What did you do to your Maverick or Comet today

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  1. dan gregory

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    Got my main girdle and windage tray the other day.Going to get my car back inside my friends shop Memorial Day to start working on it again.Hope next wknd. to mock up 351w and 4spd. trans. to cut floor out to get shifter in.Next,cut,bead roll and install all new aluminum in the interior.
     
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  2. randytatum

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    Sanded engine bay down and did a little test spray came out ok gonna need somemore paint to finish, prolly wait till tomorrow to do that and change my distributor but I'm kinda on the fence cause that pro comp has worked perfectly for me for just riding around town, but I know a lot of people hate their product
     

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  3. olerodder

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    send pictures!!!!!!!
     
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  5. TrotMaverick

    TrotMaverick Tyler Trotter

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    Over the past month I've been slowly but surely getting the thing road ready again. Now it is ready to purr and make me one happy maverick owner. Got new shocks put in all around, New ball joints, New tie rod ends, Replaced the heater blower motor and fan wheel. Only thing left to put into the car is the Heater resistor which I am picking up Tuesday before work. Got the car aligned and drove it around for a little bit yesterday. Depending on weather Tuesday morning and how cold it is I might even take the Mav to work and pick up the part in it! So glad it's back on the road so I can double my gas mileage too...the roughly 20mpg is way better than the 12 I get with my truck...driving 50 miles one way to work. :dance::yahoo:
     
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  6. 71gold

    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    Tim and Holley came up today in Her car, we swapped out her dropped breather base for a flat one I had. also swapped a couple of pills around in my MSD box.
    He, Holley, Effie and I went to lunch...you know it................

    "A Large time Was Had By All"
     
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  7. 7D2 Grabber

    7D2 Grabber Member

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    Painted the satin black on the doors. Now im aligning the doors and fenders so i can get the car ready for paint.
     
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  8. mrmalina99

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    Worked on my shaved heater controls.
     
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  9. guywitha72comet

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    today i bought new front and rear shocks!
    And also found out my idler arm is worn out and my alignment stuff is seized up and killing my tires :c
    gotta buy new ones tomorrow, but shes worth it c:
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  10. jsmithink

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    If you notice a manual rack when you are down there sometime, let me know!!
     
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  11. rthomas771

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    Went into the garage and notice a strong gasoline smell. The tank to fuel line was dripping a drop about every 3 seconds. This hose was replaced back in '08 when I replaced the fuel tank. Luckily my son happen to be around to give me a 3rd hand because I had one hand busy plugging the sending unit. I now know how helpless the little Dutch boy felt like with his finger stuck in the dyke.

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  12. 71gold

    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    drove 95 miles East to meet Tim and Collin for lunch at Bevricks. afterwards we went to Tim's house where Collin did some cleaning up of some wires in my trunk.
    drove 240 miles total...:yup:

    "A Large Time Was Had By All"
     
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  13. Moneymaker 1

    Moneymaker 1 Green Street Beasts

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    Picked up a roller 351w block for it.
     
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  14. ESampson

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    masked off the shell..took a lot longer than i thought it would..time to buy more materials and prep for spraying the shell some time this week.
     
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  15. MichAnJD

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    is pretty easy for me cause i've done it on my dad's car it took me whole day to take the the 250 and put the 302 in it and got it running the next day :)
     
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