Maggie’s SH Cars, Show Them Rides.

In process. almost done. Dad bought in 1980 and gave it to my son who has been helping with the restoration. 454 with TH400. Factory leaf spring truck. Did an axle flip with c-notch, and 3.5in drop spindles in the front. Truck was a factory AC truck. We have put in vintage AC.
 

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In process. almost done. Dad bought in 1980 and gave it to my son who has been helping with the restoration. 454 with TH400. Factory leaf spring truck. Did an axle flip with c-notch, and 3.5in drop spindles in the front. Truck was a factory AC truck. We have put in vintage AC.

That is along the same lines as what I would love to have. Any plans on replacing the lead springs with a 4 link?
 
My daily driver....
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Hauls large Costco loads, my Great Dane and Lab, as many rifles/pistols and ammo as I need for the range, is great fun on gravel roads and in the rain..... and most importantly puts a grin on my face every time I've driven it for 2 years now.
Michelin Pilot Sport A/S 3+ tires, custom valve Bilstein shocks, Race Comp Engineering Springs, Whiteline bars, Super Pro bushings, SPC adjustable rear control arms and toe links, upgraded camber and caster adjustability. Cosworth block, rods, oil pump, Mahle pistons, ported OEM turbo, etc. 292hp @5,800, 363lb ft tq @3,400 to the wheels. Subaru's aren't just for Lesbians. ;)
 
I’m building a Caterham in my garage. A lot of people building them. Mine uses 1” square tubing and the frame alone only weighs 120 pounds. It is 42” wide and about 30” tall without the roll bar.

I recently got the 2.3L Ford iron block back from the builder. I was going to use the same turbocharged setup as a Thunderbird Turbo Coupe but decided to be different.

The engine has special nitrous pistons in it. They are connected to the crank with Crower rods. The head is ported and polished with SS valves and LS beehive springs. Camshaft towers have had straps welded in place. The camshaft is a custom solid lifter roller with ~.540” lift, 242 duration and 108 lobe separation angles and will be run with an Esslibger adjustable, round tooth timing gear. It uses an Esslinger intake with a Holley Sniper fuel injection unit. MSD distributor will be connected to an MSD box and nitrous controller.

The engine is backed by a Ford C4 transmission. Stock torque converter. Aluminum driveshaft.

Rear end is from a 1998 Mustang. It uses G body brakes up front. Willwood full adjustable duel master cylinders.

Suspension is completely adjustable including the shocks. It uses a manual rack but I will probably use a electronic power steering unit from GM trucks with adjustable assist controller.

The builder estimated it would make 200-225 horsepower before the nitrous. I plan on shooting it with another ~150 horsepower. It doesn’t sound like a lot but it doesn’t need a lot. The completed car should be under 1,100 pounds with me sitting in it.

0-60 should be around 3 seconds without spray and close to 2 seconds with, if it hooks. 1/8 mile times are mid 6’s at over 100 mph without spray and low 5’s with spray at over 120 mph.

But this isn’t a drag car. I will use it for parking lot racing as well as going around the corners on some of the mountain roads in my area like the Dragon.
 
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Love the Fox. I have an '88 GT 5-speed in pieces in my garage. Drove it in high school in the 90s and ive had it waiting for full resto/rebuild for the last 15 years now...

At this rate I'd just like to have it done in another 15 years for my son to drive!
They are only going up in value, and resto parts are becoming more available. I like seeing them restored with tasteful mods.

Mine is mostly stock with 53k on the odometer. The paint is all original. It has gears, suspension (springs, shocks, control arms, caster/camber plates), and some bolt on parts to help with airflow like a bigger mass air sensor and throttle body, and a new X pipe with high flow cats. Subframe connectors are next.
 
I spent a day replacing the rear brakes and running new brake lines to the back. So the brake system is completely new. The wife wanted to road trip to Somerset KY for the Summer Nights show. They shut down the downtown area one weekend a month. It's a pretty big show.
Anyway 25miles up the road a tire decided it was too old to be running 70 mph and blew out. A slight vibration and boom.
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I changed it to the spare and figured it was an omen. So we turned back to the house and jumped on the bike and went to the show.
A few pictures from the show.
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The chunk of tread that's missing flapped around inside the wheel well for a while before it came loose. From the sounds of it I figured it was beating the Hell out of the quarter panel. But there's no damage there and I don't think there's much of anything wrong inside the well.
So it's all good.
Glad nothing got hurt. I’ve seen tires come apart, and all sorts of stuff get mangled.
 
The chunk of tread that's missing flapped around inside the wheel well for a while before it came loose. From the sounds of it I figured it was beating the Hell out of the quarter panel. But there's no damage there and I don't think there's much of anything wrong inside the well.
So it's all good.
Age is what gets most of the tires for me too.
 
One of my rides. 1984 M1009 CUCV.

It now has a bout 30k miles on it but came fresh from the Army with around 19k. It needed lots of little repairs (mostly electrical wiring, dried out gaskets, etc) after sitting in a DRMO lot for years but was a strong runner.

This one is my "desert romper". 4WD and locked front/rear, its gotten me everywhere I tried to go. The only downside is the lack of air conditioning. When summer hits it has to park...like riding in a dutch oven anytime between May and October.
 

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Just wanted to add a video:


Chassis looks to be well balanced (y) Motor, trans, shocks, brake, suspension info?

Since you're a Ford guy :)

Here's my buddy's car he never got to drive at Sonoma the weekend before the NASCAR race. First real shake down and the car had a serious aero induced push as yo can tell by throttle input off the apexes.
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He also had these two that I was fortunate enough to track on a few occasions.

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Track days with good friends are hard to beat. (y)
 
Chassis looks to be well balanced (y) Motor, trans, shocks, brake, suspension info?

Since you're a Ford guy :)

Here's my buddy's car he never got to drive at Sonoma the weekend before the NASCAR race. First real shake down and the car had a serious aero induced push as yo can tell by throttle input off the apexes.
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He also had these two that I was fortunate enough to track on a few occasions.

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Track days with good friends are hard to beat. (y)


The engine is stock and rev limited to 6500rpm
Transmission is a Tremec Magnum XL
Brakes are PowerBrake Motorsports brakes
Suspension: MCS double remotes, WL Watts, and all the bushings were replace with spherical bearings
The car was set up by professional race care driver Eric Foss

I set the track record that weekend (for a race not TT) and went on to win the Texas Regional Championship for ST3
 
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My daily driver 2018 GMC 2500. This is when I had the ceramic coating too it
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This is the 1959 GMC I'm doing a frame off resto 4 linked rear , indipendent front with hydro boots brakes and 454 to power it. Still a while out and tons to do.View attachment 7154827

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What lift and tire size on your truck?

I want to lift my 18 and that is about the ride height i want
 
The engine is stock and rev limited to 6500rpm
Transmission is a Tremec Magnum XL
Brakes are PowerBrake Motorsports brakes
Suspension: MCS double remotes, WL Watts, and all the bushings were replace with spherical bearings
The car was set up by professional race care driver Eric Foss

I set the track record that weekend (for a race not TT) and went on to win the Texas Regional Championship for ST3
Well done, watching you're inputs and the chassis' it was pretty obvious it wasn't your first rodeo. (y)
 
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