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[SuddenDeath]

Here are some more in progress pics taken awhile back.

Had to fabricate a repair panel for the notched area of the cowl recess.

Here's a before pic of the engine compartment right after we pulled the engine. Note the gaping holes in the aprons and the rounded out cut in the center of the upper cowl:



After completing the cowl repairs:

[SuddenDeath]

This is the rear suspension as I got it, after someone hacked it up installing a coilover/ladder bar setup. They beat the floors in with a hammer until they ripped open, cut holes in the upper floors for the coilovers to mount to the roll bar of all things. I don't know what they were thinking. Thankfully, they didn't cut out the original leaf spring perches and mounts. It took me months of research to get the original setup right, including talking to Wayne Gapp about the car! Funny, once I had removed all the coilover brackets and collected all the correct parts, it just bolted right back in, in an afternoon.

BEFORE as I got it:



NOW back to the ORIGINAL setup!

[owners2]

That is one Bad Ass ride you have

[Tenney]

Plans for a reunion w/the Lisk Challenger (did they ever end up running in the day?)?

[SuddenDeath]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tenney</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Plans for a reunion w/the Lisk Challenger (did they ever end up running in the day?)?

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I haven't gotten anyone to come forward with any real info on the car. From what little I've read (who knows whats true and whats not), Joe ran Lisk and beat him the first time, then Lisk won the next one. I don't know if they ever ran after the turbos were added, since if the mustang could have been managed/driven, it should have been capable of high 8's with that kind of HP.

It still amazes me that the little Mustang ran as fast as it did considering how mild the engine build was originally. It really wasn't anything radical and the car's setup was basic, nothing fancy. Thats how Wayne built the car though.

[Dicky]

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Here's what the West coast was up to in '74-'75

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[SuddenDeath]

I think this is one of the few cars from that time that retains its original engine. I know the Lisk car no longer has its original radical pro stock Hemi (or the lenco trans), although it does have a Hemi in it. That would be interesting. Heck, would be great just to see some of these cars together again in any setting after all these years.

[Tenney]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SuddenDeath</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Heck, would be great just to see some of these cars together again in any setting after all these years. </div></div>

MCACN Woodward display?

[Plowman]

I like how you think.

[whitetop]

What were the holes cut in the apron for? Header tubes I presume??