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Boss 5.0 01-13-2015 08:18 PM

Blue My Mind, 1972 Ford Maverick
 
Hello everyone,

I have been a member on the board here for several years and from time to time I chime in. But I decided I would start my own build thread finally. I have learned so much from you all and thought I would share my stuff. My car is pretty far along at this point, so I will start from the beginning and post up as the build progressed.

In this post I will show the humble beginnings of the project and the rendering I had done so that I could see what was dancing in my head.

I hope you all enjoy…….

So here is where I found the car. It was originally an Alabama car from new until 1988 when it made its way to Connecticut. In 1990 a friend bought it and put it in this garage. He pulled the motor and trans and took the nose off. It sat like that until 2009 win he got divorced. She ended up with this their rental home and garage and he had to empty it out. With my truck and trailer and his it took a few trips but we did it.

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Here it is outside in the daylight for the first time in 19 years!
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Here is the rendering of my plan…..

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Boss 5.0 01-13-2015 08:25 PM

These were taken once I got it home and I quickly assembled the nose to see what I had to wrk with….

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This is an all original factory paint car. Never hit or any damage. Some minor rust in the rear quarters but not bad.


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I promptly cut out the shock towers and installed anew crossmember to runs a Mustang II style front end.
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A friend lent me his rotisserie so I could clean up the floors and paint it all….

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The floors were so solid I never had to weld anything up. Shocking for a Maverick!~


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tubbed69 01-13-2015 09:06 PM

If it comes anywhere close to the rendering it will be awesome,good luck.

Rick D 01-13-2015 09:32 PM

Nice job, floors look great!!

Boss 5.0 01-14-2015 12:08 PM

With the addition of the M II front end this old crossmember was no longer needed. Without the front strut arms I decided to get rid of it. Big and ugly, it needed to go. But, I thought some good support was ultimately needed so I tabbed up this crossmember instead.

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The front end I bought came from Rod & Custom Motorsports. They make M II front ends pretty much exclusively for late 60's and early 70's Fords. The one I ordered was all set up for my Maverick. It came with patch panels to fill in the shock towers, but I really didn't like the way they were looking. So I cut out the entire front end and tabbed up new fender wells.

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Before final welding I rehung the nose to make sure everything was where it should be still….

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I was then able to final weld, do body work and prime the front fender wells and firewall.

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Boss 5.0 01-14-2015 12:22 PM

Moving on the radiator support now, I had some fitting to do as the notch for the battery box wasn't needed anymore. Also, plenty of extra holes to fill. I took the time to install the radiator and see plenty of extra space around it so I also filled that in for a better fit and flow of air.


Look at all that space around the radiator…..

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The green tape shows where I had to fill in….

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Patching it up….

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After body work and primer it looks pretty good. These shots are also showing the fit of the radiator and the overflow can….


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Boss 5.0 01-14-2015 12:29 PM

I wanted a tilt column, so I bought a universal Ididit tilt. With a little fab work I was able to make it bolt into the stock firewall mounts as seen here…

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I cut some strap and welded a piece around the column to use as a mount at the top. It took a little customizing to make it work with the factory mounts, but all in all I think it came out good.
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To top it off will be this billet steering column with the wood grain Hydrographics. This was made for me at Julaino's Hot Rods. Bob and I worked together on this. I had known Bob for years, he and my father went back to grade school together. Sad thing Bob passing a few years ago, glad I got one of his steering wheels before he passed on though.
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WSSix 01-14-2015 12:34 PM

looks great!

GrabberGT 01-14-2015 03:00 PM

No No No No! Posting old pictures on a new forum does not qualify as a "progress update". LOL. Lets see where its at now. Cant wait for this thing to be done.

Boss 5.0 01-14-2015 03:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GrabberGT (Post 589706)
No No No No! Posting old pictures on a new forum does not qualify as a "progress update". LOL. Lets see where its at now. Cant wait for this thing to be done.

I know Chris, but these guys haven't seen where I started. I can't post up as it is today, what would be the fun in that?!

Boss 5.0 01-14-2015 06:34 PM

So before I started on the outside of the car I figured I would continue forward and do the dash and lower panel that will surround the column.

This isn't mine, but it shows the mundane stock dash…..

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I will spare you all the fab pictures and move right on to what I came up with. Here I have made out of sheet metal the new gauge panel that bolts in just as the factory two gauge panel did. I instead wanted a full gauge set for the car.
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Not liking the factory lower shelf the Maverick had I made this lower panel to house the stereo and the switches. I want the dash itself to be clean and simple.

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Here you can see the layout for the gauges as well as the holes in the lower panel for the lights, wiper and ignition switches. This picture also shows the area that will cup the column as it comes through the dash and lower panel.
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Here is the panel in primer after body work has been done. This shows the gauges I have now for the car as well as the panel that has the gear selector along with the engine light, hi beams, turn signals etc.

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Boss 5.0 01-14-2015 06:47 PM

What I haven't mentioned yet is that I am a former body paint guy by trade. I have this 36x28 shop in my back yard that I am building the car in. In order to fund it I do side work on hot rods for friends. This way the entire cost of the build is not funded from my regular pay or savings. That is why this has been a drawn out process.

Here is some of my stuff….




First up is my 32 Ford coupe. I have had it for a while and been having plenty of fun with it, but last winter decided a makeover was in need.

So I went from this…...
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And after all this……

I am lucky to have a booth to "borrow" when needed.

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Fresh Viper Yellow…..

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Me laying flames….

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9 hours of masking…..

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I ended up with this….

New wheels and tires, windshield frame, mirrors, and taillights all added up for a completely new look.

With the new look and all the work I won a few best paint awards at some car shows this year. As well as Goodguys "Hotest Hot Rod" and NSRA "PPG Outstanding Use of Color" awards too.

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Boss 5.0 01-14-2015 06:48 PM

I recently picked up this 70 F100 for a good shop truck. Once the weather breaks this spring I plan on lowering it and adding disc brakes. Other than that this is a really good solid rig.



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Boss 5.0 01-15-2015 06:34 PM

In an effort to get rid of the factory taillights I decided to swap out the rear tail pan. I love the Shelby lights, but didn't want to just bolt them on, or use the factory style fiberglass panel that Shelby used.

Lucky for me just as I was getting ready to do this they started to repp the tail pan in steel for the guys like me that wanted to not use the "glass. It didn't take that much fitting to get it to look good on the Maverick.

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Boss 5.0 01-15-2015 06:43 PM

Now it was time to start the body work.

I got lucky and fond a pair of NOS quarter panels for the car. And because these are not highly sought after vehicles NOS parts are still available pretty cheap comparably.


After fitting the quarters I stripped the E coat primer off and painted the insides body color….


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Along with the trunk floor drop offs…

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After patching up the outer wheel house lips I primed all the hidden areas with PPG DP epoxy….


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Boss 5.0 01-15-2015 06:45 PM

Same was done on the passenger side….

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Boss 5.0 01-15-2015 06:50 PM

Since the factory fuel tank is unavailable for a Maverick I had to do something. I hated to cut a perfect floor pan, but decided my best option was to install a drop Mustang tank set up for fuel injection.

Here is my cutting of the floor and making the drop panel so the tank will sit level…..

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templates made of poster board….

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And now in steel…..

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Boss 5.0 01-15-2015 06:53 PM

Here si the final color scheme for the car. I want to run my version of the Ford Grabber stripe on the hood and something down the side, but I really want the stripes on the subtle side. And yet, not ghosted.

Something that doesn't have to be stared at to be seen, and yet not so bold that they will be seen from 100 yards away.


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tones2SS 01-15-2015 06:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boss 5.0 (Post 589738)
I recently picked up this 70 F100 for a good shop truck. Once the weather breaks this spring I plan on lowering it and adding disc brakes. Other than that this is a really good solid rig.
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/i...ps794ebef7.jpg
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Not to derail your thread, but that is a sweet looking rig!
Very nice. Going to look killer lowered.

Boss 5.0 01-16-2015 03:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tones2SS (Post 589924)
Not to derail your thread, but that is a sweet looking rig!
Very nice. Going to look killer lowered.

Thank you!

Boss 5.0 01-16-2015 04:01 PM

I wanted something a little more cool for a lower valance than what Ford had. While surfing pictures here on Lat G one day I saw a photo down low of someones 69 Camaro, and I thought the front valance had a cool look. I like the driving lights aspect and also thought that the V peak up the center matched perfect with the bumper and hood line.

So I bolted my Maverick valance down on a work table to keep its shape. In the can time I had purchased the 3 pieces for the 69 valance. I cut all the pieces up and welded everything together to make one part.

As you see here the only thing left of the Maverick valance is the wheel opening area and where it bolts up to the bottom of the fender.

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This is how bad the bumpers fit from Ford. I did decide to tuck them in, but admit I didn't go to the extremes some of you guys do. I just wanted a tighter fit that I think the factory should have done…..

The bumpers have since been sent out to Advanced Chrome for their perfect work.

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Boss 5.0 01-16-2015 04:05 PM

Time to strip all the factory paint off the car and put it in epoxy….

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Headed to the booth for epoxy…




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Boss 5.0 01-16-2015 04:10 PM

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Blocking and doing initial body work. Here is where I had shaved the factory side lights and installed Hagen flush lenses.
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The first time outside with primer and everything assembled.
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Also my new brakes showed up. 13" at all four covers from ECI here in CT. I am good friends with Ralph Lisena the owner.

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Boss 5.0 01-16-2015 04:14 PM

I started working the gaps…..

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And modified the rear spiller for more of a pro touring look than what the Grabber spoiler had. Nothing crazy, just a few style points….

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And then back in the booth for more primer…..

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Boss 5.0 01-17-2015 07:07 AM

Here si the nose back in primer checking fit once again…..

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Now masking it all up for another round of primer on the shell….

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Boss 5.0 01-17-2015 07:11 AM

Home from the booth and back in one color primer……


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And again ganging all the sheet metal for fit and see how it all looks together in one color….

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Boss 5.0 01-17-2015 07:20 AM

I decided I want to make the car a roller and get it on all fours before doing any final gapping. With that the car will need to come off the dolly and have all the new suspension installed first. I figured I would paint the engine compartment now so that I can install the drivetrain completely as well.


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I decided that I wanted the engine compartment to be body color, but with a matte clear. I am painting the car using PPG from start to finish. The base coat is PPG's Envirobase water base system, and for the matte clear I used the Global D8115 pre matted clear for a uniform look.
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Back at home I decided to remark everything and spray the cross members and "frame" rails and spray them a matte black. I know it's anybody car, but I kind of like how it gives it a look of being a subframe…..


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WSSix 01-17-2015 07:47 AM

I really like the color choices you've made with the car. I think you nailed your grabber stripe design, too. The black frame rail area should look good and help hide dirt or oil that would stick out like a sore thumb on the blue. Love the build. Keep up the great work! Thanks for sharing the pictures.

paulk68 01-17-2015 08:16 AM

Glenn, that is looking increadible!!!!

Ron in SoCal 01-17-2015 09:59 AM

That's a lot of hard work, and it shows in the finished product.

Great job Sir :cheers:

Dave Pratt 01-17-2015 10:54 AM

What a great build! Love the rear deck and front spoiler to mention just a few areas.You have some mad talent sir! Coolest Maverick I've seen...cheers

Dave

Boss 5.0 01-17-2015 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by WSSix (Post 590189)
I really like the color choices you've made with the car. I think you nailed your grabber stripe design, too. The black frame rail area should look good and help hide dirt or oil that would stick out like a sore thumb on the blue. Love the build. Keep up the great work! Thanks for sharing the pictures.

Thanks. I think the black area will be easier to keep looking good as well.

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Originally Posted by paulk68 (Post 590194)
Glenn, that is looking increadible!!!!

Thanks!

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Originally Posted by Ron in SoCal (Post 590211)
That's a lot of hard work, and it shows in the finished product.

Great job Sir :cheers:

Thanks!

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Originally Posted by Dave Pratt (Post 590219)
What a great build! Love the rear deck and front spoiler to mention just a few areas.You have some mad talent sir! Coolest Maverick I've seen...cheers

Dave

Thanks!

With only a couple comments to date I was wondering if this project wasn't the type that anyone here would care much about. I don't need the pat on the back, but I do know most of you lean towards the performance pro touring style and so far I haven't shown anything in that area other than body work.

In the end it still will not be anywhere near what most of you guys are building. I am just trying to humbly build a cool little light weight car with good performance and handling in mind.

I am doing this entire car myself. To date the only thing I haven't done with my own two hands was to have the transmission built by a friend. At the end the only other thing will be the interior too, that just isn't my thing.

Thanks again,
Glenn

Boss 5.0 01-17-2015 02:23 PM

I know I have brought you all through this pretty quick, considering that the project started in 2009 and we are almost up to date. Remember, this is a side thing and has to be done in between side jobs to fund this one.

Here is the car back on my lift and off that dolly for the first time in 4 years! Now I start to install all the suspension.


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The rear is just an 8". I know, i'm crazy for not using a 9", but I got the rear for free and came upon a fully rebuilt center section with a posi 3.80 gear set. At the time it just seemed the right way to go. Of course in hind site I wish I went with a 9', and also wish I had mini tubbed it too.

See also below brand new rear springs, and Cal-Trac bars as well as the 13" brakes along with the 18x8 Billet Specialties wheels.

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Boss 5.0 01-17-2015 02:28 PM

All that brings us to this point, the car on the ground on its own four wheels for the first time in nearly 5 years. For me this was monumental. I was in love seeing it on the ground and being able to stand back and check out the fruits of all the labor.
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Outside on four wheels! An amazing feeling that I am sure most of you have felt before.

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Fun to put the plate on the car for a chuckle….

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And now back on the lift ready for more work to begin.

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Kcrain 01-17-2015 08:48 PM

Looks great all that hard work is paying off. That shade of blue looks killer out in the sun

Ripped 01-17-2015 09:48 PM

I really like the concept of your car. The Mavericks were always kind of a cute car, but it looks like you've enhanced the right parts of the body lines and are making it pretty bad ass looking!
Nice job.

Ketzer 01-18-2015 12:40 AM

Those outside shots had to feel awesome!

Boss 5.0 01-18-2015 06:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Kcrain (Post 590264)
Looks great all that hard work is paying off. That shade of blue looks killer out in the sun

Thanks, as a painter color is everything. I played for a while with different shades and fell in love with this.

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Originally Posted by Ripped (Post 590272)
I really like the concept of your car. The Mavericks were always kind of a cute car, but it looks like you've enhanced the right parts of the body lines and are making it pretty bad ass looking!
Nice job.

Thanks. Clearly when people think of a Maverick this isn't what they picture. When done and I roll into a show or wherever I am I want to make people stop and reconsider what a Maverick could be. I think that is the biggest reason for liking this car, it's an underdog. Everyone expects a 69 Camaro to be bad ass, no one expects a Maverick to be even remotely cool.

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Originally Posted by Ketzer (Post 590291)
Those outside shots had to feel awesome!

It sure was, the first time on the ground outside in years. I was like a kid on Christmas that just got a new bike. I was ear to ear grin walking around it for a while. Left it right there for a few hours just so every time I went outside I could check it out more!

Boss 5.0 01-18-2015 06:59 AM

I have had everything on this car fitted up a couple times so that after paint I know it will all just bolt together as it should. Here is one more time of that, the taillights and the fuel filler I found.

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The fuel filler was another issue for me. I really wanted something more cool than a regular gas cap, but the raised area on this rear tail pan was just over 4" across. It didn't leave me with many options. As a life long hot rodder I pay attention to the street rod market and was fortunate enough that Alan Johnson had designed and was selling his Timeless Tradiational line of hot rod parts. This flip top fuel filler is part of that line. It is exactly the size I needed, and the quality is second to none. Investment cast and show polished stainless steel, it is a thing of beauty.

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While looking at the rest of the car I knew I couldn't leave the rear pan stock. So on the lift I started to play with some ideas I have seen here on Lat-G. I made cut outs for the exhaust tips and created the indented/beveled reveal that will surround the area. While at it I welded and molded the pan onto the car for a cleaner look.

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Boss 5.0 01-18-2015 07:11 AM

And now the power plant. Compared to what 99% of you all this is probably so mundane it isn't funny, but I am working with what I have both in talent and in money.

I found a donor 89 Mustang GT that my brother in law wanted some parts off of as he was building a Factory Five Cobra. The engine and trans were high mileage but in great running shape and with great oil pressure at all cylinders.

So I blew the 5.0 apart and checked it out, and what I found amazed me. Clearly the car had been well taken care of. Everything internally was super clean. I sent it out to be checked and we found that with 190k on it, the cylinders were so clean they only had to be honed out a little. The crank was turned ten thousandths.

I did replace the heads with GT40P heads an swapped in Ford's E cam. At some pint I wasn't to put injection on it, and will likely go with something long the lines of MSD's Atomic EFI, or FAST etc. but for now I am just wanting it up and running and on the street, so the carb was the easy way to go until funds for the EFI come around.


I know this probably has way more bling that what a lot of guys may like. I just decided that with the matte finish paint in the engine compartment that the engine would really Pop looking like this.
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I have never been a big fan of the way the Ford motors have the dizzy up front which leads to plug wires draped all over the place. So for me I decided to go with Compu-Tronix distibutorless ignition. There is that one cable off of it that runs to two different coil packs that will mont on the firewall. From there the plug wires can be routed nice and cleanly.


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I also sent out the Ford AOD trans that had been attached to this same engine for a rebuild. It should now be good for up to 500hp.

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