What did you do to your Maverick or Comet today

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  1. mavgrab302

    mavgrab302 MCCI Florida State Rep

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    Made a trip down to Bradenton,Fl. and met Joe (shinysideup) Picked up a near perfect windshield and a really nice rear bumper for my 72 comet... Also picked up two pair of door sill plates and he gave me a hood emblem for my comet hood... It was a good day :yup:
     
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  2. rthomas771

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    Finished notching a big bumper fender and sanding the toughest paint I even seen in my whole life. Took 11 sheets of 80 grit paper on the D/A to get the paint off one fender.
     
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    No pics? :huh:

    I'm still contemplating the issue...
     
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  4. rthomas771

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    I didn't take many, hope you get an idea. I had an early fender to make a cardboard template. I scored the line for the fold with a Dremel so it would fold straight. I also had to drill another hole for the valance on the bottom lip of the fender.
     

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  5. Dave B

    Dave B I like Mavericks!

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    Nice (y)
    I have 2 small bumper fenders, I was going to make templates off, and do the same thing.
     
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    Finally finnished the engine bay.. Both towers cut all welded and painted.. Wired 80% of it, all new front suspension parts and put fenders back on, but now I have a question, I want to switch to an alternator from a 97 mustang GT, do I need that cars wiring or can I use my existing alternator wiring?
     
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  7. socalcomet

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    Thanks, that looks awesome. I would only do it if I had a template. Seems like a silly question but did you score it on the outside? If so it must have been ever so slight. Thanks for posting the pics.
     
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  8. kungfuhita

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    After a while of not working on it due to stupidly breaking both my collar bones >.> I decided to go in and work on my 63 comet conv project, (with bones still broken mind you) and while pulling the dashboard knobs n whatnot out a dead rat fell on my chest and I slammed my shoulder/head into the dashboard at the sight of it... fml -_-
     
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  9. blugene

    blugene Senior member Supporting Member

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    Primered both front fenders and painted a grill.
     
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  10. blugene

    blugene Senior member Supporting Member

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    Duuuude.. Glad you came to vent. :sorry: Altho it sounds humorus :)
     
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    Lmao no prob, dad thought it was humerus too, though me and the dead rat in the garbage can thought differently xD
     
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    same-O...same-O

    ...P. D. W/T.S...:chirp:
     
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    I started work on the vent cowl, undercaoted the area behind the front fender, primed and painted some on the body and painted the doors on my 75.
     
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    Just scored a NOS heater control valve on ebay. :bananaman:yippee: It wasn't cheap but compared to some it wasn't expensive either. It's exactly the same as the seized rusty one I took off my car but mine didn't have any markings on it.
     

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    Today i sent away for my new export brace and and monte carlo bar. I also talked to a guy with disc breaks for the mav right here in west palm. Goin to look at those and a rear end tomorrow. Is there a list of rear end numbers around so that i can identify what im looking at?
     
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