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for those who think that my car was bad. Here's another fun project of mine in the 80s. the pics were taken right before I painted it.
here's the good side of my van
There was a lot of welding in this project. the floor was also repaired. It seems to be my thing. LOL



here's the same side. I replaced the entire side from the body line down.
All the way around the van and the doors got new lower panels inside and out.








This was a 75 e-100 that I changed the front end over to an 80's front end. I rebuilt the round headlight buckets to put in rectangle lights. the old turn signals are still in the front apr0n. I remember picking the front grill up at the trash pile from a body shop.
there was just a little chip in it.

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***** Project "EVOLUTION" 1987 Cougar LS  & 1985 Cougar Convertible *****
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5.0 HO 306 roller block, machined GT-40P heads, Wiseco dished forged pistons, Eagle forged floating I-beam connecting rods, Lunati pushrods, ARP bolts, Scorpion aluminum 1.6 rockers, Comp Cams Magnum 266HR, Explorer intake, 65mm TB, MAF Conversion, 19# injectors, Ford Racing stainless P-headers, 2-1/2" cat-less exhaust w/ Flowtech Afterburner lers , SC AOD with 2800 BDR torque converter, 3.73 T-Lok rear, CHE rear control arms, full 2-1/2" frame w/1" jacking rails & seat supports, Rear disk brakes, Turbine wheels, All original interior w/ floor shift upgrade .......
Pretty much every panel on my 87 is new, rebuilt, or re constructed. :D
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Reply #1 –
What on earth are you doing with that thing?
One 88

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Reply #2 –
Wow. You restored a ~10 year old VAN. I'd be like "its a van...LATER have fun sittin in the yard til they crush ya!" Givin' otherwise unappreciated sheetmetal much-needed attention, that's what happened there! Very nice work, looks err lookED great. :hick:
 
That's just amazing. I know who to ask if I need bodywork advice, that's for sure!
1987 20th Anniversary Cougar, 302 "5.0" GT-40 heads (F3ZE '93 Cobra) and TMoss Ported H.O. intake, H.O. camshaft
2.5" Duals, no cats, Flowmaster 40s, Richmond 3.73s w/ Trac-Lok, maxed out Baumann shift kit, 3000 RPM Dirty Dog non-lock TC
Aside from the Mustang crinkle headers, still looks like it's only 150 HP...
1988 Black XR7 Trick Flow top end, Tremec 3550
1988 Black XR7 Procharger P600B intercooled, Edelbrock Performer non-RPM heads, GT40 intake AOD, 13 PSI @5000 RPM. 93 octane

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What on earth are you doing with that thing?

LOL
I needed something to transport my band equipment when we were playing out all the time.
Plus its a Ford
plus it had a 351 in it
plus it was cheap
the whole thing including new panels and paint was about $600 and about 3 weeks of work
drove it for about 6 years.
Plus I can't sit around doing nothing for very long
Plus it's fun
LOL
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***** Project "EVOLUTION" 1987 Cougar LS  & 1985 Cougar Convertible *****
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5.0 HO 306 roller block, machined GT-40P heads, Wiseco dished forged pistons, Eagle forged floating I-beam connecting rods, Lunati pushrods, ARP bolts, Scorpion aluminum 1.6 rockers, Comp Cams Magnum 266HR, Explorer intake, 65mm TB, MAF Conversion, 19# injectors, Ford Racing stainless P-headers, 2-1/2" cat-less exhaust w/ Flowtech Afterburner lers , SC AOD with 2800 BDR torque converter, 3.73 T-Lok rear, CHE rear control arms, full 2-1/2" frame w/1" jacking rails & seat supports, Rear disk brakes, Turbine wheels, All original interior w/ floor shift upgrade .......
Pretty much every panel on my 87 is new, rebuilt, or re constructed. :D
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Nice work how much do you charge LOL for someone that live's close.LOL
 

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Nice work how much do you charge LOL for someone that live's close.LOL

I would help anybody out thats close enough to get here.
If I was to take my car to a body shop, It would probably cost about 8-10 grand to replace everything and paint. from what i've been told by retired and older body guys.
5 just to replace both quarters.
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***** Project "EVOLUTION" 1987 Cougar LS  & 1985 Cougar Convertible *****
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5.0 HO 306 roller block, machined GT-40P heads, Wiseco dished forged pistons, Eagle forged floating I-beam connecting rods, Lunati pushrods, ARP bolts, Scorpion aluminum 1.6 rockers, Comp Cams Magnum 266HR, Explorer intake, 65mm TB, MAF Conversion, 19# injectors, Ford Racing stainless P-headers, 2-1/2" cat-less exhaust w/ Flowtech Afterburner lers , SC AOD with 2800 BDR torque converter, 3.73 T-Lok rear, CHE rear control arms, full 2-1/2" frame w/1" jacking rails & seat supports, Rear disk brakes, Turbine wheels, All original interior w/ floor shift upgrade .......
Pretty much every panel on my 87 is new, rebuilt, or re constructed. :D
Join us on Facebook
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