You Big Dummy!

Dummy engine that is. Borrowed a friends open trailer and took the car and an empty engine/trans to my chassis guy today. He will have it 2-3 weeks.

Adding tabs for the bbf motor plate, fabbing some engine limiters, making the trans crossmember a bolt in deal so the trans can come out the bottom instead of through the interior and adding a fueling hatch to the hood.
Also building a set of headers. 2 1/4 stepped to 2 3/8, 4 1/2 collectors. Headers will have bungs for both egt and O² sensors.
He will build a mount my new aluminum seat and adjust/mount the scoop to the engine so it will work with the hood. (scoop is the type that stays with the engine when hood is off)

nice dummy! when your done with it i'd like to use it.

As the Sanford and Son theme plays in the background......

dfree383 wrote:As the Sanford and Son theme plays in the background......

Sure, why not. Hauling my junk in an ol red Ford.

David,Any guesses what the complete deal will weigh after completion?Looks good,I gotta have a Wing like that

bbf-falcon wrote:David,Any guesses what the complete deal will weigh after completion?Looks good,I gotta have a Wing like that

I'm guessing 2525-2550 w/o driver. It weighed 2520 with a tall deck BBC. Dart block, Big Chief heads. The former engine should be close in weight to my new one. I might have gained a little weight my my Ultra Case/Bell vs the Dedenbear trans case that was in the car. It's got a glass hood and trunk, but the rest is steel. Lexan is in the doors, the rest is stock glass, so it's no featherweight.

The former owner made the wing. What I really like about it is that the wing stays in place if you need to remove the trunk lid. He cut the trunk lid even with front edge of the wing and it's dzus'd in all the way around. When I get the car back I can take some measurements if you wish or you can look it over at the bash next year.

A closer shot of the wing:

Thanks David.That thang should fly

bbf-falcon wrote:Thanks David.That thang should fly

Sure it will. It's a ThunderBIRD!!!

Nice car!

Is Aunt Ester going to be the crew girl? (LOL as he hears Fred say to Ester- "Before you come in this house, wipe that ugly off Yo face!)

Bad Bird.
I just love those cars...

David,

i cant wait to see her get done at the bash ...she is going to be one of the fast door car contenders