Does anyone know if a 289 will bolt up to a stock auto '66 tranny?

 

I was waiting for this question

You have to get the body straight. LONG before that becomes a concern. For a V8, you have to replace thousands of dollars worth of parts. Rear end, spindles, radiators, carb, brakes, a lot of stuff.

Nothing wrong with a six.

 

Here is a website that sells a DVD on the whole process. I have bought his DVD's before. They are low video and sound quality but the information is great. It is cool because he does everything in his garage with average tools.

http://www.hpvideo.org/

 

brnc,

Now that you have the car in your possession, have you tried thoroughly checking out the frame etc?

Basically, just follow it from where it starts (where the front bumper connects) all the way til it dissappears under the floor beneath the drivers feet. Then it starts again under the back seat and goes all the way to the rear of the car. Look at it on both or all sides from front to back. If it has any serious rot anywhere, then that is where your money has to go instead of engine etc.

Also, check where the steering column connects to the frame.

Fingers crossed for you. Take pictures if anything look weird.

 

Everything is good. The only things are the floor pans (not even the whole thing) and the right fender and the rear valance. Evidently, someone must have had it in a garage for a period of time before putting it outside (how dare they...lol)

 

Man, that is a REALLY big deal. Awesome.

 

Thanks. Do you think $4500 is an okay price to do the floor pans, fender,...etc plus take off the bondo and treat the rust?

 

Honestly dont know. I was just about to price that on my 67 when I bought my 65. Are you talking about a quarter panel or a fender? Usually people refer to the rear wheel area as a quarter panel, and the front as fender.

If you mean quarter plus the floors, it will be a lot but probably worth it as you got your car cheap. Someone wiser will chime in.

 

I would still have the rust blasted. You can treat it but sometimes the rust is much deeper than the surface. Also from the pictures I am almost certain that your trunk panel needs to be replaced. You know, You really can do this yourself! We did ours and we never even welded before. Yeah, we made some mistakes and had to "re-work" a couple of things. But the sheetmetal is cheap. You can do everything with a 110v welder that costs about $400 bucks.

On a different note, check out this article. I think our next project will be a six cylinder!
http://www.mustangandfords.com/techa...o_results.html

 

moonweasel: Yes, it is a fender, it is the front passenger.

I am working on getting more and better detailes pics soon. I am still taking some of the extra parts out of the car (have to find a place to put them first...lol) then I am going to shop vac it.