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Awesome work on the monte Carlo bar! Love posts like that

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Burnt out , I'm keen to hear your thoughts on how it drives with the bar fitted .Is noticeably "tighter" when you start getting on it in corners etc .
I'm considering fitting one to the '60 , it won't be a race car or anything close but one thing we do have plenty of down here is Corners !




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I really noticed the bar! Less spongy

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I really dunno' yet, 4t6, I just drove it about 10 miles or so to make sure nothing rattled or shook and didn't really flog it.

Besides, I've still got a couple of holes to drill and bolts to install....

I will say that the "under engine brace" that I put on it DID make a big difference...look back about 8-10 pages to see that.





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Thanks , let us know what you think when you have a few "spirited" miles on it
I'm fitting a lower bar to the '60 also .



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Thanks , that's what I was hoping to hear . In theory it should stop everything
from walking around as much when it all gets thrown at a corner



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Here is mine...

 

Wondering if anyone here would have a spare pair of back up lamps to suit a '60 they might sell me ?

Wifeys car is missing them . I have all the wiring etc , just no lamps to fill the holes in the rear panel



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Hehe , kinda ironic seeing an Aus/Kiwi engine in there ! Very cool and I'll bet it
goes well!



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It hasn't run yet and I still have a long way to go. But I'm hoping it goes good!

 

I think you'll be surprised at how stout that 6 will be , Brother in laws daily is a '98 XR6 Tickford and it impresses me every time I drive it . I hauled a '40 Ford Tudor on a trailer behind it for about 100 miles and it performed well .


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I have been wanting to do that,was hunting for the 302 mexican block but now I am ready to settle for just about any decent 302 and go from there.

 

A unobtainium 302 Mexican block would be way cool but E7TE roller blocks and heads are cheap and plentiful..got my block n' heads offa' Craig's List for $175....


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Scouring craigslist now...

 

Disc kit from Scarebird. Master cylinder from a Maverick. Easy.

 

Until I finally bought my 250, I had a regular search for '86-up engines (and 221s, for all the exterior dress) on Craigslist. It seemed like the 5.0s came up pretty regularly every other month - usually a takeout from someone who was fitting a crate engine, a stroker, or a 351. Good luck!

 

Speaking of this: Does anyone have experience with Scarebird's four-lug-to-five-lug brake kit? I used their four-lug kit on my '62, but my wife's '61 is going to be a five-lug car.

 

Thanks.

 

From what I see it's the same kit but with a five lug hub and matching rotor. As long as you get a disc/drum master from a Maverick as the directions state, I seriously think you'll have anything to worry about. I absolutely LOVE my fourlug kit on the wagon, and I'm firmly convinced that it has saved my miserable tail twice so far.

 

I am running the 4-lug kit too. It rocks. Everything I have ever installed from Scarebird was Swiss-watch-precise.

 

Thanks guys. I'm gonna go that route, I think.

 

I like the wheels, but I am thinking of them in 15", as the roads are rough here. That and painting the car in Gulf livery colors.

 

Right! that's done it , I'm going out to chop the B pillars and door glass frames off the '60 !



Great profile/stance Evilfalcon , I really like it .




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Oh, yeah!

 

Thank you sir ! She's coming together slowly. I love no post cars !

 

I messed around trying to get a Photoshopped version of the '60-'62 roof to look like a Starliner top, but couldn't accomplish it with the stock rear window. If you had the ability to make a flatter rear window and lay it down, I think it could really look good.

 

I made some progress on the old bird yesterday .
I am working on the fender pockets where the bumper will tuck neatly into.
Starting with the old paper templates.

 

Cut, bend, Bang, weld. And one side is complete

 

This one is "done right"...

Sam