Topic: Ideas for Vintage Ford or AMC Entry - Houston, San Antonio?
EDIT - I'm currently stationed in Naples, Italy, but will be moving to San Antonio on 1 July. Have funds, tools, some fab skills. PM me if you'd like to discuss fielding a team for the November race in Houston.
EDIT 2 - I'd also get a kick out of building an AMC. I have a 71 Javelin road race project so I have some spare AMC bits...
Fellas -
A buddy of mine owns a race car fab shop in North Carolina. He's interested in building a Lemons car, as long as it's a Ford or Mercury. I'm fine with a Ford, but would prefer something vintage (early 70's or older), and would also prefer something that would be competitive.
Have done some reading/research and have a few thoughts -
-70-77 Mercury Capri - probably with 2.3L I-4 and 4 sp. Should be about 2,200 lbs before you start taking weight out.
-65 Mustang Coupe - maybe with a 300 straight six instead of the 200 six that it came with. Ford made zillions of these; you can still find completely roached ones for less than $500. Looks like they're about 2,600 lbs with a six and 2,800 with a V8.
-67-70 Cougar - tough to find one under $500, but they are out there. Would either run a straight six, maybe with a junkyard turbo, or a NA worn out 302.
EDIT - ADDED -60-63 or 64-65 Ford Falcon - the first generation (60-63's) are fairly light at about 2,400 lbs, but the 64-65 are heavier than I expected - 2,500 for 6 cylinder cars and 2,800 for V8 cars.
-My buddy has a 79 LTD 2 door (the smaller version; not the 2 ton boat) - 3,600 lbs, 302/FMX auto, 8.8. I like that it's a full frame car, but it's still pretty darn heavy. Also want something a bit older.
Curious to hear your input.
Thanks,
Scott