95 mark viii

merkurmadness said:
you guys are having way too much fun. (the superbird wing has potential, I think it needs to be on a thunderbird though(birds of a feather ect.) btw arn't the wheels backwards on the superbird photo. how did you do that!
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Yeah, when we got our car the wheels were on backwards. Check my posts and you'll see the story of bringing it home. I liked that shot so I chopped them so it looked right for the sig pic. They are on right now.

BTW, nice work on the chopped hood. Can't wait to see it finished.

Man, I miss AZ...
 
btw I saw a twin to your champion here(Lake Havasu) what did they have for power(460?) same color ect. other than paint fadding looked good (Az. is hell on silvers/golds!) what is 88 eldo. starfire?
 
merkurmadness said:
btw I saw a twin to your champion here(Lake Havasu) what did they have for power(460?) same color ect. other than paint fadding looked good (Az. is hell on silvers/golds!) what is 88 eldo. starfire?
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Cool! There are many great old RV's out your way. We've made two trips out there this year, love AZ! If you see any '78-85 Champion Motorhomes out there in junkyards (I know they're out there), I'm looking for a sink faucet spout. Can PM you some info about it, if you can help. Want to keep it as vintage as possible. Anyway it's got a 350, gets decent mileage (for an RV). Gotta love shag carpet and crushed velvet!

The Eldorado Starfire is discussed here (pictured as my avatar). It's the "Lincoln Coach".

http://lincolnsofdistinction.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=19147
 
guess I screwed up I saw a twin to your "lincoln coach" in Havasu. I go to the bone yards a lot(parts for projects and to keep mk8 ownership affordable, picked up a posi w/spare gearset 60.00 my bro found nearly new set of four ford air bags 70.00 ) I'll keep an eye open!
 
well heres some more "in progress" shots of my hood.
 

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merkurmadness said:
guess I screwed up I saw a twin to your "lincoln coach" in Havasu. I go to the bone yards a lot(parts for projects and to keep mk8 ownership affordable, picked up a posi w/spare gearset 60.00 my bro found nearly new set of four ford air bags 70.00 ) I'll keep an eye open!
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I hear ya on the junkyard thing! Thanks for keeping an eye out.

I'm pretty sure I know of the Starfire in Havasu. Was it tan and a 31ft model (has tandem rear axles)? If so, I was considering that rig, but it has some brake issues and some other random issues. The price was right and it has a gear vendors overdrive on it. The pics on the tread here about mine has a shot with the hood open. That's the Havasu rig.

Keep up the work on the hood, gonna be cool.
 
Be very carefull with the filler. When I made the cowl hood on my 95 i only had about 1\16" of filler on top of the bondo, and it still cracked about a year later. Im not saying it will happen to you, im just giving you the heads up.
 
are you thinking of spot putty? filler is bondo(brand name) if so I try not to use spot putty(thick primer no catalist)for any more than sanding scratches. it can be more trouble than its worth(rather use filler[bondo] less problems!)
 
might be talked into doing another this winter. just started new job and the boss told me today I can do as much O.T.as I want up to12 hours a day thru end of sept. hard to pass up and lincoln needs a new motor!(this one runs fine but only half fast! maybe quarter fast)
 
Hey LOOK! :)

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