 lbs with the 347 in it and have 500 to the tire NA and leave it looking like a grandma car. Time will tell how close I can get to these goals.
Matt
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Nice project, I had a 79 fairmont back in 84 with a 351 windsor when I was stationed at FT BRAGG N.C. Incase anyone was wondering that pic is from the fayetteville drag strip I ran 12.9 in the quarter with a slightly worked motor car weighted about 2800lbs. with the windsor..Car started out a 4 cyl.
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What is not fun on futuras is finding decent parts, took me a month to find a clean tailight lens and two headlight bezels. Was it a fox I could have had parts inside of a day. Made a little progress, got an 8.8 rear today, just need to sell off a few parts so I can build the heck out of the 8.8 and get some team Z adjustable control arms.
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That car will make great sleeper in that color. Not sure if this will be any help to you, but there were two fairmonts in cophers on 40th street when I was there yesterday. Neither was a futura though, if I remember correctly. good luck on the build.
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Got lucky the last few days, scored the tail light and the headlight bezels I needed and picked up an 8.8 rear yesterday. Soon as a few more parts sell I will order me up some nice axles, full spool (unless a detroit locker falls out of the sky), and some 4.10 gears.
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