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    insurance appraisal.

    im tryin to figure out how much to insure my stang at for my insurance. We plugged in 8 grand today jus to see how much it would run, and it was like 75 bucks for 6 months. But anyways, its a 1968 C code coupe, 37k orig. miles. I bought the car for 3 grand, and prolly have another 4 in...
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    Body ?'s.

    Im supposed to go in this weekend and stop by my body shop on friday and let them know the final decision about what i want to do with the all the moldings and emblems. Its a 68 coupe and so far i have decided to delete the following: hood chrome trim, quarter panel emblems, and rocker panel...
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    Distributor ?'s.

    i have a 68 289 and it has the dual diaprhagm dizzy and the three-port switch above the thermostat housing. I am wanting to get rid of all this cuz for one, i just dont like it, two i think the dizzy is junk, and three it clutters it up with all the vacuum lines runnin. Im wonderin if i should...
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    Cd player in a 68.

    Im wantin to install an aftermarket cd player in my 68 coupe, will i have to cut any metal? i imagine some sort of a bezel is needed, anybody have any experience with this?
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    Door panel ?'s.

    I was wanting to paint the upper and bottom part of the inner door panel the same color as the car. The top n bottom have that textured surface, so should i paint over that? or is there some way to strip those off and paint the metal below them. '68 coupe.
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    Which First?

    My car is in the last couple weeks of its restoration down at the shop and i've been thinkin about bringin the car back to my garage to do front coil drops, rear leafs, and a new front brake set up. I would like to do this first before i get that nice fresh paint job on there so i dont run the...
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    keep the emblems?

    my coupe is almost ready to go into the paint shop and ive been thinkin about deleting the emblems. Im going for that clean smooth look. ANy body have suggestions of what to keep and waht to get rid off and with pics? Oh and being a 68 it has the front and rear marker lights as well.
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    LTD brake set up.

    I have a complete power disc front end brake set up off a '78 ltd. Spindles, rotors, calipers, master cylinder, and power booster. Id like to get rid off this set up to make some money to do either a granada swap or an equivalent front end swap. Will consider trades. Best offer. Post or PM me...
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    Seat Covers, How difficult?

    I was wondering how hard the covers will be to install on my 68 coupe. The front two buckets and the rear bench. I got it quoted at 100 bucks a seat, so 400 total. Im not payin this much so i wanted to know how hard it would be w/ the proper tools, (pliers and hog rings) to do. thanks.
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    Edelbrock 600 cfm. 1406

    I have a good Edelbrock 600 cfm carb. with the electric choke (#1406) for sale, im asking 100 dollars and you pay the shipping from 26623. Carb. is in great shape and does not need rebuilt, maybe could use a polish. I will also consider a trade for a Edelbrock/Holley/ 500 cfm. or something...
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    Body Shop Estimate

    My car is in its 4th week of restoroation down at my body shop right now and i just wanted to share with you guys what all they're doing to it and see what ya think the work should run. Take the car down to bare metal, weld all new patches in, new quarter panel, patch up the floors, take all...
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    Right size combo?

    Im gettin ready to purchase some new rims for my 68 coupe and i was thinkin bout 17X8in. TT2's with 4.75 inc. B.S. and running 235/45/17 up front and 245/45/17 in the rear. The car is on stock suspension with drums, will i have any clearance issues?
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    Edelbrock 1406

    Edelbrock 600 cfm electric choke carb. for sale. Good shape, off a running vehicle. Still shines but could use a little bit of polish. Make me an offer. Consider trading for a Edelbrock 500.
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    LTD brakes for sale

    I'm seeling a Front disc brake set up off a 68 LTD that will work on the classic mustangs using a special bracket. Included are spindles, rotors, and calipers. rotors need to be cleaned up but dont need to be turned. Someone make me an offer and buyer pays shipping. NOTE: to use these on...
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    Scarebird?

    Has anyone ever heard or used these products before? Call me crazy, but this appears to be the simplest brake swap i've seen. Even superior to the famed Granada swap. http://www.scarebird.com
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    Metallic Blue w/ White Lemans stripes?

    I've been thinking of this color combo for a long time for my 68 coupe with 17 inch TT2's. let me know what you guys think, this isnt tacky is it?
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    Dual Vacum DIzzy

    on my 68 289 it has a dual vacum setup. on the distributer, anybody else have this setup, and how should the vacum lines be ran to my edelbrock. also on the thermostat housing there is a vacum switch with three ports, can anybody give me some insight on how to run the lines on this set up as...
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    LTD brake swap

    i have a complete 1968 LTD front disc brake set up and im wondering if it will work on my '68 coupe, any opinions?
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    LTD brake swap?

    when i bought my car the previous owner included a LTD front disc brake set up. including everything to switch it over, booster, bew MC, lines proportioning valve, rotors, calipers. and all that good stuff. what im askin is has anybody ever heard of this swap, if so about how long am i lookin at...
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    what color?

    i've been thinkin alot about what color to paint my car, i could go with a jet black and ALOT of shiny chrome, or a pretty blue with some white shelby stripes, i jus want a paint scheme that wont make the car look like a regular old grocery getter, any ideas?