Well, I've pretty much desided that I'm not doing to end up with an SVT. I'm going to have 95 Mystique that is highly contented with SVT parts.
The problem is with the amount of time required to cut both cars an make sure everything is put back together right. All of that would be just to have a VIN number that said the car is a 2000 SVT Contour. I don't really see the end justifying the means on that. So I am going to strip the Mystique of all it's parts and paint the frame Tropic Green. I'll then start transplanting all the SVT parts onto the new frame. In the end I'll have a 2000 SVT Contour it's just going to be registered as a 95 Mystique LS.
If you look at this pic. You can see that the only thing that needs replacing is the Inner frame rail on the Mystique.
This is much easier than putting a whole new front end on the car. Plus my uncle can do this repair in no time as opposed to having to set asside a large chunk of time to replace the front of the car.
Painting and re assemly will on the whole be a no brainer. I'm doing some custom work to the body like filling the rear seams removing the key hole and shaving the antenna as well as filling the rain lines off the roof. The painting might end up with a pearl undercoat to give it a little more shine and sparkle.
The stock exhaust is toast. It's crushed behind the left door. So I'll "have to" get a true dual setup for it. The only other things needed at this point are rims, since I sold the others. And a BAT Kit since the SVT suspension is going on the Zetec.
I hope to have all this accomplished in 3 months time. Thanks for the interest.
