Langleylads 68 Cougar project

[Huskinhano]

Looking good! I get frustrated with my car as far as progress. I'm not home during the week. On the weekend it's usually honey do stuff. Important stuff like changing the cat litter boxes. I thought about taking my car to my brother's place, that way I could work on it. The problem there is parking.

If you haven't done the rear suspension, check the 3 link from Street or Track. They have a great reputation with the Vintage Mustang guys. I think they were working on a Cougar version. You can even get a floating axle set up.

http://www.streetortrack.com/Street-or-Track-Rear-Bilstein-3-Link-System-pr-24572.html

[langleylad]

Looking good! I get frustrated with my car as far as progress. I'm not home during the week. On the weekend it's usually honey do stuff. Important stuff like changing the cat litter boxes. I thought about taking my car to my brother's place, that way I could work on it. The problem there is parking.

If you haven't done the rear suspension, check the 3 link from Street or Track. They have a great reputation with the Vintage Mustang guys. I think they were working on a Cougar version. You can even get a floating axle set up.

http://www.streetortrack.com/Street-...-pr-24572.html

I hear you brother , life always seems to get in the way . It has warmed up a bit in the garage so I'm able to get some work done . The low Canadian dollar has slowed my build down a little as well ........... No, that's a lie I'm still spending . I just have to shop around and find the best pricing.

[langleylad]

You can see where I'm going with this .

[langleylad]

I bolted the engine & trans back in this weekend so that I could figure out where to cut out two 2 1/4" holes in my smoothed firewall . One for the engine harness and one for the trans & DBW harnesses. I've also come to the realization that these Kooks headers hang to low for my liking . Even after I went to all the work of modifying them to clear the steering shaft , they're just not going to work . It was a gamble from the start that they would work , sometimes you just have to bite the bullet . At least they'll look good hanging on the shop wall , I'm looking at a pair of shorty/mid length units that should do the trick (fingers crossed .... again).

[DanStokes]

Just a thought on the headers: Early Hemi cars (like my buddy's A990 car) had a collector that had all 4 pipes coming into the collector flat. So like 0000. I'll guess that these don't scavange quite as well but they make for a ton more road clearance. No idea of anyone makes such a thing for your application but it's a thought. And of course you could modify a set (like the Kooks maybe) to a flat style collector which would probably be easier than starting from scratch.

Dan

[Beagle]

Just a thought on the headers: Early Hemi cars (like my buddy's A990 car) had a collector that had all 4 pipes coming into the collector flat. So like 0000. I'll guess that these don't scavange quite as well but they make for a ton more road clearance. No idea of anyone makes such a thing for your application but it's a thought. And of course you could modify a set (like the Kooks maybe) to a flat style collector which would probably be easier than starting from scratch.

Dan

Hooker super comp headers for a 351 Cleveland / Fox swap have flat collectors like that.

[DanStokes]

Hooker super comp headers for a 351 Cleveland / Fox swap have flat collectors like that.

I wonder if Hooker sells that flat collector separately? That and the exhaust adaptor would make the modification pretty straightforward.

Dan

[Russell]

TriYs!

[langleylad]

Thanks gentlemen for your input

[Teddyzee]

Looking good!

[langleylad]

Some interior bodywork got done today . I've fabricated AC vent housings in the lower corners of the dash and also smoothed the dash where the ashtray was . I had to fabricate a perch for the DSE wiper switch , just above the driver side AC duct . I've also noticed some areas where my shade tree bodywork is not quite to my liking . Bodywork never ends , tears .......

[silver_bullet]

With today's "bodymen", you are practically a master coachman... don't be so hard on yourself...

[Huskinhano]

Here's a link I thought you may be interested in. This guy is putting a LS into a 67 Mustang. He was originally posting on the VMF but I think a lot of guys were giving him a lot of crap about a LS into a Ford. He's apparently been active on this forum, here's the link. http://www.pro-touring.com/threads/8...x-1967-Mustang

[langleylad]

Here's a link I thought you may be interested in. This guy is putting a LS into a 67 Mustang. He was originally posting on the VMF but I think a lot of guys were giving him a lot of crap about a LS into a Ford. He's apparently been active on this forum, here's the link. http://www.pro-touring.com/threads/8...x-1967-Mustang

Thanks Tom , I hang around pro-touring.com as well and have read his story . As they say" haters are going to hate " , How many 32 Fords have you seen with SBC's ? it's been done before .

[silver_bullet]

repeatedly... McMullen ring a bell?