Picked up a Holley 600, vacuum secondary at a garage sale. National Carburators is pretty close to my office so I might let them handle the rebuild.
Gonna keep fiddling with the 650 in the meantime.
Picked up a Holley 600, vacuum secondary at a garage sale. National Carburators is pretty close to my office so I might let them handle the rebuild.
Gonna keep fiddling with the 650 in the meantime.
Just ordered the decal kit for the pace car. I also ordered a set of repro body side mouldings last week, which should show up today. I'm hoping it's out of the paint shop in a couple weeks.
Fixed my under hood light and finished my air cleaner cover. 2 coats of VHT satin clear coat. Not gonna be driving for a while. Calling for -8 celcius next week. Weather sucks here!!
Started removing the harness on the Saleen. What a pita under the drivers side of the dash! No room to move two hands at the same time to pull connectors apart.
Finished up the dash install after replacing heater core. Job took around 8 hours all together over 3 days. I only unhooked speedometer and 2 connections on HVAC controller. Everything else stayed in place, I just took out upper screws and lower hardware and pulled dash forward. I did disconnect A/C lines so I could pull heater core box out further for easy access,. All in all it went easier than I expected thanks to the thread on here, couldn't have done it without this forum.
Dropped in new engine, installed brake booster and Mc plus new vac tree
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Move around Mustang parts between my storage units. My replacement K member too a ride into the same unit as the car it’s going into eventually.
Broke my 1986GT out of its rusty cage (storage unit) and ran it around town a bit. Didn’t beat it, just drove it. Had a blast. Still can’t belive how well the suspension combo in it rides and handles!
If you even need to move a K member, this is a great way to do it! One person job!
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Ordered some upper and lower control arms for Ole' Girl!
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Change the oil in my Pace Car last night. Good for another season of driving and car shows.
1979 Indy Pace Car Mustang 302 / 5spd
1982 Mustang GT T-Top 302 / 4spd
1986 SVO Mustang - 1C
Got my pace car back from paint. I'm working out of town, so haven't even had a chance to see it in person. My buddy did the paint and body work, window tint, and decal kit. Still needing a few things but should be ready for this spring and summer for cruise-ins and mustang club cruises!
Got everything hooked up on the drivers side inner fender last night.
Watched it be pounded by freezing rain........at least it's covered.
Scotty
1985 Fox Notch 4-banger Ranger tube header Eastwood Royal Blue
1988 Fox LX 5.0 AOD Vert BBK 170mph speedo Candy Apple Red
1999 Mustang Coupe V6 Auto Chrome Yellow -Daily Driver.
Past Pony's.....
68 Coupe Inline-6 3-Speed-Man. Primer
78 II Hatch 302 3-Speed-Auto Sunroof Black
81 4-Eye Coupe 4-Banger 4-Speed-Man. White
Thought about taking her out for an Easter Sunday spin yesterday... woke up to snow instead...
-Randy
'83 Mustang GL notchback - 351w - T5Z
'84 Mustang GT350 20th Anniversary Hatch #2808 - 302 - T5
''92 Mustang LX Hatch - 2.3t - IRS (in progress)
I waxed the Turbo Coupe, and drove it to church yesterday.
Ron
I never seem to get the nut that holds the steering wheel fixed
Looking good Ron
Current rides:
89 LX 5.0, 5 -spd..the Lemon
86 RS Capri 5.0 Auto...
86 LX Colorado SSP 5.0 5-spd (Sadly Sold)
85.5 SVO, Finally Got Boost
83 RS Capri 5.0, 5-spd (another sadly sold)
Thanks Matt!
I never seem to get the nut that holds the steering wheel fixed
Man, that’s a nice T-bird.
I finally broke down and bought some Pioneer 6x8’s for the hatch area. Sounds pretty respectable in my driveway with the car off...running down the road might be a different story, though.
Did a bunch of, what should have been, unnecessary work! After replacing the faulty fan controller 3 TIMES!!!! I finally gave up and went with a different brand/style. The problem was that the new controller had a larger temp switch. I had a bung welded in my radiator for a 1/8" switch, but the new one was 3/8". So I decided the easiest route was to move it to the intake. Unfortunately, there was no port available. I did, however, have another intake lying around with two extra coolant ports. So I figured what the heck...just swap them. Then, I ran into multiple issues. Clearance issues that required grinding away some material, modifying the throttle cable bracket, and a few other gems that just made a simple job turn into utter crap.
Anyway, that's done. A little late to try it out and see if the problem is fixed, but I'll check it tomorrow.
I also took some time this afternoon to run my pace car seats down to a local upholstery shop. I'm going to have them put the new covers on (I ordered the upholstery kit today from LMR). They're charging around $400 to do it, which also included dying all the plastic and the headrests to make them look new again. I figure that was a pretty good price for me to not have to deal with it. Besides...the other local shop wanted $1400 just to slap some covers on. (And no, that's not a typo).
Double post
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Ordered a mountain of sound deadened for my 85 build. 2 gallons of spray-on and 50 sq ft of mat. And a cup of shut the hell up for the fox rattles.....
Tracked down and bought a hood and doors and LX facia for 85-86. Now to get the LX nose to Austin for the 85 build so I have a nice GT bumper for my 86 build.
Started seriously shopping for tires for the 85-006 build.
1985 Mustang GT Hatch, Black/Grey - 351w / 5-speed / 8.8 Rear w/3.73's / A/C
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Past Owned Four Eyes -
1986 Mustang SVO, Black - sold 1/19
1985 Mustang GT Convertible / Black on Grey / 5spd / 27k original miles
1985 Mustang GT Hatch Canyon Red w/grey int / 5spd
1985 Mustang GT Hatch Canyon Red w/grey int / Sunroof / 5spd / 46k original miles
1985 Mustang GT Convertible White w/gray int / 5spd
Trey
"I Don't build it hoping for your approval! I built it because it meets mine!"
"I've spent most of my money on Mustangs, racing, and women... the rest I just wasted."
Mustangs Past: Too many to remember!
Current Mustangs:
1969 Mach 1
1979 Pace Car now 5.0/5 speed
1982 GT Stalled RestoModification
1984 SVO Still Waiting Restoration
1986 GT Under going Wide Body Conversion Currently
Current Capris:
1981 Capri Roller
1981 Capri Black Magic Roller Basket Case
1982 Capri RS 5.0/4spd T-top Full Restoration Stalled in TX
1984 Capri RS T-top Roller
1983-84 Gloy Racing Trans Am/IMSA Body Parts
1985 Mustang GT Hatch, Black/Grey - 351w / 5-speed / 8.8 Rear w/3.73's / A/C
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Past Owned Four Eyes -
1986 Mustang SVO, Black - sold 1/19
1985 Mustang GT Convertible / Black on Grey / 5spd / 27k original miles
1985 Mustang GT Hatch Canyon Red w/grey int / 5spd
1985 Mustang GT Hatch Canyon Red w/grey int / Sunroof / 5spd / 46k original miles
1985 Mustang GT Convertible White w/gray int / 5spd
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