Hey Ward I got a tank that needs some flames too. That is a good looking tank man. Grrrreat job that is sweet, I know who I am calling when I want mine done on my bike
To lay the flames out for you 2 would be no charge but to paint and do the flames we would have to talk.
ideas on cars 76 Mav. that sounds like both of you will be proud of the car, I am building another Maverick for my wife with some tricks and goodies in and on it, my son who is 3 year is soo eager to help dad it is unbelievable, stuff like this is what memories are made of! If there is any help I can help with drop a line. Chandler
Thanks on the support guys !!!! .... My son and i have made a list of mods and additions or subtractions that we plan to do so far... Heres what we have so far ... 1) Change bumpers to 70-71 style ( Have new bumpers ) 2) Custom interrior ,( Aquired black power leather buckets and rear seats from a 95 Cougar) Still deceiding on custom door panels or go with stock ... I say custom, boy says stock. 3) Mustang II front end , Been there done that . 4) 5.0 EFI set up ... Have a 5.0 from a 95 F-150 needs re-build . Gave up on Fe motor... My boy says its much "Cooler " to have a 5.0 (Blah Blah Blah ) 5) Remove the lower dash in place of the older dash "Tray"... Have lower dash tray. ( Not yet installed) 6) Center Console ... Choose the console out of a 95 grand am.. with little mods will work well and will work with a B&M console shifter for that car ... Thanks to whomever posted pics of thiers for reference ... (not yet installed) 7) 4 Wheel disc .. been there done that ... 8) 3 3/8 speedo and tach mounted in the stock location ... Have speedo and tach from Auto Meter , (Just not mounted yet) ... 9) Power windows and door locks .. I Have most of the crap to do this mod but except for the door locks everything else is sitting in a box ... 10) Outside door handles from a 90 wagon .. ( lol Cant spell Touras ) 11) Frenched Power antenna ( but due to recent posts we are seriously concidering a hidden antenna) 12) Either a stock , or Fabricated Grabber hood and we are seriously considering a custom type grabber hood using the rear lower vents from a newer Stang to make the scoops ... 13) Although we havnt decieded we want to do something with the rear lights and gas cap , Mabey some sort of custom tail light and gas cap door ( Still in the works ) 14) Reverse tilt hood ... thats where we are now ... Still in the planning process 15) last but not least ... 1 inch chop ... not something i want to try myself ... And will only consider after viewing a very well drawn example of what it would look like ... My Boys idea
Thats a pretty ambitious list. Keep posting pics as you progress. Where did you see the console? I have a nice clean 71 that I am collection ideas for.
When you say one inch chop....are you talking about the roof? If you are, one inch would be a whole lot of work.....not to gain much. I would at least go for a 3" chop if it were me.
Good idea, be different, the more difficult the better. It sets you apart from others. If it were easy everyone would do it.
I did a search to find the Grand am console pics but came up with nothing ... There was a thread awhile back where everyone posted thier consoles ... maby it was on another board ...One guy posted a pic of a Mav with a mach I console and some one else posted a pic with a grand am console thats where i got the idea ...Mavaholic you also posted on that thread ... Its not a perfect stock fit but with little mods should work nicely .... As far as the Chop ... Thats something that were kicking around ... It would be 1 inch max because i dont want the car to look customized but like you said it might not be worth the trouble ... One thing that both my son and i agree on is that we want the body to remain stock looking with small mods,
Rear latch Call around the junk yards and find a latch and hood pin from a International Scout 2. They were all the same from 72 or so up to 80. If you cant find one in a junkyard, do a Google search for IH Scout. There are several International venders that can supply the needed parts. The hinge should be easy to work with also.
