Vehicle Owner

Member ID: vette_1732496

Location: Oxford, MI

Vehicle Info

1988 Ford LTD

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile14.4 sec @ 97 mph
  • 0-606.1sec
  • Top Speed140mph
  • HP230
  • Weight-1lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

Modifications

Performance Parts

  • Flowmaster Exhaust 
  • MSD Ignition 
  • Steeda Springs 
  • Tokico Shocks 

Interior

Exterior Styling

Car Audio & Video

Ratings

    • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.2/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.

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Last updated: Apr 29, 2009

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DJ’s Ford LTD

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The Paint Process
One of the last times the car was on the road - I was at at an scca event at dte energy music theatre.

vette_1732496's 1988 Ford LTD

The car was then taken apart.

vette_1732496's 1988 Ford LTD

Ops, broke the 1/4 window.

vette_1732496's 1988 Ford LTD

The car was sanded all the way down to the plastic, metal, and fiberglass gel coating.

vette_1732496's 1988 Ford LTD

vette_1732496's 1988 Ford LTD

The bondo was applied to the car.

vette_1732496's 1988 Ford LTD

The bondo was sanded, then re applied, then sanded, and re applied etc... many times until the panles were straight.

vette_1732496's 1988 Ford LTD

I did an amazing job here where the lock was shaved, you would never know bondo was there by looking!!

vette_1732496's 1988 Ford LTD

Self etching primer was applied here and bondo was then applied and sanded as a makeshift rust fix.

vette_1732496's 1988 Ford LTD

Furnace filters were used for dust free ventialtion.

vette_1732496's 1988 Ford LTD

The car was sprayed with 2 coats of high build urethane primer.

vette_1732496's 1988 Ford LTD

A black guide coat was sprayed over the primer.

vette_1732496's 1988 Ford LTD

The guide coat was sanded off, making a smooth flat surface, using a sanding block and 220 grit paper. You can see where i broke through and metal is showing on the door bacause the panel was not perfectly straight.

vette_1732496's 1988 Ford LTD

The car was primed again with 3 coats of high build primer.

vette_1732496's 1988 Ford LTD

vette_1732496's 1988 Ford LTD


The car was sprayed again with a black guide coat.
The car was pulled into the garage after the final block sanding with 320 grit:

vette_1732496's 1988 Ford LTD

vette_1732496's 1988 Ford LTD

The car was then taped up and shot with 1 coat urethane sealer, then 2 coats of base, then 2 coats of clear:

vette_1732496's 1988 Ford LTD

vette_1732496's 1988 Ford LTD

vette_1732496's 1988 Ford LTD

vette_1732496's 1988 Ford LTD

The body kit and spoiler were painted seprately.

vette_1732496's 1988 Ford LTD

vette_1732496's 1988 Ford LTD

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sikvik02  

Posted by: sikvik02

11/29/2009 10:15AM

Wow real nice ride!! 5 Stars for sure. Come check out my ride and let me know what you think... also if you want to show off your ride on another site that is like myspace/facebook for cars, then check out this site. http://myonlinegarage.com/signup/friend_BUGZY/Please use me BUGZY as your referral.. Thanks, see you there!

Prydan2k  

Posted by: Prydan2k

04/29/2009 05:30PM

Great car, great write up!

wheelliftin351  

Posted by: wheelliftin351

08/17/2008 01:50PM

Is that the 2.5" stormin norman hood? 5 stars btw..

fast65  

Posted by: fast65

06/15/2008 09:34AM

The car looks great, you did an excellent job on it.

ogrider-jrock  

Posted by: ogrider-jrock

06/12/2008 08:13AM

YOUR RIDE LOOK VERY GOOD DO YOU WANT TO JOIN A O.G RIDERS VEHICLE CLUB WE ALL TYPE OF CAR WE RACE ,CAR SHOW 5 STAR CHECK OUT MY

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Member ID: vette_1732496

Location: Oxford, MI