Conquest351 Posted September 11 Report Share Posted September 11 Welp, been a LONG time since I've been here. My 1989 Conquest is coming back to me. Still has the 351 in it. Still not running or driving. No idea what condition it's in. I go to pick it up on Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kev Posted September 11 Report Share Posted September 11 i saw your post on FB. Welcome back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psu_Crash Posted September 13 Report Share Posted September 13 Welcome back! Looking forward to updates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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psu_Crash Posted September 15 Report Share Posted September 15 On 9/11/2025 at 11:53 AM, Conquest351 said: Welp, been a LONG time since I've been here. My 1989 Conquest is coming back to me. Still has the 351 in it. Still not running or driving. No idea what condition it's in. I go to pick it up on Saturday. Well ?? It's after Saturday. We need an update 😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conquest351 Posted September 23 Author Report Share Posted September 23 On 9/15/2025 at 5:58 PM, psu_Crash said: Well ?? It's after Saturday. We need an update 😊 Got it back home. She'd been sitting in a field by a shop in Houston for the better part of 15 years. I hadn't seen the car in 20+ years. Loaded her on the trailer, took her straight to a car wash and spent probably $50 washing the poor thing as best as I could. Spent all Sunday cleaning out the interior. Cleaned out multiple rodent nests, and about 30 lbs of debris and poop of various flavors. LOL. Discovered the driver side floorboard is rusted and has multiple holes, still can't get the hatch to open, but haven't really spent too much time trying to figure it out. All the stuff I had for it is gone, only has what was bolted in. All the wheels have been swapped out for beat up and damaged wheels, I think maybe 1 of the SHP wheels is still on the car, but they're all pretty banged up. The 351 is still in the car, but the front end is all beat up. The whole lower facia is gone, the bumper is damaged, missing the driver side bumper fog light/turn signal, no real wiring in the car (wasn't much when I got rid of her, but there was a wiring harness kit). So, basically going to start from scratch again. Most likely going to back half the car, tube chassis front end and put C5-C7 Corvette front suspension up there with coilovers as then it'll be a full upper & lower control arm car and I can actually get parts for it. The plan is to road race it (has always been the plan) and somewhat street drive it. I live less than 10 mins from Harris Hill Road here in Texas, so driving her over there will be quick and easy. So, strip the car completely, do all the chassis/bodywork to the car, see if the engine is salvageable and figure out what I want to do with that, then do suspension and big brakes and rock on. Since I've been out of the game for so long, what's the latest on these cars? Should I do the Corvette suspension and brakes and take advantage of that or is there something more 'Bolt In" that will work? What about the rear suspension? I don't want to do Corvette front and nothing in the rear because then I'll have 2 different bolt patterns for the wheels, and my OCD won't let me do that. LOL. I hear there's a steering rack conversion for these? What's the skinny on that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conquest351 Posted September 23 Author Report Share Posted September 23 Here's what we showed up to get. Fresh out of the field. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conquest351 Posted September 23 Author Report Share Posted September 23 Here's what she looks like now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psu_Crash Posted September 26 Report Share Posted September 26 O boy ... she was not loved in your absense! There is/was a company selling a steering rack conversion, but I don't think they ever really delivered to to people who bought them. D2 suspension is still available as far as I know. That's the easiest suspension upgrade that will meet the task at this point. Swapping to a C5 setup sounds interesting! ... and a LOT of work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratmtattat Posted September 26 Report Share Posted September 26 Welcome back! Man, the car looks rough. glad it isn't fully rotted out. Hope to see it back in action at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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