My new 429 comet project

Congrats! Somehow I see your son trying to claim one of the cars now.

 

That is pretty cool to see a 429 packed (barely) under the hood. My shock towers are cut and filled with flat plate, but I have tried to visualize how much more room could be had if the filler panel was curved and followed the spring's contour. That may be a solution in this case. Or adapting cut-down stock tower metal. The ones done like that look so much cleaner. I'm liking John's idea about the coilovers, too ... This thing needs all the room it can get.

With it having the Mav bumper, all it needs now is a Mav hood along with the Comet grille for a Shelby de Mexico clone.

The way the back bumper was switched, while still using the late fender caps, and then blacking out the taillight bezels ... if you cross your eyes a little, it looks very 1971 Mustang fastback. It took me a couple of views for that to finally register why I was getting that vibe.

 

I`d want to have 4 wheel discs all around,stopping thatcar w/ that much weight in the nose could be a chore.Good luck w/ your build.

 

thanks guys and yea Jacob is trying to claim it lol,its disc front,so hopefully it will stop ok,i might try it this week if I get back from Michigan,im up here doing some work on a guys car collection,he has about 40 cars ,with about 10 street strip and 5 race cars,im up here tuning and ect...on them ,he has a guy who does the reg cars but has no idea how to do the performance stuff,so I come up every year or so and stay a week and work on them,if theres any mav or comet guys near coldwater Michigan give me a call 765 469 7786 jay im here ,we should meet for lunch or dinner

 

I bet I can change the plugs in the comet in 15 mins its easier then my 289 mav.,of course I haven't yet in fact I haven't touched it yet been here since I got it,and its killing me ,I want to get back and wrench on it bad ,and now when I get back I got to look at the back and see what was said earlier I hadn't noticed that ......

 

oh yea, and with the 4 inch cowl hood on it ,theres still only about 1 inch of space above the carb,i put a chrome breather on it,i had to use a drop base and 2in filter to get it under the hood.....wow

 

The cut shock towers are great as far as plug changes go. My 351W is so much easier than it was stock with the 302.

One set of wrenches for 7 plugs ... the back one on the passenger side needs a different set of tools.

I grade automotive repair difficulty on three scales ...

Stock 302 .... 2 beers, 2 busted knuckles, 6 cuss words.

351 .... almost 1 beer, no bleeding, no cussing.

 

well got wiring all fixed, it was done very poor,i think the cam has worn lobes,its deff going to be a all winter project.....

 

I hope you keep it a big block.

 

its a street car ,I was thinking it was more race ill prolly trade it for a mav or comet race car I hate to cage it it drives nice

 

I think im going to trade or sell the comet I need a comet or maverick for son this is way to wild for him ,anyone with a nice one with a v8 give me a shout this also has a 460 bbf and another trans with stall with it

 

What was the deal on those shock towers? Were they stock towers? But trimmed?

 

how much ?