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okay ive had entirely tooooooo much coffee lmao---i was sitting at waffle house looking at my 79 mercury zephyr wagon (ford fairmont clone) thinking about what a period custom would look like. suddenly its 1979 again. disco rules the charts. customizers prefer uniqueness and style over function and form. it is the HEIGHT of the custom van craze. i just bought my wagon and i wanna custom. what would happen if a custom van and a stationwagon mated and had offspring? hmmmm i thought to myself. this is how i think it would play out---remember youre in 1979 and the cool stuff has to be built not bought.
engine first--iron loggerhead with an offy 3 barrel setup and holleys with glass fuel bowls. since headers are at best rare two additional pipes are added to the stock manifold for a TRIPLE(!!!) exhaust with cherry bomb mufflers---3 carbs--3 pipes. makes sense right? back it up with a brand new granada 4 speed or srod trans.
chassis;
remember its 1979---the new fox chassis is considered hi tech, so other than a primitive lowering and cragar style four spokes with wide oval tires its fairly stock.
interior;
custom van seats (captain's chairs) with tons of pillowback velour everywhere, a custom welded chain wheel and a two foot shifter with a budweiser tap handle prevail.
body---now the really fun part. the side and back glass would be shaved as would the tail lights. they would be paneled in ala sedan delivery, but each side would have a round "bubble" window with two on the liftgate, and the taillights you removed would be relocated to the el camino bumper (remember how they have their own taillights?). all the door handles and other trim would be shaved as well, and now the roof gets a (shortened) van stlyle rear wing and full length lexan roof, and i GOTTA have some huge chrome sidepipes and fender flares front and rear and the best is last---a brand new (1979 remember) fox mustang nose!!!!!!!!!!
roflmao okay like i said waaaaay too much coffee. i just figured for sh*** and giggles id run it by you all so we could have a good laugh. i would positively adore any additions you would make or other comments--especially from the old timers like me that remember that era so so well
engine first--iron loggerhead with an offy 3 barrel setup and holleys with glass fuel bowls. since headers are at best rare two additional pipes are added to the stock manifold for a TRIPLE(!!!) exhaust with cherry bomb mufflers---3 carbs--3 pipes. makes sense right? back it up with a brand new granada 4 speed or srod trans.
chassis;
remember its 1979---the new fox chassis is considered hi tech, so other than a primitive lowering and cragar style four spokes with wide oval tires its fairly stock.
interior;
custom van seats (captain's chairs) with tons of pillowback velour everywhere, a custom welded chain wheel and a two foot shifter with a budweiser tap handle prevail.
body---now the really fun part. the side and back glass would be shaved as would the tail lights. they would be paneled in ala sedan delivery, but each side would have a round "bubble" window with two on the liftgate, and the taillights you removed would be relocated to the el camino bumper (remember how they have their own taillights?). all the door handles and other trim would be shaved as well, and now the roof gets a (shortened) van stlyle rear wing and full length lexan roof, and i GOTTA have some huge chrome sidepipes and fender flares front and rear and the best is last---a brand new (1979 remember) fox mustang nose!!!!!!!!!!
roflmao okay like i said waaaaay too much coffee. i just figured for sh*** and giggles id run it by you all so we could have a good laugh. i would positively adore any additions you would make or other comments--especially from the old timers like me that remember that era so so well
