Engine Cooling Perfection Achieved
Drifting
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OK, if I dont win the local bars super bowl pool which is offering a mint 73 coupe as the grand prize and I dont sell my 79 this spring then this is the way I'll be going in my never ending attempt to make the 79 run cool. My Mark 8 fan and DC controller are already in the garage, dewitts rad is already installed. Keep your fingers crossed I win the 73!
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OK, if I dont win the local bars super bowl pool which is offering a mint 73 coupe as the grand prize and I dont sell my 79 this spring then this is the way I'll be going in my never ending attempt to make the 79 run cool. My Mark 8 fan and DC controller are already in the garage, dewitts rad is already installed. Keep your fingers crossed I win the 73!
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I read something somewhere that doing car raffles like that and betting pools is illegal. You have any info on that?
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As for this auction, I would guess once I register the car , if I win, and pay the taxes I fufill my obligations. Its a real nice unmolested, all original coupe with base 350, a/c, p/w etc and it all works. Even the ignition shielding is in place. Orange with a saddle leather interior and only a small crack on the drivers side armrest.
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You realize that if you win this '73 I will not like you much any more. The '73 is my favorite...and you winning one would be a killer blow to me. I'm kidding, and I wish you luck.
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Dont quote me on this but this is my understanding. If the pool is for money and if the guy running the pool takes a cut then it becomes illegal. If not then the winner is still responsible for paying the taxes on it. I've actually heard something like the guy running the pool must issue a 1099. We had a local bar here that ran a pool during march madness, the ncaa basketball thing. The pool was up to 1.6 million or so. Once it made the local papers it was doomed. The IRS and local DA started asking questions.
As for this auction, I would guess once I register the car , if I win, and pay the taxes I fufill my obligations. Its a real nice unmolested, all original coupe with base 350, a/c, p/w etc and it all works. Even the ignition shielding is in place. Orange with a saddle leather interior and only a small crack on the drivers side armrest.
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As for this auction, I would guess once I register the car , if I win, and pay the taxes I fufill my obligations. Its a real nice unmolested, all original coupe with base 350, a/c, p/w etc and it all works. Even the ignition shielding is in place. Orange with a saddle leather interior and only a small crack on the drivers side armrest.
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The controller is a solid piece of aluminum filled with epoxy--so, I would say its weatherproof to a greater extent anything under the hood is. I did paint the wiring lugs with liquid electrical tape.
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That's cool. How important is it that the controller is mounted on or next tot he fan?
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the mark8 fan is awesome ran it on my last 450hp mustang with not cooling problems. however good luck with the pigtail harness it runs on. i had 3 burn and melt on me. and yes the fan was wired correctly on a relay. fords parts guy says they all do that. thats why they sell the replacement pigtail bad design by ford.
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That's actually the fault of the Ford factory controller of the fan. It and the wiring were not designed right. A new pigtail and a new controller and that'll get'r done.
Last edited by Durango_Boy; Feb 5, 2007 at 08:00 PM.
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