78-84ish Ford Fairmont/Mercury Zephyr 2 door
3.0/3.2 SHO motor forged internals
Turbo or SC
narrowed Ford 9"
Tubbed/back halfed
5lug swap
cage
Fox Stang T-Top roof (best part of the dream)
Coilovers
Still in the air about having all the comfort items or not.
Kind of thinking about swapping some 85-86 Cougar tails into it.
Not all the way planned but rough idea. Something a little different.
Here is one with an LTD nose. Might be on the list too
Someone linked me to that fairmont not too long ago. Two words BAD ASS. That thing is just pure awesome. People have done some of em up real nice...
I love the Fairmonts!!! :burnout:
Why waste a high-winding SHO motor on a car with a tubbed 9" rear?
Something built for the open road....
Should drop an IRS rear in it and scare the piss out of people on some nice back country winding roads.
big block power or big cubes in small block 351W what could be better to do:burnout: ?? .
i tryed to put the LTDII front end on my bright blue fairmont but it need the different rad sapport /two inner fenders to get LTDII fenders to fit, so i put the fairmont front back on.
i like the zephyr better than fairmont because the merc has better fins in fender and gril. like below
(http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/650019/fullsize/80----83-merc-003.jpg)
but i like wagon better yet;
(http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/703485/fullsize/79-merc-wagon-10-002.jpg)
(http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/604430/fullsize/farmont-006.jpg)
wish i cound find the fairmont/
zephyer pickup(durango?) to complete the collection.
I was looking for a Fairmont when I ended up with my t-bird. The neighbor has a Farimont wasting away in their driveway (along with a few other cars) and they had no desire to sell it. s!!
I agree, I like the Zephyr grill better than the Fairmont Futura grill. I do like the two headlight Fairmont grill though. I was gonna buy a '79 Zephyr ES 4 door with a 2.3 auto, but I ended up getting the Cobra motor instead. :hick:
drive me nuts too.
casper did that for 12 yrs at a guys house. I didn't know it was still on the car ramps until I went to look under it. the ramps only where sticking out of the mud about 6 inches .
for some reason i'm closer to my zephyr than myturbobird our mustangs.
Here you go.
http://denver.craigslist.org/cto/971548526.html
The Durango was an '81 only deal. They used a fiberglass "tub" for the bed. That might be an early conversion, or a one-off.
THIS is a REAL Durango
(http://www.turbochuck.com/images/Misc/Ebay%20Birds/dur13.jpg)
(http://www.turbochuck.com/images/Misc/Ebay%20Birds/dur8.jpg)
(The only pics I had at work).
This was a car I seriously thought about buying after I sold the Ranger.
ALL "factory" Durangos were 200 I6/Autos
No tailgates correct?
No, they had tailgates.
Ok I see it now. Starts after the tail light on the side.
thanks for looking. it is a nice ride but it looks done allready! what fun is it? if it done already by some one else..
now this is more my style i'm looking for. some thing i can play on.
http://www.ford-forums.com/ford-parts-sale/18616-ford-durango-parts-sale.html (http://"http://www.ford-forums.com/ford-parts-sale/18616-ford-durango-parts-sale.html")
idk if its still for sale but it looks like it would be a fun project.