What did you do to your Maverick or Comet today

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  1. 70MAVERICKGURU

    70MAVERICKGURU Member

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    1964 Falcon 2 door post Boss 302 Mustang T5 with S10 extention housing
     
    70MAVERICKGURU, Jul 10, 2017
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  2. 71gold

    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    drove 7.5 hrs. to Somerset Ky...:drive:...:chirp:
     
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  3. Earl Branham

    Earl Branham Certified Old Fart

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    Checked out car yesterday, and today loading and cleaning it up for the trip to Somerset.
     
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  4. rthomas771

    rthomas771 Member

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    '74 Maverick 302 5-Speed.'60 Falcon V8. '63.5 Falcon HT
    Bought a new battery...9 year old Red Top died on me yesterday and had to get a stranger to jump me off.
     
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  5. skipsgrabber

    skipsgrabber Should've had wrenches instead of hands

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    Finally finished exhaust,not perfect,but sounds great... Flowmaster 10's and stainless tailpipes that I pirated from a wrecked 97 mustang a friend bought for the front and rear end for his fox... Used nearly the entire exhaust system H-pipe,and most of the hangers,and bought mandrel bends to weld up headpipes... Now the neighbors wont crap themselves when I run it,and no more pictures and what-nots falling off the walls in the house... (y)
     
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  6. RMiller

    RMiller My name is Rick

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    Completed my manual steering conversion!:rofl2: I needed to move the car on to its new home (we are going with it) and I had everything torn apart. Necessity being the mother of invention this is what I worked out. I stacked nuts and washers inside to hold it all together, just has to work long enough to get on and off a a trailer.
    20170712_183515.jpg
     
    RMiller, Jul 13, 2017
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  7. mavgrab302

    mavgrab302 MCCI Florida State Rep

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    Sold my 1972 Sprint, it will be heading to Texas around July 26th...
     
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  8. Krazy Comet

    Krazy Comet Tom

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    Wait!! Connected to alternator that should be power steering!! ;)

    I'm gonna put a 180* stat in mine today(already apart), been running a little warmer with the 192* than I like...
     
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  9. Krazy Comet

    Krazy Comet Tom

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    We be makin' videos...

    Getting dark so could be better but you'll get the idea...

     
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  10. 71gold

    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    Effie, Patches andI just returned from a...7 day...1,115 mile trip...:drive::chirp:
     
    71gold, Jul 17, 2017
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  11. stumanchu

    stumanchu Stuart

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    I drove my car for the first time.... to the gas station.....2 1/2 mile round trip. It barely started when hot..(need more battery)..it is waaayyyy too low in front with the mystery cut springs. I got on it once and it seemed good but pushed some coolant out the overflow hose...need a overflow bottle. Brakes are like old car brakes, need to put the discs on. Needs more tranny fluid and seems to run slightly rich. Need to get rid of the 2.79 too. Lol....but it runs.
     
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    Every journey has to start somewhere. Let the mods begin!

    Funny thing about the brakes. When I bought my first Maverick in 1973, I thought the brakes felt fine. When I drove one 40 years later, I was thinking, "how did I ever drive one of these things"!
     
    rotorr22, Jul 18, 2017
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  13. Krazy Comet

    Krazy Comet Tom

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    Well I have around 500 miles on the TFI module install, been perfect so far...
     
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    yellow75 MCCI Oregon State Rep Supporting Member

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    Got a good test on the Taurus fan install while in Kentucky, with 90 degree temps it did its job great. Temp would go up to 195 then drop down to 175 at stop lights and driving it would stay at 180.
     
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  15. rotorr22

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    Sweet!
     
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