Bought a '88 P72

[85crownHPP]

You must not have looked at the close-ups... lol

Clay bar eh?? sounds pricey... I've got tons of misc. polishes laying around...

[87gtVIC]

Car looks great!

[Grand Marquis GT]

Pete, claybar that bitch. It will make it shiny again and remove the crud. It will werk better than polishing it, and won't polish the dirt into the paint, just remove it

I gotta do my vic with it, once I get it running again..

[85crownHPP]

It just got a bath... thats how bad it is lol... Nothing but polishing is going to help it from here...
One of the mounts is in the trunk, but its a crappy clamp-on mount. I'm probably going to try to sell the whips for goodie money.

[chitownvic]

Not bad....All she needs is a bath apperance wise...Nice ballmounts as well...(put them back on..LOL)

[1987cp]

oooh, you've got that nice chrome-and-rubber door bumper system. Excellentness.

[83countrysquire]

those fuel lines dont look to promising at least its only the return line

[85crownHPP]

still got em... they're just off to the side while I'm working my mojo

[RustyRodder]

Nice!


what happened to the hubcaps?

[85crownHPP]

close-ups of the leftover nasties

[85crownHPP]

more

[85crownHPP]

Progress!

Brakes are working great... the power steering pump is quiet now that its full and not leaking (at least quite so much).
A few laps around the block confirm it shifts well at least up to drive and runs good!

Since it was a nice day i decided to start cleaning it up. Step one involved a leaf blower and then blasting little bits of rotten leaves out of every crevice with the garden hose.
Most of the black mildew and gunk washed off, but its all leaving nasty brown stains everywhere it was on the tops panels. That crap doesn't want to come out... it might buff out but its gonna be a chore.
I picked all the trash out of the inside and trunk - still gotta vacuum and clean.

[MarquisBeast83]

so then you are just gonna have the vic's to drive? awesome

[85crownHPP]

it is... it is... at least its not fatal, just financially crippling

Between the womerns and rain, I might not be cruisin' it this weekend... 'the' redhead (Tom knows who Im talking about ) is in town on short notice...

Other 'good' news is I might be selling the bronco II, only because I'll be getting a fair (or better) price. This guy tracked me down from my old shop and said he was looking for a cherry 2wd BII... and Ive got lots of new parts in it and and a stack of service records from the previous owner. He seemed to like the sound of that.
So... I may have a little change for some goodies for this thing

[1987cp]

It's all a disease, I tell you.