My 1987 Two Door Crown Victoria AKA THE BROWN BLOB

[HiFiMerc]

Ahh. I know what those are for now. Been awhile since I've had to mess with them.

[gadget73]

fan bolts? Heads look a bit fat to be those, but after a run of changing water pumps every 10k miles for a bit, I haven't touched one in quite some time now.

[Bobcat]

fan bolts? Heads look a bit fat to be those, but after a run of changing water pumps every 10k miles for a bit, I haven't touched one in quite some time now.

uh Wahhhh.....



Your nuts look splendid.


So uh why you still toolin around with that slush box AOD. Aint trying if you aint rowing gears.

[marquisman]

Your nuts look splendid.

Thats what she said...

[87gtVIC]

Yep fan bolts. At least that is what I had them labeled as. Lol


Slush box will stay until I tear it up on the street or I get bored of it or once I have all the parts to swap Over. It is on the list of things to do to the car


I painted my splendid nuts this morning before my flights. Will have pics tomorrow

[87gtVIC]

Here is everything painted:



And here is the final product of the transmission pan. Not what I had envisiouned. I wish I used better tape so nothing bled up underneath it. The paint is too tough to sand off. Would do too much damage in other areas if I tried. Good thing it is underneath the car...



And here are my oil pan reinforcements/rail stiffeners.



They came painted black but I will strip all that off because it was not a great job. I will be painting them aluminum.

[miamibob]

Can you use a fine paint brush (artist's brush) to touch up the letters???

[87gtVIC]

It will just look worse. No way to get a clean finish with a brush as compared to a spray can. I will leave well enough alone.

[87gtVIC]

Painted my NOS Timing Pointer this morning!

Prepped with a red scotch brite, then cleaned up and ready for engine primer:



Primed:



Based in Engine Ford RED:



And engine cleared:






I also completely stripped the paint off a set of oil pan rails for my car. I purchased them on ebay and they came painted but poorly...plus not in the color I wanted.

Seller simply painted over the rust and peeling factory powder coat. lol

Wire wheel on the angle grinder made quick work of it all.

I painted that this morning as well in engine aluminum. Tough to tell though...

Picks to come once it is done baking in the boiler room at work.

[87gtVIC]

Pan rails and timing pointer!

[Bobcat]

Why would you buy an engine pointer when there's one on the car??????

Man you're going to be a stylin tranny.

I mean, your tranny will be stylin.

[87gtVIC]

Because that one is not shiny and painted. Duh.

Oh and this NOS one came in a ford harmonic balancer kit that I picked up years back.

[87gtVIC]

Took my baby out of hibernation a few minutes ago. Popped on the new inspection sticker and I am good to go in the morning.



Looks just as good as the day I put her under her cover. No the car does not live in the garage but underneath a nice car cover in the backyard.

Anyways this is next.......



Gonna be fun!

[gadget73]

re-touching the "chrome" accents on the taillamps? I used those to do the chrome on the big reflector panel on the Towncar. Works good. Doesn't quite look like chrome, but its about as close as you'll get for not a lot of time or money. Looks fine from a foot away at any rate.

[87gtVIC]

re-touching the "chrome" accents on the taillamps? I used those to do the chrome on the big reflector panel on the Towncar. Works good. Doesn't quite look like chrome, but its about as close as you'll get for not a lot of time or money. Looks fine from a foot away at any rate.

Close...Attempting to fill in the bumper moldings to make them look like the older cars. Zach gave me the idea...I just failed at it though see below......

Took her out for a cruise this morning and snapped a few pics near the water:









Then when I got back home I washed the bumper molding really well with brown royal wheel cleaner and was ready to paint them with the silver metallic sharpie oil paint pens.

Umm. Not happy. Lol I need A LOT more paint pens. Hardlly finished anything. Will revisit once I get more…much more.

Before:




After…in progress…still need more paint pens…FFFFUUUUUUUUUUUuuuuuu



Will look good when completed. Just a major PITA!!!!


After that failed attempt I decided to pop on my NOS shift knob.. You can see the silver metallic paint on my hand still LOL



I removed the stock ones years ago (had to use a saw to remove it) and was running a HELP GM piece:



I like the stock one a bit more:



Naked:



And back to stock goodness once again. BTW that is a bitch to install. Rubber mallet and go to town and hope nothing breaks in the process.