I am new here and just thought I would post a picture of my old 71 Comet that I sold back in the 1990's. Now that I have gotten my son thru College I am thinking of building another Comet/Maverick but a little more streetable than my last one. It was a Boss 351 with the front shock towers and control arms removed and replaced with a strut-rack n pinion style from a 71 Capri. Anyone knows of a rust free rolling chassis 70-73 vintage let me know. I don't care if it has an 8" or 9" rear. Hope the pictures take. Steve
Welcome. Looks like that was a nice one you had. So was it a Cleveland or a Clever 351W with Cleveland heads. Either way I bet it was fun. Clint
351 Cleveland I used a Cleveland with the heads off my Boss 302. Boss 351 rods, Manley 13 to 1 pistons, 9" Mark Williams spool, 5:67 gears (Mistake!), 8" convertor. The car could fit any motor after I removed the front shock towers and steering. But I wanted to give the Cleveland a try. I am posting a pic of the car in the initial stages where it was a Boss 302, Doug Nash Pro Shifted 4 Speed car. With an Aluminum rodded 317 stroker motor with 6:00:1 gears wow that was a high winding small block. The automatic was boring! Even with the 5000 stall I am hoping to do something a little more tame this time around.
The car was originally targeted for B/SM class which allowed me to "knotch" the spring towers. Then when the class went out the window I cut the rest of the towers out and went to a motor plate, tubular front/strut suspension leaving the lower frame intact. Ed Quay did a masterful job!
Welcome to the madness!!!! Looks like you had a pretty wild ride there...Good luck with the next one.
