Interesting angle........man does he have big shoes to fill or what?!

Yeah well Mark put it up for sale, so he left the 2nd gen guys on his own!!!! :poke:

Not sure yet when I'll get to the hood but it won't look like any of the other 2nd gen cowl hoods out there that's for sure :superhack:

Um NO that's not going to happen I don't have the :G-Dub: to come even close to buying the parts he uses let alone build like he does! :poke:

Um......I know EXACTLY how you feel! :thumbsup:

Rick I better see you driving this one! I don't want you to be one of those guys that takes forever to finish a project!:_paranoid

Hey now. some of us resemble that remark! :gitrdun:

Can't wait to see the transformation Rick!

okay that's a good one.

You be quit!!:hitaxeonthehead:

Yeah yeah yeah, don't worry it's only in a few pieces right now :rolleyes:! I'm going to fix the few rust issues it has first then move on to some up grades! Those should all be finished by next weekend. Just picked up the floor pans today!

Yup Chad I was in that group for a long time, I cut bate and moved on. That's why I bought this car!



Wow kettle meet black pot!! :hello:

Yeah right :twak:

Oh wait I need to be nice to Marty, he has lots of parts that I want :welcome3: :underchair:

Yes he does......I know a great little Mexican joint he likes to have lunch at!! :peepwall:

I free for Dinner how does 5pm sound

Cool Scotts buying dinner :poke: great where at??

It's on the north Side of the street just across from the Delta Sonic Car Wash.

Los Burritos Tapatios
1410 Ogden Ave
Downers Grove

So first a little eye candy :G-Dub: when he said it was new he meant new and had never even opened the box from Ricks :thumbsup:

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j1...ps0070fe81.jpg

Sweet :thumbsup:

Yeah well I owe you on this one!! :thumbsup:

Ok so moving right along. Jumped right in and picked up the passenger side floor pan yesterday and tonight here we are.

Outlined for the cut
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j1...psa26154a6.jpg

Rust gone
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j1...psadc3542f.jpg

New piece starting to go in!
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j1...psa64fc705.jpg

Rick

Welcome back to the "it will run someday" club :poke:

:cheers:

Hey it still runs :mock: nope not going there!!! :knokwood: :knokwood: :knokwood: :knokwood: :knokwood:

Must resist :superhack: must resist :G-Dub:

It just leaves more time for talking some trash on 5 year build threads like that Torino thingamabob....

Looking good Rick.

Hey Pumpkin Boy, where's the damn pics of those new wheels?? :poke: :stirthepot: :warning: :snapout:

:getout: :whistling: I don't what you are talking about. :lostmarbles:

Just post a pick of the back side. :D

Fixed it for you Sieg!!

I knew he was holding out on us

:wow: This build was abandoned quick. Sorry to see the project stall. :poke:

:cheers:

No actually I have been working on it and not posting about it :secret:

I will update this weekend :headspin:

Twin turbo LSX started up yet :)

Yeah I wish :stirthepot:

Make us all proud and put a Man's motor in there. A solid lifter ZL1 or maybe even better an SB2....:bitchslap:

:cheers:

Man this Rob guy gets wiser by the day. :rules:

If you wanna go fast and be cool put a ZL1 in it.

If you wanna go REALLY fast and be REALLY cool go for the SB2. :headspin:

If the money was in the budget that would be a great idea but its not. I do have a BB that I "may" put in it, but not right away.

Really Ron doesn't have a SB2 :peepwall: :hitaxeonthehead:

Rick I know of a nice 572 for sale!

Now that would be cool!! I'm sure it's out of my budget on this one but I'll give you a call:confused59:

Fixt it for you guys :D :D :D

Oh boy :snapout: said the Ford man!! :badidea: :catfight: are you done with the 5 speed install yet????

uggg no, got tranny out, ready to get things installed was originally going to put in the used clutch i bought with the T5, but I think thats a bad idea, just dont know the history on it, so going to order new clutch next week then get cracking on it again, things been really busy at work no motivation to go into garage.

Looks like a great Build Rick!

I've struggled a lot with what route to go with my car, I had to really put sometime into what was my dream list and what I could really afford. With a family of 4 kids, 2 are teens, and my wife is a stay at home mom, my budget is what dictates my build and there isn't much I can do with about that. Moving twice across the country in the last year didn't help either. However I do what I can with what I got for my toys.

I built the car with about a $7000 budget. It's simple, it's a basic car on a decent suspension. With a mild 406 small block Chevy it's not super fast but has plenty of autocross torque. It gets about 18+ mpg on the highway and is fairly comfortable to ride in. Best feature of all it's a blast to drive everyday. That's what means the most to me, I can upgrade as I go and will, but unlike a lot of builds I really drive mine and that puts a smile on my face everyday. When it's track day that smile gets even bigger. Hope you can feel that too as you get into your build.

My build thread link is in my sig below if you want to check it out. Good luck!