Arizona blues
 

Now that the weather has cooled from $$#@! hot to warm, it is a great time of the year to start on the 87. here are a few of how I found it to start the thread off.....

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engine didn't run....
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interior was in really bad shape!
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pulled engine for a rebuild and cleaned and prepped the compartment...
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a little paint....
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fresh motor!
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I started the body work and ended up just painting the front. I was eager to drive it so I put it together, looked odd with the blue front end!
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so today I ripped into the interior, and started sanding the body down for a new regatta blue coat! while I was tearing the nasty carpet and seats out I decided to take the dash out and put a new heater core in. Oh yeah, while I was driving it the supposed rebuilt AOD started giving me serious problems, a rebuild would have cost me over 1K! I purchased a complete 5 speed change over for almost half that. It now sports a manual trans!
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Up next is some painting!

You just gotta love Regatta Blue :-)
Nice progress !
Can't wait to see it finished ...

I agree that's a nice color.

LOVE that color on a Fox Mustang! Please keep the pictures coming... :)

Regatta and Bimini blue are my favorite colors on a coupe. I had a non-SSP 92 Bimini coupe until it was taken out by incompetent dodge van driver. :/

New paint
 

Here are some pics of the latest progress. Paint is done. I am working on the wiring mess, trying to get the wig/wags and strobes functional.

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In the booth....
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Regatta blue base coat
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Clear coat....
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Here are a few interesting details. The special dome lamp had a pale red lens, or so I thought, until I took it off to take out the old headliner. I found this in the lens!
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I think this wire was for the trucked radio system. Does this look familiar to anyone?

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The glove box was cut out for the radio head unit, maybe?
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One of the things I love about Arizona cars, zero rust! The floors are perfect.
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This is a fun build. Can't wait to drive it!

I like how it is turning out.