1973 mercury comet gt project

im 16... so give me a break if i dont do somethin perfect on this 40 year old car.

 

Welcome.

Everything I see looks great!

What are your plans?

 

puttin in a bigger cam, COMP Thumpr, some new cylinder heads, Edelbrock aluminum intake manifold, holley 650 cfm carb, headers. ummm... get it running then im taking it over to my dads shop for him to paint it! then i gotta throw this hooptie back together! i gotta give my buddies some credit too for helpin my along the way

 

Nice. You going back with a stripe? Hopefuly the correct one?

 

im going to go with this color scheme for the car

 

Looks like gud progress. I have pretty much the same car. I believe some where along the life of the car someone put on the incorret stripe.
Are u keeping the AC? Did the car come w/ pwr steering? My car has both.

 

youve made more progress than others twice your age

 

nice to see someone close to my age working on these old cars too

 

"mojo", yes it came with factory A/C and power steering. i took out the ac compressor tho, i can live with no ac, and it is less that the engine has to power. Im going to keep the AC unit still, just in case.

 

Looks like a good start to a nice project.

I used to do that when I was younger too. Now that I'm older, I have come to realize A/C is NOT an option!

I really wish I would have kept the A/C in a couple of vehicles I still have in from my younger days! Finding the parts to put it back in is becoming quite expensive.

Here's an idea for you, put everything back on and get it operational. Take the belt off the compressor when you want the power and put it back on when you know you're going to have a young lady in the car.

Women prefer to be comfortable and here's a little bit of life advice for you: The happier a woman is, the happier YOU are!

Ask any married man and he'll tell you I'm not joking about that.

-Scott H.

 

hahaha thanks! ill keep that in mind, sounds like a good idea! But up here in michigan its cold 8 months out of the year... and my girl like the windows down when we drive. Im a firm believer of the 4/70 air conditioning. 4 windows open and drivin 70!

 

another picture of the engine compartment before paint! and all my parts are here! COMP Thumpr cam, Hedman shorty headers, (Cylinder heads from a 85 mustang ported & Edelbrock intake manifold not in pic), gasket set and bolt set for a 302

 

this is what i got now!

 

If you can, i would suggest running your wire harness up and over the top of the shock tower.

 

the hood will still be able to shut right?