Something for my dad

[Highlucks]

Jelly beans, good choice.


Car is looking a treat man , keep up the good work.

[crash]

So I made the decision. In the am I am going to jack it up, pull the wheels and start prepping the underside and undercoat it. I also got new splash shields that go in the front fenders. Ya they were TRASHED and quite holy,lol...



So ya tommorow will be a messy day. Plus I am going to rip the exhaust out since the new stuff came in..

[crash]

Originally Posted by highlucks

Jelly beans, good choice.


Car is looking a treat man , keep up the good work.

Thanks

[dezrik]

You going to put a monster energy sticker on the mustang




Looks nice my dad would kill for a nice mustang. one day ill on tarp his high school stang

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Originally Posted by dezrik

You going to put a monster energy sticker on the mustang




Looks nice my dad would kill for a nice mustang. one day ill on tarp his high school stang

I should have painted it black and put a rockstar sticker on it

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So I went and got the wiring in the trunk roughed in and cleaned out and prepped for the final coating I am putting in it. Well crap the stuff I had (duplicolor bed coating) was all hard so I will have to skip that. In any case its ready.



So I went onto the next task--the messy task that I was not really looking forward too,lol. But back up in the air for the last time.




Started by cracking out the sawzall and removing this rusted pile.

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So the whole day was planned for me making a mess of myself--geting the fenderwells and underside cleaned and undercoated. Lets just say the underside did not turn out perfect mainly because I was not able to get all the crap out of the cracks and so on. But the underside is now protected along with the fender wells. I was beat and a total mess by the time I got done late last night but I was fairly happy with the outcome.

I used industrial undercoating that we use in the car industry--really good stuff, very durable and use a gun or brush. I used to put the bottles in hot water to get the stuff warm (makes use easier) but made this with the heater--worked perfect...



I started with the rear fender wells-these were easy.



The fronts were more work. Started by getting behind the splash shields, painted the back side of the shields, installed both and then fully did the fenderwell. The replacements went in pretty decent. I had to notch them out a bit and the lower holes didn't line up--but the final fitment was really good.

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Like I say the underside wasn't perfect but I got it so there is more protection.









I looked like a speckled monkey by the time I was done....

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This is something that drove me nuts and anybody who saw them..



Remove, cut, clean, pant.. Ya much better and it sits level now..

[crash]

So I got the stuff I needed and got the trunk all done up. Turned out pretty good. I will have a little more to do once the rear bumper is on..



I also used the same stuff and put a coat on the fuel tank since it was pretty rusty--go figure huh.



I also spent a couple of hours finishing up the undercoating via brush---again I was a mess,lol..

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I also got the new exhaust (napa). I was very impressed it was built perfect with the bends damn near 100% identical.



The fitment was also prefect. I made the mistake of not fitting it prior (duh) to putting it in. A few of the ends got dinged a little--no biggy.



I also got new mounts (generic type) and modified them to go where the stock ones went. Again the fitment of everything was perfect.





So I have to still grab the gasket at the manifold but for the most part I can scratch that off the list...

[crash]

So time to get up to date...



So I threw the tires back on and washed the stock hubcaps my dad had bought for the car some years back.







I also got the wiring for the fuel sender all done...

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I was going to put the badges on the drivers side but found a problem with the pony emblem. The holes are different than what came off it and the pony looks different. I will have to look into this because the drivers side came from a different vender but was still a "drake" prodduct. I recall when I asked my dad to get the drivers side to make sure he got it from the same place (yearone).

[crash]

So my goal for today was to get most of the engine bay stuff done.



CT had done some patch work and thrown the tray in but I didn't like how it sat--it shoved the battery into the core support.



So I pulled the tray and found he melted some wires--no big deal and I quickly fixed it back to shape.







Here you can see the patch work CT had done which gave that corner the support back it needed.







I had to notch the holes to let the tray swing a bit and I raised the tray up a tad so it could swing.











And I did away (finally) with the temp cables and made new ones.











At that point I did a couple small things I had left (replace some worn boots) and I will replace the points here this week.

[hende]

looking sharp I wanna ride lol

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I then got the rear outside window felt in. This took some trickery since it was clips except one small screw (that took some looking to find the right one) but I got it done.







And here was the special tool I made,lol..







Its sure a slow process when your working around fresh paint inside and out.

[crash]

Originally Posted by hende

looking sharp I wanna ride lol

I did today

[hende]

Originally Posted by crash

I did today

well how she running and driving as good as she looks?

[crash]

So I then drove it out and flushed the cooling system and gave it some coolant. I had one hose leak that I was able to easily fix(cut hose down a tad) but it now has a fully functioning cooling system and a working heater.



At this point I went for a cruise around the block--full on nervouse wreck but worth it. I have to ask my dad but first gear is really loud--louder than I would think it should be.



Then I washed the dust off the car and the engine bay. The wheels actually don't look as bad as I thought they would. The car in the sun is just beautiful.





















Now here comes a downer. Another thing I wanted to check for was water leaks. I found a large leak from the windshield on both sides--just dumps down the kick panel and to the floor. I also found water on top of the rear fenderwhells---the rear window also leaks. So time to go backwards--grrrrrr. So I ripped the windshield out and resecured the headdliner. At least I will be able to fix the rear paortion of the headdliner when I pull the rear window out.







So the day didn't end as I was hoping--but I will get it done..

[crash]

Originally Posted by hende

well how she running and driving as good as she looks?

Not too bad really....