Show your ride...

Photos of the original owner:

1. Autocrossing his Speedster back in the day.
2. Racing this year (leading the pack in car #58).

I'll shut up now. :rolleyes:

John, incredible story! very injoyable read, thanks for sharing, and congradulations on a special car:)

always wonder why these cars even with such low mileage and care ended up with resprays? does the single stage paint lend its self to requiring total resprays instead of touch ups? Were resprays just normal for the times? I recall that it was tough to match paint in those days especially metallic colors, often lighter or darker than original.

Many of these cars had paint checking problems. If you were from Socal, you were headed for a paint shop after 3-5 yrs. I bought my first 73T in summer of 76. It was Chuck Miller blue ( can't think of the official name) and it only had 26'000 miles. The roof and the front hood was completely checked. A friends' dad had the same car in red, and his hood was fading from the sun. Ray Charles Jr ( a frat brother ) had a gold metalic 73 T and his roof was beginning to check. Sign of the times Or coincidence ???

Just filled out my application yesterday. First week with the new car. She's just a lowly '73 T with MFI but for some strange reason I enjoy driving her more than my '84 or the wife's '96......

A few pics but a lot of work ahead...

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Thanks for looking!

Suuuweeeeeeet! Enjoy. :D

sweett ride, love the color:D

John - I can't wait to see your car!

I finally picked up my car last weekend and the result is just incredible. There were some questions regarding the fan and housing - it was not bead-blasted. It was dipped in a degreaser used for transmissions, etc. and then coated with a penetrating oil. It looks really good; we'll see how it holds up. I'll just let the photos speak for themselves:

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Wow Curt, you did go all out. She looks great. I am curious as to the make of your sway bars?

Nobody seems to know who's swaybars they are??? They've been on the car since the mid-70's.