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Oops, I did it again! Bought a "new" toy today.
Just picked this up this morning!
 '62 Mercury Meteor. Just what I needed, another project! 
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Sweet, what does it have in it?
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302 under the hood and some elbow grease and it will be a nice little rod.
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Nice, yeah what is under he hood?
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Still has the 6cyl in in. But I have a 351 sittin in the garage, so I Had to get something to put it in.
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Good looking car!
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LOL a six banger with that hood!
I had a 64 Merc. comet station wagon with the 6 and it moved along pretty good stock.
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Vinny Red '86 944, 05 Ford Super Duty Dually '02 Ram 3500 Diesel 4x4 Dually, '07Jeep Wrangler '62 Mercury Meteor '90 Harley 1200 XL "Live your Life in such a way that the Westboro Baptist Church will want to picket your funeral." |
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Nice Pick up a toploader or c6 throw in a 9" rear and heavy duty coil springs. Is the 351 a cleveland? Sounds like a nice project. Thanks again for the fender you sold me.
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Cool project. This would be a good look
  
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When I saw that scoop, I thought "Thunderbolt"! Hey make a Mercury version. It would really be cool to shorten the wheelbase/fab a nice rear tub/move the wheel wells forward. Nice find!
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Still not sure which way I want to go with it. I first saw the car for sale back in the spring. Right away, I said I gotta have that!
Good chance I'm gonna make a "Gasser" out of it. That was my plan from the start, but I'm definately not going to chop it up. I want to keep the body stock. The interior is hurting. Seats are shot, floorpan has a little rot in one spot. Dash is in mint condition though. Everything works. Nice having a metal dash again! Cant remember last time I drove a car with a linear speedo!
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Damn. Now you've got me thinking about that dusty little '66 Mustang with two flat tires the old lady around the corner has.
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That HM Fairlane is sweet! Its a '64, totally street legal too!
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Not sure what type of exhaust work with the car if you drop a 351W in it. I have heard of people using headers for a 351W in a 65/66 Mustang, but shorty headers will be easiest route. Good luck on your new toy!
Just curious.... check the VIN number to see if the car came from the factory with a 6 cyl or V-8. It was a factory 6 cyl, someone converted the front and rear from the factory 6 cyl 4-bolt lugs on the front and rear to a 5-bolt.
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Yeah thats the first thing I thought when I saw the 5 lug wheels. The guy I got it from, didnt know too much history of the car.
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Good catch GT350Mike, I was going to say something about the five lugs. The rear is pretty easy to change, the front is another story.
I still have the 6cyl in my '66 Mustang, of course, its running an Offy 3x1 intake using 3 webers. Its a pretty peppy little car... Bill |
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