Hey all! So my new project is a 1986 Panther Kallista, which is a hand built British roadster based on Morgan styling. It's not a kit car, but is based on Ford parts from England in the era. It originally came with an N/A 2.3L Lima, and a manual transmission. Somewhere along the way, it received an AOD and landed in Florida where my dad bought it to drive to the golf course. It was my project to tinker with and drive around whenever I visited, but only so much can be done a week at a time. It hasn't run in about 5 or 6 years, so I recently towed it back to Maryland, along with a 2.3 turbo and T-5 transmission out of a 1988 Tbird Turbo Coupe Mach 1.
This is essentially as it was...
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And here it is the day I brought it back to Maryland...
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Here is the 2.3 Turbo engine, which I have already started stripping down...
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And the 2.3 N/A engine in the car. A wiring nightmare in the engine bay....
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I've been spending at least a few hours a day working on it, essentially tearing it all down. Finding out a lot of interesting things about it, including things like odd mixtures of metric and SAE hardware, and a leather belt holding the washer fluid reservoir in place. Although, I'm told that the belt may in fact be original, since it's a thing that they used to do in England apparently. The nose of the car is pretty narrow, so getting things like a new radiator, AC condenser, and intercooler may bring additional challenges. Here is the car as of yesterday morning...
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And here it is as of yesterday afternoon...
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Now the fun really begins!