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    ah, so the main item that makes it a GT is the heavy duty/competition suspension which should be the case ... what would the "Tape Stripe" have looked like? is it the C stripe like on the boss 302 or the lower rocker stripe like the GT?

     

    thanks for all the input

    :punk:

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    bnickel ... info from my marti report:

     

    Your vehicle was ordered with the following options:

    Black Vinyl Roof

    Sports Appearance Group - No Tape Stripe

    FMX Cruise-O-Matic Transmission

    E78X14 Tires

    White Sidewall Tires

    Power Front Disc Brakes

    Power Steering

    Air Conditioner - Selectaire

    AM Radio

    Tinted Glass-Complete

    Color Keyed Racing Mirrors

    Wheel Covers

    Your car was actually produced on January 31, 1969-- on schedule.

     

    your car was one of:

    8,231 With this Paint Code

    4.119 with these paint and trim codes

    13,967 With these Engine/transmission codes

    2,035 Ordered from this DSO

    20,183 With Sports appearance Group

     

     

    the 2v cars didn't get the dual outlet valance because they only single exhaust. did the car have hood pins? many times the GT gas cap winds up missing for any number of reasons, so that doesn't necessarily mean it isn't one if it doesn't have the cap but it must have the scoop, hood pins, and the visibility group option which gave you the remote side mirror (standard chrome unless the sport mirror option was also ordered) trunk light, glove box light, map light, parking brake warning light and underdash courtesy light. the car should also have the heavy duty/competition suspension, 14" styled steel wheels (argent colored but i think chrome was optional) with GT hupcaps and trim rings, minimum E-70-14 tires but i think most of them got the F-70-14's and minimum 351-2v engine as well as the GT gas cap. also i've found that most of them also had the Ram Air opening cut in the hood but had it blocked off with some kind of heavy duty aluminum tape however i now believe that only the 4v cars got this hood and the 2v cars came with the standard hood as pretty much all the 351-2v cars i've seen had the standard hood and the 351-4v, 390 and 428 (Q-code) cars had the ram air hood with the taped up opening.

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    yep I will be in B'Ham too ... not in my 69' I'm not going to rush it just to drive 8+ hours with the stangs first time being on the road in ..now 9 years.. to much room for oportunity..lol.. should be a great show, i have been going since the 30th celebration and also the MCA anniversary shows. usually some great parts and decent show specials and all kinds of interesting mustang fanatics.

    should be interesting this year to see the price of project cars since it seems the value of mustangs has crept up over the last few years. wish i would have bought some of those 2500-3500.00 cars about 10 years ago...:whistling:

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    What distributor/ignition are you going to be running ? I am looking at MSD but now Im thinking about Pertonix.....

    i think im going with a mallory unilite unless i go with a EDIS setup

     

    since im slowing down a bit on the build ... i may go with a EDIS setup with trigger wheel and megajolt.

    info

    http://www.bgsoflex.com/mjl/mjl_edis_summary.html

    ebay kits

    300296880913

    vendor kits.. have not used this vendor

    boostengineering dot net

     

    some are using a modified explorer distributor in place of the 351 dist.

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    yeah i know what ya mean... was trying to get ready for the 45th show in Birmingham .. but i need to replace the timing cover to install a reverse rotation water pump to go with a serpentine kit.. also looking into a EDIS setup with megajolt... so ill need a crank trigger for the edis .. and something to fill the distributor hole.. :scared:... it will make it easier when i move to efi with a megasquirt setup.:tongue_smilie:

     

    Ya....I wish....As all things lately,more delays.... the guy that does the machining is off on holiday for 2 weeks !! But, some good news, my MSD ignition and distributor came in and all is now here to finish the engine build...once he gets back from drinking gallons of tequila in Mexico !!

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    looking good! making progress!... have those pistons installed yet?:tongue_smilie:

     

    Thanks Bill, I got the one off Ebay, it should be here soon. I can't move along on the door until I have it so I finished off the engine bay.

    It worked out great. The weather was really nice so I could pull the car out of the shop, wash the shop and give the car a good blow outside.

    I was really torn on what to paint the bay. My choices were basically semi-gloss black, gloss black or the color of the car (Acapulco Blue). I decided on Gloss black. Easier to keep clean and it looks good.

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    bnickel - yeah i think that's the hard part for me is deciding on the colour. champagne gold with the black top .. kinda old school you don't see it much, at least i havent. for a while i thought the car was a GT because of all the options it had.. 351W 2V, FMX, AC, PS, PDB, scoop- but no GT gas cap, stripe or rear valance outlets... if i remember the swaybar was the correct size for a GT. the car had the original carpet which was a very dark brown almost black and also the dash pad is a very dark brown almost black with lt nugget gold seats and headliner. i picked up a set of original 68-69 GT wheels and caps soon after i purchased the car so I still have those. replaced the carpet with black and installed a black dashpad overlay. the original price of the car just seemed high to me ... the owner just didnt want a fastback or a mach 1 ... wanted a coupe with similar options. seems like they could have purchased a mach 1 for the price they paid.

     

     

    so it was originally a 351w 2v then...cool, for some reason i thought it was originally a 302. have you thought about painting it back the original champagne gold? that was one of the colors i was considering painting mt car a long time ago. anything but the original lime gold.....when i got the car it had been repainted in dark ivy gold but was so oxidized it looked black. if i'd been thinking when it still had the original green interior i would have repainted it back ivy gold but there were no good pics of that color back then and only in the last few years have i started seeing really nice cars done in that color. i think the coupe would have looked good that color and probably did when the paint was still new. oh well i really like the acapulco blue so there are no plan to change it at all now that it's painted, but painting it dark ivy would have saved me some money on changing the interior out. when i decided to change the colors i also decided to add the deluxe interior which wasn't a cheap proposition

  19. Posted · Edited by stangme428 · Report reply

    ok ... cant wait .. have not had time to build my website .. so here is a little info... when i bought the car in 94 i opened the glove box... and in the card holder was the warranty card.... i wrote to the name and address on the warranty card and... the original owner replied! she wrote me a 4 page letter along with invoice cost... "70 models had just come out so this car was discounted from $3,700 to $3,200. Our total cost was $3,304.62" ... she also provided repair info with dates and costs from her check journal and a photo!! turned out my car was used as a grocery getter with some daily driver... when the son acquired it at age 16... then sat with a blown head gasket for many years ... and after a engine replacement .. another blown head gasket and sat for many more years .. from 86- to 91 and then it was sold to a family friend and again sat until 94 when i purchased the car. i bought the car, redid the brakes, replaced the alternator, voltage regulator and installed a new battery, tires and drove it for 60k miles .. many of those 90 miles a day round trip...glad it was 2v then... great cars!! She only wanted me to send a pic when i finished..... hope its soon!!

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    I am looking into one off of ebay also. trying to cool 408 clevor... dont want it to overheat as soon as i install it. i have a 3 row HD for ac/351w part 8005-1F RADIATOR, T1.50, B1.75, 16" X 24 1/4" X 2" from NPD i purchased back in 94' man im getting old... but its been out of the car since 2000.

     

    i couldnt find the one pictured below with dual fans on ebay .. but did find some interesting solutions and good pricing... Item number: 190287167136 looks good.

    but i need the clamp in 24"

    :shifty:

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    Thanks to Friends who have garage's ... and love mustangs!! my buddy Andy who is helping me with this build came over last weekend and we loaded up the 69 to make the trip to his garage in Jacksonville, FL

     

    one of the tires blew on the 69 loading on the trailer on a previous load up .. so i installed the steel wheel and left the insert off... wish i would have installed the center cap.. the moser engineering axle has rust build up on it now.

     

    more to come... old 5.0 EFI motor and AOD trans has been removed ... getting ready for the 408 Clevor :punk:

  22. Posted · Edited by stangme428 · Report reply

    how is IAC handled .. when i had a bad idle air control on my 96 cobra it had similar symptoms in that it started fine and would die shortly after. problem was that the IAC was sticking and it would stick random. .. so one day i would crank it up .. and it would run great.. 3 days or a week later ... maybe not .. it wasnt until it finally stuck that i figured it out. just my 2c:shifty: you never know...

     

     

    ah i read an article on FM dot com ... the MASS-FLO kit uses a stock IAC valve.... make sure its not "gummed up" if used or make sure its installed correctly physically and check the power to it etc.

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    bnickel.. yes i have drooled over your car before... ill just copy some pics and photochop it myself.. i was looking for more of a drawing type but thats ok. i have a friend thats a graphics guy so ill hit him up..

    :tongue_smilie:

     

    well vista blue is similar to acapulco blue and my car is acapulco blue with all the boss blackouts. you can have a look at my gallery to give you an idea

     

    http://www.1969stang.com/gallery/bnickel69gt

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    Stop it !! Your killing me !!!!!:scared: What pistons did you use for that build?

     

    SRP forged flat tops ... see a pic with the part number in post 19 at the bottom. but .. because i had a early block, as do you, the machine shop took off a bit.. and i had 6.25" rods. use 69gmachines calculation to figure it out with your deck height.

    :tongue_smilie:

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