let the fun begin, NOT

jamies98lsc

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well it has begun, this will be mark VIII #4 but this time its my own. i have started the dreaded sanding on my black 93. i have only worked on it a few hours but by thusday it will most likely be all sanded. maybe over the weekend it will be in primer so i can begin block sanding it early next week. i have decided to swap both front fenders, the driverside i was going to anyway because its dented, but the pass side had something kicked at it by the front tire and it put a ding in the well body line straight behind the tire and i would be wasting my time trying to straighten it, so i have enough fenders i can swipe 2 of them. i also have a new grille for the front that i have already stripped the chrome and painted black, all the trim on the tail lights and trunk light is now black, as is the marker light chrome trim and the hood chrome trim, i will also be painting the chrome trim around the doors and quarter windows black as well and stripping off all emblems except the trunk lock cover and the grille emblem, the front emblem recess in the bumper will be shaved and filled and so will the holes in the trunk from the 2 emblems back there. i am even debating just for now to paint the snowflakes black and leave the outside edge polished until i can get some 18's for it. but here she is so far, talk about a hell of an eye sore, and yes, im still driving it around like this lol. its ebarassing. this is my first crappy looking mark VIII out of 5!
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i was thinking about it actually. and just get a regular antenna to put inside the rear quarter. i might do it, im still not sure.
 
yeah but a universal antenna would cost me about 20 bucks, a gen 2 back window would cost me about 800 bucks, the universal antenna sounds a little cheaper!!
 
i have two gen 2 rear windows in the shop on my loft, but honestly for an antenna in the glass it isnt worth it to me, i hardly listen to radio stations anyway so i could care less about swapping the glass just to have the antenna in the glass, i'll shave the antenna hole and put no antenna in the car lol!!
 
i have two gen 2 rear windows in the shop on my loft, but honestly for an antenna in the glass it isnt worth it to me, i hardly listen to radio stations anyway so i could care less about swapping the glass just to have the antenna in the glass, i'll shave the antenna hole and put no antenna in the car lol!!


Sounds like a good plan! Who listens to FM anymore?? I really can't remember the last time I listened to it. I've adapted to the times and every car I have now has iPod integration. Even the Mark (uses the changer controls.) XM/Sirius are nice too. :)
 
today i picked up a 3 inch cowl scoop for it and started putting it on around 11 am, i stopped at 10 pm i was hungry and cold. its almost finished, tomorrow i will do my finishing sanding and take the hood off , flip it over and cut out the underside and finish that in resin and cloth too and make the hood functional. then i'll primer it and leave it for now. until its all one solid color it doesnt look that good, but once its in primer i'll take more pics, the scoop came out really nice i am very happy with it. i got it from a guy in pinellas park this morning, he just made it last night, it was still very soft thats why i rushed back to work on it while it was so plyable. the center line is so perfect, this was actually molded for an 88 - 98 chevy silverado but i cut off the front lip and the centerline matches the centerline on the hood, this thing followed the stock lincoln hood so awesome. i snagged it for 60 bucks!!
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here's a few from today, top side is almost finished minus primer, tomorrow i flip it over and cut the bottom out and make that all pretty too. tomorrow i'll rattle can some black paint on it for the time being.

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i even kept the center body line going all the way to the front edge!
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