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Old 10-18-2012, 11:11 PM
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Thats true. Need to save all the money you can get.
 
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Old 10-19-2012, 12:31 AM
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I may have figured out a way to do it. It would take a while to get one pic though. Here is a test, it's my mustang after I gifted it to my step brother. They got into a wreck when someone hit them head on.
Not cool, and that looked like it was a nice stang at one point...
(and do you know how long I've been looking for that dang hood scoop?)
 
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Old 10-19-2012, 12:43 AM
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You have been looking for a fake hood scoop? What for? I'm sure a vehicle in a junkyard has one. Too bad this one isn't around or i could let you have it. Since i didn't own it anymore my step brother had it towed to a junkyard.
 
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Old 10-19-2012, 07:54 AM
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Originally Posted by GruesomeJeans
You have been looking for a fake hood scoop? What for? I'm sure a vehicle in a junkyard has one. Too bad this one isn't around or i could let you have it. Since i didn't own it anymore my step brother had it towed to a junkyard.
No way.. he towed it to a junkyard???
I would have fixed it..
new front clip
 
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Old 10-19-2012, 09:08 AM
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I know how to do it.. i just dont want to spend the extra money if my front brakes work
I hope I missed something because this makes it sound like you are driving around with front brakes only. Please tell me that is not the case as it is not only REALLY dangerous, it is illegal and opens you up to a ton of liability if you get in a crash.
 
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Old 10-19-2012, 09:19 AM
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Lol I don't even have a license
 
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Originally Posted by GruesomeJeans
You have been looking for a fake hood scoop? What for? I'm sure a vehicle in a junkyard has one. Too bad this one isn't around or i could let you have it. Since i didn't own it anymore my step brother had it towed to a junkyard.
yeah, I have an idea to put one on a Toyota Mud Truck I'm building, and cut a hole in the hood under it, just to give a lil more airflow to the carb...
Haven't found one I like yet, other than the mustang one like you had...
that would have been awsome, and that would have probably been fixable (if there was no major frame damage)...
 
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Old 10-19-2012, 12:53 PM
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Lol I don't even have a license
In that case no worries. I have had several projects that got moved around the yard with only front or rear brakes. One even had no brakes so it was moved with other vehicles so avoid a problem.

I got the slave cylinder to my hydraulic clutch replaced and hooked up. It is the strangest feeling to have a clutch at last.
 
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Old 10-19-2012, 01:04 PM
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Fixed the lack of compression in one cylinder. Pulled the valve cover off and discovered the rocker arm popped off the push rod. Easy fix!
 
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Old 10-19-2012, 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by 1_ton_bronco
No way.. he towed it to a junkyard???
I would have fixed it..
new front clip
It's was no longer my vehicle, and my step brother who drove it didn't know anything about cars. He told the insurance it was a GT and didn't know what GT was. Also, unless someone has an ever burning affection for the 4 eye mustangs with a 200 i6, it wasn't worth fixing. the amount of rust on it and the front clip being smashed into the front of the motor was a lot of work.

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yeah, I have an idea to put one on a Toyota Mud Truck I'm building, and cut a hole in the hood under it, just to give a lil more airflow to the carb...
Haven't found one I like yet, other than the mustang one like you had...
that would have been awsome, and that would have probably been fixable (if there was no major frame damage)...
I see. Well it's too bad i don't know where it ended up, we have a few junkyards around here that it could have gone to. As for the damage, being that it was no longer our car we didn't bother trying to look for frame damage. The hood was jammed shut and you could see that the rad and core support were smashed into the front of the motor. The pulleys and brackets were all bent and crooked. It wouldn't have been worth the time.
 
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Old 10-19-2012, 02:16 PM
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Yea I have a nice 1200ft x 60 ft lot next to my offce building..
I have 4 trucks and a ford escrt.. I get to play with them on that lot
 
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Old 10-19-2012, 02:18 PM
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Ha lucky you. I barely have room for my ranger and bronco on top of the other 3 cars we have.

As for my plan to work on the bronco today... I kinda don't feel like dealing with everything being wet or it starting to rain while i am working. I will figured it out later.
 
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Old 10-19-2012, 03:00 PM
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This damn rain... I need new wndshield.. the guy who cameand put my f100 windshield in he said it would be like $120 installed with glass
 
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Old 10-19-2012, 03:22 PM
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$120 isn't too bad. I need to get one for my bronco eventually. It it wasn't so we out i would be fiddling with the bronco...
 
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Yeah, just had one put in my Bronco a few weeks ago and it really wasn't too expensive. No where near what I thought. I think it ended up being $140 ($40 to fix a crack? Or $140 for a whole new one? Hrm....) and they came out and did it in my parking lot while I was at work.
It was sad to see the original glass go, but I sure don't miss the multitude of weather pits.
 


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