2011-03-04 Dave: Convertible Header
2011-03-03 Dave: Gas Cap and Filler Neck
October 3- Pat’s Undercarriage Inspection
P-Dog went through the fuse box on Pat’s Mustang and replaced the bad fuses he found, as well as did some general wiring cleanup-work (wrapping exposed wires, replacing bad wire, etc). We also did an undercarriage inspection and took photos of the new headers and brake system. As you can see, its a tight fit with those new headers, but this Mustang’s going to purr!
August 11-12 Headers and more Steering Column
Dale and Mitchell worked on the header installation. They are also putting everything back in place for the engine to be installed. We are having trouble with the steering column, but it is ready now! There were a few parts missing to correctly install the steering wheel and to make the horn functional.
July 6-9 Engine Work
Here are some photos showing the engine after it was removed from the Mustang. They put on the transmission and took more photos of the headers. We have some pics of emergency brakes and working out the cabling system with the stock. We will have to come back to that later.
We also have some detailed photos of the spark plugs and engine parts. We have replaced the plugs with Auto Lite Ford brand. I wanted to use the Bosch name, but they will not fit the old 390 blocks. We never knew that until now. We have used them on all the small blocks and many big blocks, but they will not work with the big block 390cc? The engine needs a quick tune up as you can see from the spark plugs pics. There are also a few pictures of the trunk divider. Tim was cutting it down to fit properly. This piece has to be customized for the Coupes. The ’67 Coupe divider is not available.
6-19 Header Photos
Here are the header photos that we talked about earlier. See how close the header pipes are to the floor pan? Its causing the floor pans to overheat and the carpet to burn. Because of the problem, the pipe itself also doesn’t look very good or match the beautiful engine. Moss recommended wrapping in heat resistance header tape. But the Big Chief doesn’t think that will work very well.
There are also a couple of photos of rear end rebuild. They show the gaskets and rear axle.
