As I mentioned in the last post, I started to remove the upper cowl so that I could do some rust repair on the lower cowl and upper firewall area. I was struggling with whether I should do this now or not since it seemed like it’d be a ...
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March 2017 Status
Okay, so trying not to fall a year behind on this again… here’s a current status update. I stopped driving it I think around mid-January so that I could do an engine swap and repair a small section of one of the front frame rails that was badly rusted ...
read moreV8 Steering Linkage
(Work done around Dec 2015-April 2016)
As mentioned up in the suspension/brake section, I also swapped out the steering linkage (kind of important since the tie rod is what broke!). The I6 and V8 cars used different steering linkages from the factory. V8 cars got thicker, heavier parts and ...
read moreV8 Suspension and Front Disc Brakes
(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 more8” Rear End
(Work done around Dec 2015-April 2016)
I used an 8 inch rear end out of a ‘77 Ford Maverick. This is basically a bolt-in for ‘65 Mustangs as the spring mounting widths are the same between the two. There is a small track width difference. If I remember right, the ...
read moreDriver’s Side Rear Torque Box
(Work done around Dec 2015-April 2016)
One of the main things that added some extra unplanned time to all the work was the replacement of the driver’s side rear torque box. The frame rail on the original one was in really bad shape from rust. I started poking around ...
read moreV8 Suspension Swap
Well, 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 moreMiscellaneous Updates…
Hey 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.
- 12/2014 I had ...
Instrument Bezel
Doing better, I’m only a month behind on this one! I had a good discount at Summit Racing from buying some of my exhaust parts, but I didn’t have anything I particularly needed. Since the chrome on my instrument bezel is completely worn, I picked up a new ...
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