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Yes I am starting another project while I have two underway already. Why? Well this one I can get on the road yet this summer, it would be a driver now with some minor brake work and a new trans. Right now I want to have my Goat on the road for its therapeutic value. So it will get a shave and a haircut so to speak, a quick trip to bare metal, some rust repair, quick dent fixing, and a fresh coat of an as yet undecided hue. The idea behind it is cheap and fast since Summer is almost over. It can have a frame off when the 65 and the Mustang are done. Until then I plan to drive this thing some more. I miss my GTO and the fun I have had in it.
Its the 12 step Goat because it runs on ethanol, right now it has E85 in the tank while I wait for my equipment to arrive, and the cattails to mature a bit more so I can make my own fuel. With a 11:1 455 and 3.42 gears I dont expect it to get great mileage, but I will see what I can squeeze out of it with the basic Th400 and a Qjet on it. We might end up with some heat thrown in, but most likely I will wait with the vapor trials until I can put TBI on it, like a FAST EZ system or a Retrotek. Not sure about the self learning systems and ethanol at this point, so that is down the road a bit. It has been on E85 since 2007, and so far it hasnt had any issues with the stock fuel system parts. They look brand new inside.
The 455 has 5C heads on it so it would run on pump gas, but I have some ported 670 heads fresh from a valve job that are going on it. It will probably keep the RPM intake and Qjet I modified to run on alky, otherwise I might go and drill out the Demon 850 or one of the Holley carbs I have so it can run the E85. It depends on if the Qjet can keep up with the 455 since it has a tiny fuel bowl. So engine work is first, then some body work, and finally a transmission swap since it broke the 2004R I had in it. It likes to break transmissions, heavy car, highway gears, big engine, and it breaks things, go figure. The suspension and brakes are in good shape, I rebuilt them not many miles ago, it does need a brake bleeding though, maybe a new MC too. We'll see.
The floors are in much better shape than the 65, and the body is a world better. This is minor rust for me, and it shouldnt take more than a couple days to eradicate most of the cancer. I am thinking satin black or maybe a nice non metallic shade of something... Carousel red comes to mind.. or Orbit orange, but my yard is full or reds and oranges. Maybe something simple or off beat, I guess I could go with the Palomino Copper that it was born wearing. Its metallic but that isnt a problem really, I just want simple. Still I guess I can use the practice with metallic, the last one came out with tiger stripes on the dark side of the shop.
Here is the 70 that was my daily driver from 1995 until 2004. It has made 1500 miles road trips and hauled my kids and me around with car seats in back. It has suffered the insult of rattle can paint jobs since I bought it. Its been black, red, two tone blue, gold, and yellow. I want to stop the rust and make it look decent from 50 feet or so, just so i can feel good about driving it again and knowing it isnt going to rust more... for a while..
Its the 12 step Goat because it runs on ethanol, right now it has E85 in the tank while I wait for my equipment to arrive, and the cattails to mature a bit more so I can make my own fuel. With a 11:1 455 and 3.42 gears I dont expect it to get great mileage, but I will see what I can squeeze out of it with the basic Th400 and a Qjet on it. We might end up with some heat thrown in, but most likely I will wait with the vapor trials until I can put TBI on it, like a FAST EZ system or a Retrotek. Not sure about the self learning systems and ethanol at this point, so that is down the road a bit. It has been on E85 since 2007, and so far it hasnt had any issues with the stock fuel system parts. They look brand new inside.
The 455 has 5C heads on it so it would run on pump gas, but I have some ported 670 heads fresh from a valve job that are going on it. It will probably keep the RPM intake and Qjet I modified to run on alky, otherwise I might go and drill out the Demon 850 or one of the Holley carbs I have so it can run the E85. It depends on if the Qjet can keep up with the 455 since it has a tiny fuel bowl. So engine work is first, then some body work, and finally a transmission swap since it broke the 2004R I had in it. It likes to break transmissions, heavy car, highway gears, big engine, and it breaks things, go figure. The suspension and brakes are in good shape, I rebuilt them not many miles ago, it does need a brake bleeding though, maybe a new MC too. We'll see.
The floors are in much better shape than the 65, and the body is a world better. This is minor rust for me, and it shouldnt take more than a couple days to eradicate most of the cancer. I am thinking satin black or maybe a nice non metallic shade of something... Carousel red comes to mind.. or Orbit orange, but my yard is full or reds and oranges. Maybe something simple or off beat, I guess I could go with the Palomino Copper that it was born wearing. Its metallic but that isnt a problem really, I just want simple. Still I guess I can use the practice with metallic, the last one came out with tiger stripes on the dark side of the shop.
Here is the 70 that was my daily driver from 1995 until 2004. It has made 1500 miles road trips and hauled my kids and me around with car seats in back. It has suffered the insult of rattle can paint jobs since I bought it. Its been black, red, two tone blue, gold, and yellow. I want to stop the rust and make it look decent from 50 feet or so, just so i can feel good about driving it again and knowing it isnt going to rust more... for a while..
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