Added another one to the collection.....Went with a friend for Thanksgiving and it ended up being a true one where I ended up saying "Thanks for giving me this car!" Turns out a relative had a son with this '85 GT sitting in the yard....wrecked it 2 years ago and bent the core support. Went over to look at it and he gave it to me FREE so I picked it up this morning

The engine is sick and it needs a general resto but it's solid...

I needed another project like a hole in the head but I miss the old '85 GT that I had years ago so I'll do this one up. We already mixed our own custom color this afternoon that I think I will paint it. Going to ditch the carb and go EFI with it.

 

Darn, I guess this wasnt a chance for me to acquire a fox body from you finnally :P

 

Nothin beats a free car. Keep us posted on the resto.

 

Tell ya what some jolly old fat man can drop it off at my apartments if ya want to get rid of it , Im not talking about santa either

 

cool!!! I can't tell from the pics, does it have t-tops?

 

Sweet ride.

 

Only a select few will get that.

 

jason, i think those are Ttop, at leat thats wat it looks like to me


another great looking project!

 

Great find Paul!! I love the four-eyed Foxes, especially the '85 - '86 GT's. I used to have one and I'm dying to find another but so far I haven't found a decent one. Congrats on the excellent find and keep us posted!!

 

looks sweet!! Too bad its a T-top. do you mean the motor is sick as in unhealthy or as in built?

 

I would prefer not to have T tops but I can live with them...my old '85 that I used to have was a T top car as well...once you replace the weatherstrip and stop the leaks they aren't bad.

The engine is sick as in unhealthy....it has blowby. It has a lot of nice parts: MSD Distibutor, MDS Ignition Box, MSD Tach Adapter, MSD Blaster coil, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake and Edelbrock carb.....but those will go on the shelf as I plan to install an EFI engine into this one.

 

great, EFI rocks. you going to run a cage or just subframe connectors or what?

 

nice find....gotta love tha freebies!

 

It's a street car...No cage...never! I will install the Kenny Brown Extreme Matrix kit for added chassis support. All the cars I build can go on the track if desired but the priority is to DRIVE them...no interfering cages....and when I do build a cage it is not by any rules like NHRA...it is done with the ease of access in mind. Everything I participate in is on a hobby level so the safety is there but I don't have to become Gumby to get into the car

 

Kool, thats a good mind set to have. I am much different, my idea of a street car is my uncle's Coupe

 

That's OK...you're still young...you'll learn

 

 

he must not be fat either! try squeezing my 6' 250 lbs frame through door bars! YUCK!

 

i am 6' and weigh in at 193 lbs, not fat, but i am not small either.

 

haha, I have been wondering this and figure, you're the one to ask, so is their any other way besides subframe connectors and that big X brace that goes above the rear suspension to stiffen a chassis
(without a cage) and when people weld their torque boxes do they mean they are repairing them because they'v ebeen damaged or do they mean they reinforced them? thanks in advance