U/SA Build 1978 Ford Futura 302
 

Picked up a original owner Ford Futura 302 a number of months ago here in so California
so far it has been a slow build , a number of friends have helped get the body ready for paint soon

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Heck yes we need more of these types of builds, will be fun following this build.

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Finished the low gear C4 ,and the 8.8 rear end today

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Looking to contact John Ancona. I tried to send a PM but he?s not accepting them. I might have some parts he can use.

‘Got it’ Thanks Paul!

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Under John's byline it states "Banned". But since when? He's still posting.

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Hows the build going ?

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Car is for sale if anyone is interested! PM John for info.

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The paint is the hold up now it either rains, or the painter gets busy

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Golly, I just love Futuras.

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Finally body work complete ,and primer going on, of course it's raining ,so bug's did not seem to be out ,and about ,on the plus side only one Mosquito landed on the drivers door , believe it or not I found the guy's that worked at the same body shop I did back in 1978 one of them painted the clear on my 69 Cobra Jet B/SA back in 1979

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Well went from rain to heat wave today

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Filler primer going on today Few it's Hot

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Using the Summit Primer Filler after the DTM in this heat all the parts are drying way fast

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[QUOTE=john ancona;712289]Using the Summit Primer Filler after the DTM in this heat all the parts are drying way fast[/QUOTE

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Looks awesome! And reminds me how much I hate body work, LOL!!!!

My bodywork/paint jobs are....ummm....not pretty! No patients I guess.

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[QUOTE=john ancona;712290]No bugs out today ,time to spray the backside of everything

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Did you know St James Davis?

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Drove by his home hundreds of times ,never stopped in ,especially after a Lady stopped there ,and got bit ,that brought the City of West Covina out to pay him a visit .

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There was another guy around Covina with the last name of Henderson that ran a S/S Chevy II.

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[QUOTE=john ancona;712492]Out early this morning ,ran out of paint ,two more quarts needed

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Everything painted now , perfect day no bugs

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When I was posted to Germany (4CER) Combat Engineer Regiment, I took my girlfriend skiing in Switzerland. Of course, since she came over from Canada, we went to the cassern (PX for yanks, lol) and fully outfitted us. We went to the slopes and looked a million bucks and were pretty proud of our skiing capabilities. Then some snot nosed 6 year old flew past us in t-shirt and jeans and beat up ski equipment. It was at that point I realized it's not the equipment, it's the abilities or experience of the user......

I have used a paint booth and still turned out crap, not half as good as that! LOL!!! Can't believe how good that looks painted in a tent!!

Your experience is showing, lol, beautiful job!!

Can't wait to see it back together!

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[QUOTE=john ancona;712669][QUOTE=john ancona;712572]Body parts carefully going back on, no nicks ( Yet ) lol

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[QUOTE=john ancona;712793][QUOTE=john ancona;712669]Doors on today 2hrs a side ,remind me to never remove car doors again lol

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Update???
I want to see this back together! (easy to say, right? lol)

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Installed the rack yesterday ,what fool decided to move the bolt centerline a half inch from early 78 to late 78

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I believe that's the difference from Mustang II to Fox body

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Yep 15.5 or 16.0 so offset bushing lol

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That's what drives me crazy about ford (I've run them all my life) Had two 81 f-100's at one time, according to the vin they came off the same assembly plant a couple thousand apart. Both 300 manuals, one a 3 on the tree and the other a bull low 4spd (np235).
Swapping engines found p/s and alternator in different spots and something else I don't remember now. ford is always like this "was it built BEFORE this date or after"...grrr!

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Distributor came today , $ 37 bucks and all new

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Now to recurve it! Most ford distributors, I've found have 20-35* of mechanical timing which you never see until you go above 4500 or so. The new one I put in mine was only at 13* initial, no vac and yet was still going to 45* when revved past 5000. Not sure if you know but there are two different slots to limit mechanical advance, I always brazed it up so I had minimal advance and then file it out a little at a time so total was whatever I wanted.

Good toy see you back at it!