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    Nice!!! I am curious as to whether a Whale radiator covers will fit a box? Whilst changing the oil in my '05, I found myself staring at the cover. Next time I go to the junkyard, I will try to harvest one off of a Whale. Just running this by you in case you have already pondered this yourself.

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      You mean the plastic bit over the radiator core support?

      Ive pondered it many times. First off they are not wide enough and would have to get two and seam them together in some fashion. Next up is the fact that none of the holes really line up with anything. I do still think about trying to make it work from time to time despite getting the same result each time at the yard. lol
      ~David~

      My 1987 Crown Victoria Coupe: The Brown Blob
      My 2004 Mercedes Benz E320:The Benz

      Originally posted by ootdega
      My life is a long series of "nevermind" and "I guess not."

      Originally posted by DerekTheGreat
      But, that's just coming from me, this site's biggest pessimist. Best of luck

      Originally posted by gadget73
      my car starts and it has AC. Yours doesn't start and it has no AC. Seems obvious to me.




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        I always kinda wanted to make a custom fit panel for up there, probably out of something decently stiff, maybe 1/4 aluminum sheet.
        86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
        5.0 HO, CompCams XE258,Scorpion 1.72 roller rockers, 3.55 K code rear, tow package, BHPerformance ported E7 heads, Tmoss Explorer intake, 65mm throttle body, Hedman 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" dual exhaust, ASP underdrive pulley

        91 Lincoln Mark VII LSC grandpa spec white and cranberry

        1984 Lincoln Continental TurboDiesel - rolls coal

        Originally posted by phayzer5
        I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousers

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          Got a quote on porting my goodies...gt40 lower and tubular upper. Porter does not recommend touching the upper but says much work can be done to the lower.

          Gotta find a box for the lower and send it out.

          I gotta purchase another 5.0 efi car. I have way to many damned NICE efi spare parts around here now. I would totally jump on a nice 1986 Mustang GT convertible. I guess I should have contacted the porter about port work on a tubular intake before purchasing another one. lol
          ~David~

          My 1987 Crown Victoria Coupe: The Brown Blob
          My 2004 Mercedes Benz E320:The Benz

          Originally posted by ootdega
          My life is a long series of "nevermind" and "I guess not."

          Originally posted by DerekTheGreat
          But, that's just coming from me, this site's biggest pessimist. Best of luck

          Originally posted by gadget73
          my car starts and it has AC. Yours doesn't start and it has no AC. Seems obvious to me.




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            Why '86, was it the last of the four eyed Rustangs and/or the early interior?
            1985 LTD Crown Victoria - SOLD
            1988 Town Car Signature - Current Party Barge

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              First year SEFI and last year four eye.

              Lower intake is all packaged yo and ready to be shipped out. Just need to get the money order set up and actually ship out the package.
              ~David~

              My 1987 Crown Victoria Coupe: The Brown Blob
              My 2004 Mercedes Benz E320:The Benz

              Originally posted by ootdega
              My life is a long series of "nevermind" and "I guess not."

              Originally posted by DerekTheGreat
              But, that's just coming from me, this site's biggest pessimist. Best of luck

              Originally posted by gadget73
              my car starts and it has AC. Yours doesn't start and it has no AC. Seems obvious to me.




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                Originally posted by gadget73 View Post
                I always kinda wanted to make a custom fit panel for up there, probably out of something decently stiff, maybe 1/4 aluminum sheet.
                I have a rubber one on mine right now. I will be switching it to plastic in the near future. Rubber doesn't have quite the same fit.

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                  Lincolns have like a foot to cover, so I think metal would be the way to go for me. Not quite so bad on the Ford/Merc models.
                  86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
                  5.0 HO, CompCams XE258,Scorpion 1.72 roller rockers, 3.55 K code rear, tow package, BHPerformance ported E7 heads, Tmoss Explorer intake, 65mm throttle body, Hedman 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" dual exhaust, ASP underdrive pulley

                  91 Lincoln Mark VII LSC grandpa spec white and cranberry

                  1984 Lincoln Continental TurboDiesel - rolls coal

                  Originally posted by phayzer5
                  I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousers

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                    Laid out the cash for a set of 235 60 16 Yokohama Avid Envigor High Performance All Seasons for the Vics HPP wheels. AKA The winter wheels that only get driven during winter months and in dry weather. After a mail in rebate the total excluding shipping should hover right around 330 for the set.

                    Also did some more research on wheel refinishing in my area.Found some promising reviews of a place not far at all from me that supposedly powdercoats wheels. Plan to bring the set of wheels to them and see if they can meet my demands. First choice is to have the centers of the HPPS black and then the BIG lips on them be an argent silver. Next option would be entirely argent silver. I basically want the wheels to be sandblasted (as the hub areas are beginning to corrode) and have the lips smoothed over (previous owners wife did a number on a couple curbs) and have them powdercoated. I do not need to have the corroded parts near the hubs smoothed out. As long as the shit is blasted off I will be happy.
                    ~David~

                    My 1987 Crown Victoria Coupe: The Brown Blob
                    My 2004 Mercedes Benz E320:The Benz

                    Originally posted by ootdega
                    My life is a long series of "nevermind" and "I guess not."

                    Originally posted by DerekTheGreat
                    But, that's just coming from me, this site's biggest pessimist. Best of luck

                    Originally posted by gadget73
                    my car starts and it has AC. Yours doesn't start and it has no AC. Seems obvious to me.




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                      Tires came in already. I am quite shocked. I placed the order ahead of time thinking I may be waiting on them. Little did I know they would come next day.

                      This means when I actually need a tire to come in I will have to wait a week for it. lol
                      ~David~

                      My 1987 Crown Victoria Coupe: The Brown Blob
                      My 2004 Mercedes Benz E320:The Benz

                      Originally posted by ootdega
                      My life is a long series of "nevermind" and "I guess not."

                      Originally posted by DerekTheGreat
                      But, that's just coming from me, this site's biggest pessimist. Best of luck

                      Originally posted by gadget73
                      my car starts and it has AC. Yours doesn't start and it has no AC. Seems obvious to me.




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                        Played painter this morning in the backyard.

                        Task at hand was prepping the radiator core support and rear rain gutters for paint.

                        Here is the radiator core support all ready for some etch primer:




                        A lot of pieces needed to be removed, and even more could have been removed for an even nicer finish.

                        I removed the wagon fender braces and j-clips, battery hold down and j-clip, radiator hold downs, upper oil cooler mounting bracket, and even the hood bumpers:



                        I also prepped the rain gutter by removing the trunk weatherstripping, the lower rear window trim and the piece of trim just above the rear bumper.

                        A while back I picked up some NOS goodies just for this paint job:



                        New lower rear window trim clips and new hood bumpers. The lower rear window trim clips are brittle plastic and don’t like being removed. I destroyed only two amazingly enough.

                        Anyways, here is the trunk rain gutter in primer…I just hit up the bare metal areas with some etch:



                        And here is the radiator core support sporting its coat of self etching primer:



                        Here is the core support all based and cleared:





                        And the rear all done in the same manner:



                        Overall view:



                        Some of the products used…



                        I used the adhesion promoter anywhere I did not apply self etching primer. All surfaces were thoroughly prepped with degreasers and a red scotch brite pad. The 2k clear is a BOSS. Mega shine. LOVE IT.

                        The rear all complete:







                        And the core support:






                        Super happy with the end result of today’s work. I think I will paint the entire underside of the trunk lid some time in the future to as it just does not look as good as the rest of things. I kinda dread removing body panels but its just four bolts and it will be really easy to prep and paint while removed from the vehicle…..Hmm..gonna have to paint the arms then too. Ahh the way things just snowball out of control.
                        ~David~

                        My 1987 Crown Victoria Coupe: The Brown Blob
                        My 2004 Mercedes Benz E320:The Benz

                        Originally posted by ootdega
                        My life is a long series of "nevermind" and "I guess not."

                        Originally posted by DerekTheGreat
                        But, that's just coming from me, this site's biggest pessimist. Best of luck

                        Originally posted by gadget73
                        my car starts and it has AC. Yours doesn't start and it has no AC. Seems obvious to me.




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                          I am always amazed at a quality of your work. Excellent job especially with using rattle cans.

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                            oooo shiny

                            Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein
                            rides: 93 Crown Vic LX (The Red Velvet Cake), 2000 Crown Vic base model (Sandy), 2003 Expedition (the vacation beast)
                            Originally posted by gadget73
                            ... and it should all work like magic and unicorns and stuff.
                            Originally posted by dmccaig
                            Overhead, some poor bastards are flying in airplanes.

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                              Originally posted by Mainemantom View Post
                              I am always amazed at a quality of your work. Excellent job especially with using rattle cans.
                              Thanks. Aside from the primer, the rest is all real paint just conveniently placed in a spray can.

                              The base coat is real base coat and the clear coat is a true 2k clear. Can has two separate compartments inside of it. You shake up the can, then puncture the secondary (internal) canister and that releases the hardener and whatever ever other good stuff that makes this paint rock, then shake it up some more.

                              It has a pot life so better use it within the same day for any other projects you want to clear otherwise it will harden up and be unusable.

                              Originally posted by sly View Post
                              oooo shiny

                              Thanks.


                              Being that I have the week off and the car is still in the clear (not needing to move) in the backyard, I am allowing the radiator core support to dry THOROUGHLY before I reinstall any of the parts back onto it.


                              In the mean time I plan to do some work to the drivers side door bottom (cleaning up some crustiness) and replace the dew wipe trim.

                              Years back the car was struck by a freak hailstorm and the drivers side dew wipe trim took a solid hit. A few months back I found a NOS tudor drivers side dew wipe trim on ebay.

                              Plan is to remove door panel, do the necessary body work (rust removal to the underside of the drivers side door...rust encapsulate, prime, base and clear), replace the dew wipe trim, swapping the rubbers at the same time as the NOS piece rubber is damaged and my aftermarket piece is perfect, and hose down the interior of the door with oil/equivalent.

                              Since the door panel will be off I may venture into painting the two silly lines on the door pull strap.

                              The door pull straps I had purchased from JC Whitney YEARS ago. Unfortunately they do not carry it anymore. They had the perfect size for tudors and four doors to boot and had a variety of colors.

                              Regardless, the straps have two stripes of decorative chrome trim tape. Over time that tape de-laminated and pitted. I picked up some interior and trim paint in a nice silver metallic finish that I plan to coat the two stripes on the door pulls with. Reference picture below:



                              Will completely remove the chrome tape (basically did on its own already) and really clean the pieces to be painted. Carefully mask everything off and scuff up the plastic stripes with a gray scotch brite. Clean everything off and apply a couple thin coats of adhesion promoter and then the silver metallic trim paint.

                              While writing this all out it came to me that I could maybe just use the silver metallic paint pens I have to fill in the stripes....Ill see what comes of this once I cross that bridge.
                              Last edited by 87gtVIC; 05-29-2017, 08:08 AM.
                              ~David~

                              My 1987 Crown Victoria Coupe: The Brown Blob
                              My 2004 Mercedes Benz E320:The Benz

                              Originally posted by ootdega
                              My life is a long series of "nevermind" and "I guess not."

                              Originally posted by DerekTheGreat
                              But, that's just coming from me, this site's biggest pessimist. Best of luck

                              Originally posted by gadget73
                              my car starts and it has AC. Yours doesn't start and it has no AC. Seems obvious to me.




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                                Friggin beautiful!!!

                                I was just looking at my core support last week and was thinking that I should start cleaning it for paint. The lopo and AOD leaked stuff on it as I was lifting the combo out of the engine bay. Trying not to make a real project out of this, but since I am stuck, I might as well do something.

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