Lots of work on my GT
 

Hi all
I have recently bought a -79/-88 Pacecar/GT 5.0, and its a great car and i`m starting to fall in love with it and its potential :)
It has a carburated 5.0 with Boss heads, and some other mods. Its not a screamer, but it works and its pretty fast.
I`m going to do lots of mods on it, so i have many questions. I`m kinda rookie on Mustangs and V8s.

First of all i need to do some bodywork and new painting. I have already removed the moulding on one door. Are the mouldings re-usable? They seemed to be kind of bad condition and they was very bent when i took it off.
Where can i eventually get new mouldings?

Are the GT skirts just screwed in place? Is there something i should be aware of when i remove them?
The same goes for the wing..?

Interior is the worst part of the car, and i really dont know what to do with it. All the plastic has been red once, and is just sprayed black - and has of course started to fall of now. It also has roof hatch with rusty frame and in generally bad condition. (Should i remove it and weld the thing togheter?)
There are great Recaro seats in the front, but the original backseats really suck, so does most of the other interior (roof, floor, doors etc).
The instrument dash is ok, so i`m gonna keep that - and that is also the original -79 Pacecar dash.
Should i just tear out everything and replace it? Where can i buy new interior-stuff?
Also all window sealings need to be changed, so i need to know where i can buy that too...

So for the fun part :)
Engine: I`m looking to buy a turnkey carburated 400+ hp 302, 306, 347 or something other bolt-on that also can handle some 100-150hp nitrous. Where is the best place to buy this? I have a New Jersey shipping adress, so it would be great to buy local from a shop nearby. I`m looking for a fully streetable engine.

Trans: What trans should i look for to this engine?

Rearend: Any ideas :) ?

Thanks in advance :)

RE: Lots of work on my GT
 

-79/-88 Pacecar/GT 5.0?[sm=ttiwwp.gif]

RE: Lots of work on my GT
 

Hehe, ok i post a picture of it - nothing special really. I can take some more pics of the interior and exterior tomorrow.
Its original an 1979 Pacecar 2.3 Turbo, but its rebuild to -88 GT look. And has also got the 5.0 with mods.



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RE: Lots of work on my GT
 

why??

RE: Lots of work on my GT
 

^^x4 thats alott of work how is the fit of the nose? and how are the floorboards in it?

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Yeah, i know its a lot of work, but as long as i didnt do it, its ok with me ;)
I live in Norway, and there isnt to much Foxbodys here, so many of the old ones are rebuild to look newer. They was too expensive to buy as almost new because of all the taxes [:@]

Everything seems to fit very good, and as far as i can see there isnt to much rust..

This is my summer-car only, as we have at least 6 months of winter here [&:][&:] and i will use it mostly as a weekend warrior.
I`m thinking of doing like this guy has done, remove the the moulding and sideskirts and then just keep the front and rear:
http://i11.ebayimg.com/05/i/06/c1/f3/3d_3.JPG

RE: Lots of work on my GT
 

thats not the same car as you. thats an lx coupe with a gt front clip and a cobra bumper

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I know its an LX coupe, but i still think it could look great on my car, but time will show.
Need to take it apart anyway, and then i can see how it looks.

RE: Lots of work on my GT
 

why the hell would you do that to a pace car [:@][sm=chairshot.gif]

RE: Lots of work on my GT
 

I wouldnt...it was like this when i bought it. Would loved to had the original, but to much work is done, and parts are missing.