(Work done around Dec 2015-April 2016)
The new front suspension itself was pretty straight forward, even throwing in some clean up of the shock towers and things like that. Everything is just plain parts swap outs and nothing too exciting to go into detail about. I mentioned it in the ...
read moreWell, I got behind on this again. I did finish the V8 suspension swap/5-lug upgrade that I had mentioned in the last post. I got that finished up around April of 2016. It turned into a little bigger project than I was really planning, but what’s new there ...
read moreHey everyone! I’m still alive, and so is the car (well, generally). I knew it’s been awhile since I updated this, but didn’t realize it’s been over a year now. So here’s a quick summary of what’s been going on.
I can finally call the Shelby/Arning drop complete… got it aligned this afternoon.
Before that, though, I had to do just a little bit of filing to get the upper control arms to go in. I also had to hammer out the back of the driver’s side shock ...
read moreAfter finishing the drilling for the driver’s side Shelby drop, I moved onto fixing the passenger side. The rust through the shock tower and the frame rail were just as bad. I ended up doing the same thing as on the driver’s side—clean it up the best ...
read moreI pretty much have the driver’s side shock tower work finished up. I ended up needing to babysit my niece for a good portion of today (and tomorrow), so I couldn’t get quite as much done as I wanted to.
I added a few little braces to the ...
read moreSince the current distributor in my Mustang is the Load-O-Matic that only has vacuum advance and depends on a special Spark Control Valve in the carburetor (which the 2100 doesn’t have), the ignition needs to get changed with the new carb. I haven’t received the parts yet, but ...
read moreI finally got the passenger side rear torque box in place a few days ago. I’m not entirely happy with the fit, but it will have to do. The leaf spring front eye mount is in the same location as before, so it should be ok. In the process ...
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