I hope to be bringing it home beginning of the week. Dropping the rear leafs tomorrow. That was sort of a setback since old metal rusts bolts in place 
Then there won’t be the gap with the back tires.
Why I am hijacking your Mustang thread. I mean even though I haven’t seen any progress pics in a while. I mean, for all I know, you sold the car and bought a Ford Probe :poke:
OKay - I am unable to get some of the pics off the other camera, which I was really hoping to show you 
Included on that one was the final welding, seam sealing the cowl up, plug welds, copper backer I made out of a piece of plumbing ( 
) cutting up jute insulation for sound deadening, etc.
Here’s what’s on the primary camera.
So, the old insulation was cut, torn, and removed from the firewall. Everything here’s in pretty good shape, a flash always makes surface rust look worse than it is. Most of the brown is old insulation that got a nice “patina” from the rusty water falling down…
Here’s passenger footwell to driverside.
Here’s where the heater box and defroster plenum both back into the firewall. The hole in the center is where the blower motor peeks into the engine bay.
One of the great joys of working on a 40-year old car - figuring out what the other 8 owners did to the goddamn wiring. This is been fairly time consuming, but most of the shorts have been chased and replaced. NO, these splices aren’t mine 
In the meantime, I’ve also been refurbishing interior panels. Here’s the steel glovebox door, heater controls and ashtray getting stripped and rustproofed. Assembly line style, L to R.
After some wire wool and elbow grease, it’s nakked :o
Early Mustangs didn’t use vacuum or electrics to operate heater controls - these were actuated by cables. As you can see here, my heater box didn’t work to well on that front (among other things 
) Lower set of wires (with metal blend door still attached from the cardboard plenum :lol: ) has a HUGE bend in them. New wires at top.
Let’s get this back where it belongs. Note the new firewall rubber / jute behind the heater case.
Finally… the sequential tails. These cars’ taillights flat-out suck. Picture a 40-watt bulb behind a red “magic decoder” film and you’re close. At night they’re dull. During the day they’re washed out, and if the sun’s at your back and you have to get on the brakes, they’re flat dangerous.
So - again, I have to replace the buckets, lenses, and seals, but I did test fit these to try them out.
I love this shit.
soooo cooooo… :tup:
How did I miss this thread?
Awesome project :tup:
Interior is complete - just finished putting it back together last night. 
Started the car up - only took two cranks I have to stay on the gas a bit, some adjustments will be made.
Began flushing the radiator today and almost made a VERY costly mistake - the oil feed line for the pressure gauge broke and began shitting Mobil 1 all over the garage floor. only caught it when I got out of the car to check the idle speed :ohnoes:
wow…lucky break.
Cant wait to see it out.
Some many nice cars hopefully coming out mid season :tup:
Eeesh, do you have to use the word “break”… 
Yeah, there’s gonna be some sexay whippage this summer. Can’t wait to see your Supra out and about too.
nice tom :tup:
Well, I am at a crossroads.
First off, car is basically done - mechanically. Heat is working, and ridiculously warm - nice. All blower speeds and cable controls check out. Taillight issues were chased down and eliminated. Brakes are bled 100%, prop valve set to a nice start point. Front suspension is buttoned up, and I tuned the carb to kill off the bad idle (thought I had a vac. leak somewhere). LED front blinkers and reverse lights are in and bright.
Really all I need now is to throw the fenders back on and get the windshield in.
BUT - I squirted the driverside door tonight. Color is not even close. :mad:
SO, I have two options. 1 is to try and get the correct match paint and shoot again.
2, is to mask off the rest of the car, clean up some of the areas I wanted to hit (wouldn’t be 100%, I want to drive her soon) - and spray on the Highland Green this year.
eh how far off is it? if it isnt terribly bad, just drive her this year,and do a full shot for next.
whats another week of prep and paint?
Do it up!
Car is the color of french vanilla ice cream - the door is like bleach white. I’ll try and get some pics when the batteries charge for the cam.
Ehhh, just put it together for now and paint it in the off season. Enjoy it for a bit!
Come on, we got to have both our cars out this summer.
You know for a fact when you start working on it and prepping for the new color, you will find other things you want to do and it will drag into the late fall. Trust me, I did the same.
Quick paint, drive and enjoy, then this Fall rip into it again
Decision: Highland Green it is! 
Joe, you’ve got to swing out to Duffs next week :tup: I’ll buy ya a beer homie :beer2:
I’m gonna black out the tailpanel as well :wetsex:
Gimme 2 weeks. After the show on the 8th, I’m fair game for anything. Up to then got to bust my ass getting the show done.
But I will take you up on that beer
lookin good tom
ughhh
