Need Advice on Fox Body FE Project

[jayb]

I'm looking for an inexpensive car.  I will have to cage it, weld on the chassis, pull out most of the interior, scrap the whole drivetrain, etc.  Trying to find a sub $3K car with no or very little rust.  Also don't want to spend $1000+ to ship it here, so it has to be within a few hundred miles of the Minneapolis area, so I can go get it.  I had one lined up, but the idiot who was selling it decided he didn't want to sell it to someone who was going to put an FE in it.  What a moron...

[Gregwill16]

Looks like this has turned into a "car finding" post after all 

[Rory428]

I'm looking for an inexpensive car.  I will have to cage it, weld on the chassis, pull out most of the interior, scrap the whole drivetrain, etc.  Trying to find a sub $3K car with no or very little rust.  Also don't want to spend $1000+ to ship it here, so it has to be within a few hundred miles of the Minneapolis area, so I can go get it.  I had one lined up, but the idiot who was selling it decided he didn't want to sell it to someone who was going to put an FE in it.  What a moron...

Jay, maybe cal him back, and tell him that you seen the light, and will be putting a Chevy LS in it, to get the car!

[70bosscat]

Not close but cheap enough, possible? The second one is local to me.

https://macon.craigslist.org/pts/d/marshallville-1978-ford-fairmont-futura/7573255934.html

https://greenville.craigslist.org/pts/d/pickens-1979-mercury-zephyr-z7-v8/7573541044.html

[427John]

If you emailed recently, I'm sure they are preoccupied with this years event, which starts today. Power to weight ratio should get you to the 8.50 limit. You'd also be running against Scott Miller, provided he attended, in a field entirely dominated by GM's. And nobody has really pushed the 8.50 limit, that I'm aware of.

If no fiberglass bumpers are to be had, you can shave a lot of weight by removing the heavy steel backing and ditching the "crash" mounts. It wouldn't be hard to fab some lightweight brackets and just keep the aluminum front.

Wheel tubs and frame notching are also allowed, so a good size tire would fit, keeping within the 11.5" limit.

Good choice on the car and class. Good luck.

I did that with a 78 Futura years ago,I pulled the bumpers off and removed the impact beams from them and reinstalled the aluminum shells,it was a long time ago but I don't remember having to fabricate anything,I left the shock absorbing mounts and if I remember right there was a light stamped bracket that the impact beam and the shell bolted to seems like I just ditched the beam bolted the shell back to the bracket which bolted to the shock absorbing mounts and done, but I suppose you save a few extra pounds if you fabricated pieces from aluminum to replace the shock absorbing mounts and the stamped bracket.   

[Falcon67]

"I'm looking for an inexpensive car. "

LOLOLOLOLOL....  Every Fox around here is 10~12K+ if it's not tore up.  Unless it's set up for small tire/no prep then that one is 90K.  It's damn stupid.  It'd be likely cheaper here to buy a 2017~18 with a 5.0 and just work on the Coyote.  If one didn't know better and only had Hemmings listings as a reference, you'd think Ford made nothing but convertibles. 

[fryedaddy]

"I'm looking for an inexpensive car. "

LOLOLOLOLOL....  Every Fox around here is 10~12K+ if it's not tore up.  Unless it's set up for small tire/no prep then that one is 90K.  It's damn stupid.  It'd be likely cheaper here to buy a 2017~18 with a 5.0 and just work on the Coyote.  If one didn't know better and only had Hemmings listings as a reference, you'd think Ford made nothing but convertibles.

it is hard to find a cheap fox,unless someone is desperate,or someone who just wants you to have it-doing you a favor,is probably the only way you will get a good body at a good price.

[BadHenry]

Jay I wish you had a teleporter I would love to help you work on this project sounds fantastic.
Bad Henry's driver Bill Johnson

[Riderjeff]

Fly out here and drive it home:

https://portland.craigslist.org/clk/cto/d/vancouver-1995-ford-mustang/7583778197.html

[mbrunson427]

Honesty Jay.... there's a guy near me that has a foxbody Mustang that may be a good place to start if you aren't opposed to it. Has a 7.50 cert cage. The car smacked the wall last year so it needs a new hood/fender/door. I think the wreck was 99% cosmetic. He was going too fast for the cage cert and rather than change this car, he bought one that already has a 6.50 cert cage in it.

I have personally flirted with the idea, BUT as you might be able to tell, I have enough on my plate 

[jayb]

Don't want a Mustang, I'm looking for a Fairmont or Zephyr.  Not in a big hurry at this point, since the Drag Week tracks this year are down in the Southeast, so I won't be going...

[MeanGene]

There's always something like this- has title and plates too 

[djburton]

here you go...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/134465791885?hash=item1f4ec9278d:g:epcAAOSwLSRj-rF4&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoFGUBJKm8j2oc7%2BGao50SAs4BozY1PcuSpC5zXufXUfV2abnKM6ayB6pbtV3uAuqfwvZrwAgfOrlB6pZppg8sFQkj3%2F2FlJ4nofl96tgyVxIbLTGnfqRDaDWINTpnjBo1jatCZrPdHflEvWqfRgSqEuM2gKddhX9wSYzdwhIW0SIANMdE4knZLpo%2FwYeSuztDWtsygvauERhA0dRUOabH%2Bs%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR9r5k__UYQ

[thatdarncat]

here you go...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/134465791885?hash=item1f4ec9278d:g:epcAAOSwLSRj-rF4&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoFGUBJKm8j2oc7%2BGao50SAs4BozY1PcuSpC5zXufXUfV2abnKM6ayB6pbtV3uAuqfwvZrwAgfOrlB6pZppg8sFQkj3%2F2FlJ4nofl96tgyVxIbLTGnfqRDaDWINTpnjBo1jatCZrPdHflEvWqfRgSqEuM2gKddhX9wSYzdwhIW0SIANMdE4knZLpo%2FwYeSuztDWtsygvauERhA0dRUOabH%2Bs%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR9r5k__UYQ

That one’s a cream puff!

[machoneman]

Wow, that is a clean car!