1979 Fairmont Drag radial/x275 project - "The Cream Dream V2.0" by tirefryin_s10 & bmxarmy

By diyauto
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3-19-2012

Got a bit more done this weekend.... trying to cross a bunch of the small stuff off the list.



Dash and glovebox before:


Ford Fairmont dash and glove box

After:


Ford Fairmont dash and glove box
Ford Fairmont dash and glove box
Ford Fairmont dash and glove box
Ford fairmont dash and glove box

Then I cut the firewall to make a removable panel for attaching throttle linkage/IC piping etc. The cuts look crooked but its just the angle:


custom firewall

Then I made an alluminum panel to bolt on:


aluminum panel

The Panel bolted on from inside and out:


aluminum panel
aluminum panel

Next came smoothing out the strut towers and filling the millions of holes ford puts in them They obviously still need body work but the holes are filled for now anyway.


engine bay
engine bay

Pulled the doors off:


Ford Fairmont drag car

After doing this by myself I was glad I was doing the next step, Cutting some weight out:


car door

Then I started masking stuff for the next step which is High build primer/block sanding:


Ford Fairmont drag car
Ford Fairmont rear


More updates soon!!! Engine is at the engine builders now and heads/rockers should be here early this week



Comments

This is great!

Posted by Diggymart on 11/3/20 @ 5:48:21 PM