Dad's stang...

grant1 · Mar 16, 2011

Nice job at fixing up your dads stang, killer color.
Your a good son !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

crash2 · Mar 17, 2011

grant said:
Nice job at fixing up your dads stang, killer color.
Your a good son !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks Grant,,,

crash2 · Mar 17, 2011

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..

crash2 · Mar 17, 2011

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...

Brian H · Mar 17, 2011

Are you going to clean up that rear axle and springs?

Hip · Mar 17, 2011

im thinking mikes butt hole is puckering as he looks at the un touched stuff thinking well it wont take thaaat long.

he is tossing and turning in his sleep wanting to do the entire thing.....

one weekend after dad gets to drive it a little with a pressure washer and some black hammerite would do it and those springs some justice. but then there all the front end pieces.. and ....:haha::haha:

looking real good,

on the trunk i did some ol school i forget what its called. its a flat paint with different colored speckles in it (gray with white speckles). i put it on all the panels inside the framing on the hood and trunk and it realy makes the inside image POP.

ill take a photo tonight if i remember.

that way when dad open it up to show off his son's work it will snap to attention sorta.

kinda like in the movie no time for sergeants:haha::haha:

PLO.

War-Jeeper · Mar 17, 2011

I will get you that part number this morning Mike, i totally spaced yesterday!

crash2 · Mar 17, 2011

War-Jeeper said:
I will get you that part number this morning Mike, i totally spaced yesterday!

noo biggy sam :awesomework:

No I am not touching anything else under the car--just the needed items at this time for longjevity. After its all done if my dad wants we can clean up othyer aspects of the car.

But ya hip--at what point do I stop :haha: but really I am just trying to go as fast as I can and get the car done so dad can enjoy it..

Black_1985_SR5 · Mar 20, 2011

Nice job I love that color

Mrs. Crash · Mar 20, 2011

here's some pics I took tonight after Michael took it for a drive and washed it. :awesomework:

KarlVP · Mar 21, 2011

I got to see it in person today.

I'm extremely envious.

Fawesome job Crash. :rockon:

spidertoy · Mar 21, 2011

are we sure that we didnt just change cars? that does not look like the same car at all!!!

crash2 · Mar 21, 2011

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...

crash2 · Mar 21, 2011

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).

crash2 · Mar 21, 2011

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.

crash2 · Mar 21, 2011

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.

crash2 · Mar 21, 2011

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..