Hey there , i have just recently acquired my 73 xb fairmont coupe after 6 month of looking and looking. Car is in very good condition on the inside with only a few minor repairs to get it back to original :)
Outside is ok , has minor rust in front l/h quater and rear r/h , also some in the back boot seal around the four corners .
Engine in it atm is a 6 cyl 250 . Now when i got the car it came with many many parts including 351 clevo , c4 auto , nearly all windows except front ,guages etc etc , i have a s&*t load of them !
Now my plan is to rip the old 250 out throw the clevo in , the old c4 that is in it will come out and i will replace it with a four speed , also the 8" will have to go and a 9" replacement put in.
Now to my questions....

1.Is it a matter of replacing the 250 with the 351 , will it need to be engineered ? Previous owner told me that he had the 351 in it at one stage.

2.Rust repair in back boot seal , what is the best product to use for this ? Most people are telling me to use fiberglass or get it re-welded , anyone had to repair the channel before ?

3.If anyone has a 4 speed and or 9" diff that they may want to sell / swap for parts please email me at [email protected]

Im sure my list of questions will get bigger , if anyone is looking for any xb coupe parts hit me up , i am going to make a list of all the parts when i get a chance .

Any help will be much appreciated , also would be good to hear from anyone that has restored a coupe .

Thanks

Mal.

Yep. shouldn's have any problems registering it with the V8. For the rust repairs from what you have described there is rust repair sections available. Don't do half measures with the rust repair, it will just come back and haunt you. Check out rare s

Thanks for the replys , i forgot to mention that it had a vinyl roof , i ripped it off first up just hoping there would be no rust .....and thankfully there wasnt any . Not sure if anyone has had the pleasure of removing a vinyl before but i can tell you

Not as yet , im concentrating on the rust cutting atm , would be nice to hear from anyone that has cut out rear boot seal channels and replaced them with new ones , a few pointers would be handy !

Mal

Thanks alot Paul i will read thru the whole thread when i get a chance , but just having a quick look at it im feeling a hell of a lot better , that poor dude had a heap of rust to cut out , i only have a minor problem compared to him :)
Does your vehicl

its ezy to work out if a falcon was a 6 or an 8 if it has a c at the end of the vin then it is a 6 if it has a k its an 8 no matter if it was a 302 or 351

Acid dipped? That's pretty harsh stuff. Planning on lightening them so you can go racing? Get a quote on soda blasting or bead blasting the guards. These 2 methods are much less harsh on the steel. Avoid sand blasting if you can.