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AGirlWithACoupe
05-09-2002, 06:07 PM
As you all know, I've had a multi-colored coupe sitting in my driveway for QUITE sometime now (don't jizz all over the monitor at the mention of it, Darrell!)! Whether it was time or lack of luck, we haven't been able to get the project up and going! All that's changed now... I've slowly accumilated all the parts needed to get this puppy goin' and some extra perks to really get it going (hopefully!). This was to be the first 'pomofo' project car when it was purchased over a year ago, I don't know if it still qualifies, as I got starry eyed and purchased some extra go fast goodies! :)

Fred and I stripped the whole thing after we put the rear end to-gether and installed it, so that's out of the way. We still can't figure out why it sits like a 4x4! LOL! Time will tell hopefully. At the moment, it's sitting on Lakewood 50/50s and 4 cyl springs (same ones that came WITH the car), the suspension COULD be in a bind, we won't know until we drive it... this, thus far has been our first hump! Any ideas are welcomed. :)

So now, what's next? The roll bar... Fred and I will be working on that for the next couple of weeks. With any luck it will be *to* the paint shop with in the next four weeks. :)

More to come, I'm sure! Plenty of pictures 'n stuff.

Cristina-

/me sits in the den with her new helmet on her head ... pretending she's in a race car ... vrrrrrrrrooooom!

http://www.pomofo.com/Helmet2.jpg
http://www.pomofo.com/Helmet1.jpg
Bubstang
05-09-2002, 06:13 PM
Congrats on the progression!!!!!

Mine was wothout a powertrain for months and it stodd up high and mighty from what ended up being a lack of weight. The 4cyl springs will compress easier than 5.0 ones.

Can't wait to see more pics....

Bubba
AGirlWithACoupe
05-09-2002, 08:05 PM
It still has the 4CYL drivetrain intact. Fred feels it's in a bind, so we'll see when we get it on the road.


Cristina-
Timebomb
05-09-2002, 09:44 PM
Its good to see that one of us is making progress! My coupe should have the wires hidden in the egine bay, the front clip back on the car and the roll bar, subframes and torque boxes welded up by the end of the month if everything goes as planned. I don't want to pull any perforamce stuff off the convertible for it untill I get that 11 second timeslip...

Stay tuned!
89LX306
05-09-2002, 10:01 PM
Congrats!

I finally made some progress on project TTT as well. The Pro-Stars are now on the front. I convinced my wife to swap me brakes off of her 01 GT, so all the parts cost me nothing (well unless you count purchase price of the car, LOL!). After I got the new short belt for the reversed tensioner on I took her out for a spin. Ahhhhhhh! The feeling of roasting the tires all the way through third. Haven't felt that in a while.

/me is still on cloud nine after getting behind the wheel of TTT for the first time in 3 months.
Saleen91
05-09-2002, 10:39 PM
Do I smell a PoMoFo Smack Down/Track Day in the works when this car is ready??? :)
AGirlWithACoupe
05-10-2002, 07:58 PM
Originally posted by Saleen91
Do I smell a PoMoFo Smack Down/Track Day in the works when this car is ready??? :)

After I break in the new motor, that'd be fun.

/me calls out Nancy to share her rookie experience down the track :D
ZincYellowCobra
05-10-2002, 08:13 PM
Originally posted by AGirlWithACoupe


After I break in the new motor, that'd be fun.

* AGirlWithACoupe calls out Nancy to share her rookie experience down the track :D

I've been down the track twice - but in a car that was not my own. It was a '92 AOD - which is probably why I was able to be coerced into running that night. My fear of missing every gear down the track didn't matter since it was an AOD..

I don't know what my problem is - and why I can race on the street - but I come down with a severe case of "stage fright" at the track.

Cris: Name the date/time and I will be there with my fellow sistah!:D
ZincYellowCobra
05-10-2002, 08:16 PM
...and CONGRATULATIONS!!! You are finally on the road to getting your car on the track!!

Woohoo!:-D
HoustonLX
05-10-2002, 08:17 PM
Originally posted by ZincYellowCobra


I've been down the track twice - but in a car that was not my own. It was a '92 AOD - which is probably why I was able to be coerced into running that night. My fear of missing every gear down the track didn't matter since it was an AOD..

I don't know what my problem is - and why I can race on the street - but I come down with a severe case of "stage fright" at the track.

Cris: Name the date/time and I will be there with my fellow sistah!:D

I will believe it when I see it.:o
AGirlWithACoupe
05-10-2002, 08:26 PM
Originally posted by ZincYellowCobra


I've been down the track twice - but in a car that was not my own. It was a '92 AOD - which is probably why I was able to be coerced into running that night. My fear of missing every gear down the track didn't matter since it was an AOD..

I don't know what my problem is - and why I can race on the street - but I come down with a severe case of "stage fright" at the track.

Cris: Name the date/time and I will be there with my fellow sistah!:D

Yeah, I myself am pretty introverted and the whole crowd and people thing makes me nervous. Streetracing was easy because it happened in the 'backstreets' of my old neighborhood. Nothin' but us young punks around. :)

Not taking my car to the track after it's done would be kind of a waste, especially since it will be a guinea pig, tracking progress after each change, etc...

After it's done, I'll probably drive it around for 500 miles w/o going WOT, to break it in, then, I will for sure give you a date and time! :D
ZincYellowCobra
05-10-2002, 08:27 PM
Originally posted by HoustonLX


I will believe it when I see it.:o

I know I saved my time slips from way back when... Just gotta find them...

Will you believe it then?
HoustonLX
05-10-2002, 08:28 PM
Originally posted by ZincYellowCobra


I know I saved my time slips from way back when... Just gotta find them...

Will you believe it then?

Will you race now???
AGirlWithACoupe
05-10-2002, 08:30 PM
Kyle - What's TTT? :)
ZincYellowCobra
05-10-2002, 08:37 PM
Originally posted by HoustonLX


Will you race now???

Now? Right now? On the street I sure will. That's not a problem... I am just weird when it comes to running at HRP.

I told Cristina I'd run with her at the track... guess you are gonna have to wait to see it 'til then.
ZincYellowCobra
05-10-2002, 08:39 PM
Originally posted by AGirlWithACoupe
Kyle - What's TTT? :)

Tits times 3??
ZincYellowCobra
05-10-2002, 08:41 PM
Originally posted by AGirlWithACoupe


Yeah, I myself am pretty introverted and the whole crowd and people thing makes me nervous. Streetracing was easy because it happened in the 'backstreets' of my old neighborhood. Nothin' but us young punks around. :)


I just can't perform for a crowd - I am a retard like that.
Timebomb
05-10-2002, 09:53 PM
I've only been racing at the track for a couple of years and I was nervous as hell the first time but that eventually wore off. There isn't anything like being laghed at when you stall your car twice when trying to do a burn out! After going to the track a couple of times the nervousness wore off and I really started to concentrate on what I was doing, now I hardly even notice the crowd at all. Just my viewpoint...and your talking to someone who went from a 14.7 to a 12.4 in two years.
Blue91
05-10-2002, 10:06 PM
Originally posted by Big Shot
...and your talking to someone who went from a 14.7 to a 12.4 in two years.

What TOOK you so long?!?!


just kidding!!!

/me dons his flame-retardant suit.
Timebomb
05-11-2002, 12:08 AM
Well, I'm not to the point where I need a flame retardant suit....YET!!! Give me another month or two...
maveRick
05-12-2002, 03:55 PM
Originally posted by AGirlWithACoupe
After it's done, I'll probably drive it around for 500 miles w/o going WOT, to break it in.


:-D :-D :-D :-D
HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!


Keep us posted on your "'prolly's".

Deary, you (or Fred) will go WOT within the first 5/10 miles!!


Originally posted by AGirlWithACoupe
After it's done, I'll probably drive it around for 500 miles w/o going WOT.


:-D :-D :-D
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!


Originally posted by AGirlWithACoupe
After it's done, I'll probably drive it around for 500 miles w/o going WOT.


"500 miles"
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!


Stop it! You're killing me!!!
89LX306
05-12-2002, 11:44 PM
Originally posted by AGirlWithACoupe
Kyle - What's TTT? :)


Two Tone Terror.


Best I could think of for a car that looks like a heap of scrap running down the track. It could soon be a three tone terror. Paint will find it's way into the budget someday. For now go-fast goodies somehow tend to make their way to the front of the line.
AGirlWithACoupe
05-13-2002, 12:07 AM
Originally posted by maveRick



:-D :-D :-D :-D
HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!


Keep us posted on your "'prolly's".

Deary, you (or Fred) will go WOT within the first 5/10 miles!!




:-D :-D :-D
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!




"500 miles"
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!


Stop it! You're killing me!!!

Whaddya think, I'm a crazy kid? :) Actually, it would be the sensible thing to do, and I've waited this long! May as well do it right. I'm a pomofo, I need this puppy to last a while. :)
maveRick
05-13-2002, 12:32 AM
Originally posted by AGirlWithACoupe
Actually, it would be the sensible thing to do


What is this thing called, "sensible" ??????


Good Luck, Sweet!

(Look out mile-number 500 and 1/4 !!)
AGirlWithACoupe
05-13-2002, 12:34 AM
Originally posted by maveRick



What is this thing called, "sensible" ??????



It started happening when I hit old age. :(
AGirlWithACoupe
10-17-2002, 08:40 PM
Talk about diggin' up old threads...

The coupe is gettin' rolled into the paint shop tomorrow! Wish it luck... :) :D :)

!!! :D

/me is excited.
Rusman
10-17-2002, 11:54 PM
Awesome Cris!

What color did you decide on? I know which two you were kicking around, but which shade is it, darker or lighter?
Blue91
10-17-2002, 11:57 PM
Ford True Blue....

for pics, go to www.truebluemustangs.com

:-)

http://www.truebluemustangs.com/owners/gonzales/2.jpg

http://www.truebluemustangs.com/owners/houchins/1.jpg
89LX306
10-18-2002, 12:35 AM
Ahh, yes....True Blue. My favorite. Someday TTT will have a True Blue paint job that will look nice being towed behind the PSD.

Good choice on paint.
maveRick
10-18-2002, 07:47 PM
Way to Go Cristina!

I'm excited for you and Fred -



Jeez, I make it sound like you guys are delivering an infant!


Take plenty o' pics, k? k.


Rick
AGirlWithACoupe
10-19-2002, 05:49 AM
Originally posted by maveRick
Way to Go Cristina!

I'm excited for you and Fred -



Jeez, I make it sound like you guys are delivering an infant!


Take plenty o' pics, k? k.


Rick

This is BETTER than a child!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :p
LOL!

Chris: You know, Debra and I will have to line them up at the start line some day for some fun competition - lol! Of course, she will probably stomp my butt in her wagon! :)