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What a great find! As a '72 T MFI owner, I second the opinion that you should have kept and dialed in the MFI -- once it is set up correctly it is great. But that ship has sailed. Just remember to keep the parts.
A '72 still has chrome horn grills, and chrome surrounds on the front indicator lights, and the rear lights. The engine grille and deck lid lettering is black anodized. The black horn grills and lights surround were introduced in '73.
You can twist the headlight **** to dim the interior lights, try that first!
Finally, it is almost finished. Car has been at the body/paint shop since August 2021. There was a small spot of rust at the driver's side corner of the windshield frame. Luckily, it turned out to be one very small spot and didn't get under the windshield seal. Due to covid and sadly the death of their lead paint guy, the project took much longer than anticipated. We decided to do a repaint due to replacement of the black plastic mirrors with the period correct small flag stainless mirrors some cracking of the paint on the hood where someone had pushed down on the hood too hard and some chips on the front lip. The holes for the black right side mirror were in the wrong spot making the right side mirror completely useless for the driver. The new paint looks great, pictures to follow. The seats were original, the vinyl is in near perfect shape, but the stuffing was soft, almost pillow-like. We opted to have the seats restuffed, frankly, I haven't noticed too much of a change, a bit firmer, but not what I was hoping for. The steering wheel needs to be restitched. A local upholstery shop wants $200 plus to do the job. Carbs still need a final dialing in and this will be ready for the road!
Frederik, thanks for the notes. This car actually had both an aluminum engine grill and a black anodized engine grill. I have seen both on 1972 models. I wonder if both were offered, or, one as the oem and another as an option. It had all of the original parts, except the mirrors. Someone had changed out the Stainless/Chrome mirrors for Black Plastic mirrors......
Shame about the MFI delete, selling it can probably contribute quite a bit to the cost of your restoration. My ideal would have been 2.7 RS pistons and cylinders with S cams and repair of the MFI with an RS space cam. More performance for about the same or less cost.
Nice car though
The MFI is boxed up and will stay with the car. We can always put it back on. It is just getting tougher to find anyone that can get them dialed in. Phil
Finally finished. Shipped to Montana and it is not screaming around on mountain roads near Kalispell! Ended up looking and running incredibly well. The E cam gave it the extra performance and still allowed for city driving. Headlights were okay for San Diego nighttime driving, but not for Montana, too dim. Suggestions for headlight upgrades welcomed. Do the European H4 models give substantially more light? Thanks Phil (now I can get back to driving the 993!)
08-13-2020, 10:01 AM
