What would you change about ur mav/com build if u could go back and do so

My biggest regret is selling my FIRST Comet!

If I would have kept it, I would be years ahead on my build and quite possibly be completely finished with the drive train and be driving it by now.

-Scott H.

 

I'll second that a Mustang II suspension is a better option than cut shock towers (which is still a better option than original shock towers)....
but then I would probably want to fill all that open space with a big block ....

 

Yep. I might have said that I wish I'd done an MII front end before the Windsor swap, but I think if I'd done that I wouldn't have gone with a Windsor...

Besides, it's on my wish list. This is probably not the last engine swap my car will see.

 

For a street car, the 347 with aftermarket alum heads makes a nice package. I am happy with that decision. It actually removes weight from the front end makes nice power.

If I felt a need for more power a (stroked? roller?) Windsor would be ample for me on the street.

The MII suspension would be great to eliminate the towers and steering box and for improved handling. If I ever planned to do another car the MII would be part of the plan.

 

I would have saved up all my money first an then planned out my mods.

 

If I have the funding and the need to tear it that far down again any time soon, MII suspension has got to be worth it just for the handling. But I know if I do that the temptation do something weird with the engine will be hard to resist. Mod engine, LS, big block, turbo, something... At the very least I'd take advantage of the space for some bigger headers.

 

Well, yeah, wasn't thinking about a mod engine.

 

I was going to paint mine yellow with blue striping, like the first '70 Fast Eddie Maverick. Everyone I mentioned it to, hated it and I gave into peer pressure & went with my second choice, Medium Blue. I wish I had ignored them.

 

I came to the same conclusion when I pulled a 302 with headers out of a donor. That pushed me over the edge just at the right time to get the R&C set up.

 

my car in a daily drive/resto everyone ask when im going to paint it. would say do every thing that u wont to it first wait a lil while then when new ideas hit u do it paint should be last thing u do....i drove around for a year with out 1st gear tell i fould a tranny come to find out it is a rug bp witch a gave $50 for. but iv done stuff hear and there my biggest problem is money right now im a sr.in high school awaiting grud. and in need of a job....the next step for me is to rebuild the motor. i think im going to keep the 200 6 and to save gas and to keep it a lil different

pics of my 1972 maverick in below link
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.100772256646179.886.100001402142933&type=3&l=e4b7c4d744

 

Since I've yet to actually start the "build", nothing. Although I've changed it in my mind a hundred times. I pretty much got the Comet locked in as to how it will be done, and for now I just drive the Maverick while the Comet continues to ferment for a while longer (about 18 more months and NO debt!) before I strip it down & send it to get bodywork/paint. Been collecting parts for it & have most hard to find stuff, all that's left is floorpans, weatherstrip and interior stuff like carpet/headliner...things that are readily available new.
I keep tossing around ideas on the Maverick;
keep it a 200/3spd, maybe a 4spd o/d
go 5.0 roller w/4spd o/d(hey, I'm working with what I've got)or..
'69 351w/c4
small bumpers or not
white Grabber stripes(it's light green, It'd be the "Key lime Grabber"!)
poverty caps or magnum 500s
Grabber spoiler/ sport mirrors or not
and so on and so on....

 

man the 4 speed o/d is something u mit wont to look into i found one cheap (lucky me) for $50. its a RUG BP. everyone i talked to had no clue what it as i was thinking O/D so i went and talked to a old tranny guy and he said there where go trannys so i picked it up.. i put it behind my 200 im get like 23mpg i at ppl with the new mustanges when they say there geting like 15 or 16 mpg ether way u cant go wrong

 

I just wish I would start changing my mind 3 weeks before I buy everything I need to do a specific project instead of 3 months after I pay for it all.

 

It all goes back to the classic saying, measure 2x cut 1