I called this thing project Insanity because I must be crazy for taking on another project. I'm up for work at 4am everyday and off at 3pm. I start welding school at 4pm and get home at 10pm. I sleep on average 4hrs a night. Luckily I have weekends off.
Anyway as I said in my intro thread I bought this car because my race car is going to take far too long to finish and I need my mustang fix and my daily driver 4 banger isn't giving it to me, so I picked up this 86gt. I paid $2200 for it and it's rough, but I couldn't pass on the T-tops.
I've started buying parts and doing little things to it. The plan was to get it painted, fix engine leaks and restore the interior. As with most of us with this horrible addiction things snowball out of control.
I ordered an H.O fibertrends 2" cowl hood that came damaged, so I refused it. Now I have to wait on dumbass ups to process the claim before I get another hood.
I also ordered some procar seats. They are not corbeaus, but they will work for now.
The bumper cover on the car is cracked in 4 places and rather than repair it I hit up craigslist and BINGO! I scored this for $200
I started on the interior and found the infamous broken drivers seat bolt. A half ass repair was attempted. Looks like someone tried to braze it. I'll get that welded up.
A couple before shots of the interior
After I installed the black carpet from my coupe
I also scored some black door panels on craigslist.
I got a wild idea when I went to the junkyard this weekend and I will be headed back to the yard during 4th of july weekend (1/2 off) to see if the grampa donor car is still there. Can anyone guess what my plan is? Only if it's still there. If not things may change.
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