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09-25-2012, 10:27 PM
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Left over bolts?
 
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Burlington, Iowa
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It lives(with bunch of pics)
It felt like an uphill battle, but I think I won!. As a refresher: I bought a 142,xxx mile mach 1 on ebay about the middle of March. I knew going in that the motor was knocking, HARD. I paid what I thought was a fair price and started working on it. The car had 4 spun rod bearings, a ripped up drivers seat, and a hole in the front bumper cover. Well, anyway I finally have some progress to report. But first, the pictures.....
I started with this.....(crappy ebay pic)  And then got to this point...  And then this.....  And then got the engine bay nice and clean like this....  Went with forged rods and pistons, and had the stock crank turned. Had my brother in-law do a mild port and polish on the heads. Picked up a set of 98 cobra cams, low mileage stock springs and a new oil pump. Had the machine shop do a valve job, new seals, and then I bolted it all back together(after a lot of cleaning and painting). Like this....  More to come....
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1993 F150 Lightning 408CID(Owned since 1995) 2005 Mustang GT Roushcharged(wife's car) 2003 Zinc Yellow Mach 1(2015 Long Haul Survivor!) 50ft. test drive. "I thought it handled great!" 
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09-25-2012, 10:30 PM
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Left over bolts?
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Burlington, Iowa
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Re: It lives(with a bunch of pics)
Also decided I needed a cooling mod since future plans include a supercharger. So I bought another pipe like the one on the passenger side and modified it.
 Got the seat fixed by a local shop. They went ahead and dyed the whole set for me so they would match. So I went from this...  To this...  Bought a replacement front bumper from ebay(prepainted). Thought the match was close enough. Just have to drill new holes for the chin spoiler(new one was included when I bought the car).  Then the motor went back in. Without headers or the trans in the way, it goes back in pretty easy. 
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1993 F150 Lightning 408CID(Owned since 1995) 2005 Mustang GT Roushcharged(wife's car) 2003 Zinc Yellow Mach 1(2015 Long Haul Survivor!) 50ft. test drive. "I thought it handled great!"
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09-25-2012, 10:47 PM
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Re: It lives(with a bunch of pics)
Nice work!
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09-25-2012, 10:52 PM
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Join Date: May 2012
Location: Marysville, WA
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Re: It lives(with a bunch of pics)
wow those seats look amazing! nice job on the engine
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09-25-2012, 10:52 PM
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not for long
 
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Re: It lives(with bunch of pics)
 awesome
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09-25-2012, 10:54 PM
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Re: It lives(with bunch of pics)
awesome job!!! keep us posted and keep the pics coming!!
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09-25-2012, 10:57 PM
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Left over bolts?
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Burlington, Iowa
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Re: It lives(with bunch of pics)
Got everything else bolted back on. Longtube BBK headers and a plug for the intake silencer from ebay...
  The car already had a catless x-pipe on it. So I cut it down and had it rewelded to fit the longtubes. On top of that it still has the stock cat-back in place, with exhaust cut-outs welded in before the mufflers. Can't wait to uncork them see what that sounds like. I found a reciept from the previous owner, he had 4.10s and a detroit truetrac installed less than 100 miles before the engine went south.  Finally got to drive it! Wow, other than some concerns about the clutch, it seems to run great! I don't have anything for a "before" comparison but it sure seems to pull hard now!!! Anyway, can't wait to get the break-in finished. Thanks, Bryan
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1993 F150 Lightning 408CID(Owned since 1995) 2005 Mustang GT Roushcharged(wife's car) 2003 Zinc Yellow Mach 1(2015 Long Haul Survivor!) 50ft. test drive. "I thought it handled great!"
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09-25-2012, 11:07 PM
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Re: It lives(with bunch of pics)
great project!
what did you pay for the work on the seats?
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09-25-2012, 11:19 PM
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Left over bolts?
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Burlington, Iowa
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Re: It lives(with a bunch of pics)
It was right around $5xx to replace 3 panels, replace the foam in the bolster and the edge of the base, and have them redyed. I had them done when I first bought the car and the replacement covers were not available yet.
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09-26-2012, 01:53 AM
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Re: It lives(with bunch of pics)
Looks great! Nice work. That seat looks brand new! Engine bay transformation is night and day!
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09-26-2012, 06:20 AM
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Re: It lives(with bunch of pics)
WOW!! Nothing short of amazing! You make me want to start a project now!!
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09-26-2012, 09:27 AM
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Re: It lives(with bunch of pics)
Nice job bringing one back to tip top shape!
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09-26-2012, 09:40 AM
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Re: It lives(with bunch of pics)
Great job!! You brought it back from the dead.
The engine bay looks GREAT!!! 
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09-26-2012, 09:48 AM
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Re: It lives(with bunch of pics)
Nice work. Makes me want to keep mine and do the work slowly over a period of time. I have no patience.
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09-26-2012, 11:05 AM
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Re: It lives(with bunch of pics)
wow great work ! love it im sure you got that car for a steal too
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09-26-2012, 11:27 AM
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Re: It lives(with bunch of pics)
Awesome! It's good to see one saved.
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09-26-2012, 02:10 PM
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rock out with ur mach out
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Re: It lives(with bunch of pics)
great job on bringing it back to life!
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09-26-2012, 09:44 PM
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Re: It lives(with bunch of pics)
Congrats. That looks great. You did a fantastic job.
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09-26-2012, 10:07 PM
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Soldier for Christ
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Location: Willis, TX at The Daddy ASh Ranch
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Re: It lives(with bunch of pics)
man congrates you have done amazing job, the valve covers and timing cover look sick man, bad azz for sure
congrates man can't wait to see more progress ASh
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09-27-2012, 09:19 PM
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Re: It lives(with bunch of pics)
Great Job!!
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09-28-2012, 07:35 PM
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Garry Vervoren
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Re: It lives(with bunch of pics)
Nice work!!! BTW Who's 429R is that? Didn't they only make like 100 of those?
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10-03-2012, 04:54 PM
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Nicely done!
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