facelessnumber
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- Joined
- Mar 21, 2013
- Posts
- 53
- Reaction score
- 4
- Location
- Memphis, TN
- First Name
- Drew
- Truck Year
- 1987
- Truck Model
- Suburban
- Engine Size
- 350
Y'all try not to hate on it too hard, I know it's a Ford... Call it the Poor Man's Camaro if it makes you feel better, (you wouldn't be the first) but here's my pride and joy. I love it more than anything on this planet that isn't flesh and blood, and some that is:
Got a 351w that I built myself:
I went through great effort to make it look like stock, but it isn't. Getting this engine to fit into this car is the reason I learned how to weld. I probably had it in and out ten times before it fit with good header clearance. GT40 heads, Comp XE268H cam, Eddie intake, Holley DP, MSD, lots of go-fast bits hidden, painted or otherwise camouflaged to look like it belongs.
I've added a lot of cosmetic touches to it like the wheels, obviously, and the grille, stripe, hood scoop, Mach/Shelby gas cap... Those tail lights are '67 Caprice. I was going for a Shelby-esque look but the "correct" tail lights for that don't look right to me on this car, yet somehow these do. (Don't much care for the stock ones, which are shared with the Pinto.)
Inside I've added a Quicksilver shifter in a custom console, AC, power windows, (never available on this car, made my own regulators by combining stock ones with Taurus stuff) a good stereo, and lots of junkyard and eBay plunder to get the interior nice. (There is no LMC equivalent for this car - almost nothing is reproduced unless it also happens to be a Mustang part.)
Lots of suspension mods to get the height and handling just right.
Daily driver and occasional racer. Not what comes to mind when someone says "Ford Maverick" right?
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Got a 351w that I built myself:
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I went through great effort to make it look like stock, but it isn't. Getting this engine to fit into this car is the reason I learned how to weld. I probably had it in and out ten times before it fit with good header clearance. GT40 heads, Comp XE268H cam, Eddie intake, Holley DP, MSD, lots of go-fast bits hidden, painted or otherwise camouflaged to look like it belongs.
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I've added a lot of cosmetic touches to it like the wheels, obviously, and the grille, stripe, hood scoop, Mach/Shelby gas cap... Those tail lights are '67 Caprice. I was going for a Shelby-esque look but the "correct" tail lights for that don't look right to me on this car, yet somehow these do. (Don't much care for the stock ones, which are shared with the Pinto.)
Inside I've added a Quicksilver shifter in a custom console, AC, power windows, (never available on this car, made my own regulators by combining stock ones with Taurus stuff) a good stereo, and lots of junkyard and eBay plunder to get the interior nice. (There is no LMC equivalent for this car - almost nothing is reproduced unless it also happens to be a Mustang part.)
Lots of suspension mods to get the height and handling just right.
Daily driver and occasional racer. Not what comes to mind when someone says "Ford Maverick" right?