66 mustang update

wikdsvt

wikdsvt

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In the fall i had to repo my mustang from the "body shop". A friend had it for 4.5 years and did a fair amount of work. New 1/4 panels, door skins, etc... He stopped working on it and started giving excuses. He said all it needed was to be blocked and painted...WRONG!

I learned never take a restoration job to a collision body shop...never.

So i got it to a shop near lansing. Then came the bad news. Door skins installed wrong and door adjustment could not make up for the misaligned skin, trunk lid was ground down too thin, front valance all cracked up. So i bought new doors (not skins), fiberglass front valance, Trunk lid, fiberglass rear bumper.

They had the car for 2 weeks and should be in paint soon
 
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You new here? Lol I still use thirdgen.org for pic hosting. Its extremely crappy.

Glad you got it though!!
 
I uploaded photos to my computer from my Andriod phone. still get uploading error.

It's going to be blue and satin black
 
Truck is up and running. Still datalogging for the tune. Have NOT gone wide open throttle yet.
I need to change rear gear (4.10 is ridiculous). Similar setups are 600-650rwph/700-750rwtrq. Hopefully mine falls in that category.
Manley rods and pistons, Trick Flow Heads, Customs Cams, valve train components from FGT, 2.3L GT500 TVS supercharger, built trans 2400 stall.

Mustang was in the paint booth Friday. It will be Blue, obviously, and all the chrome trim is going to be Black.


UGH SO FRICKING AGGRAVATING. cannot upload pics from computer
 
 
 
Pictures:
I give up.

Truck:
Installing dual wideband in truck tonight for more datalogging. Had it up to 10psi and 1/2 throttle.

Mustang:
trim, moldings, grill, and wheels painted Satin Black.
Next, I need to tint the glass (if there aren't too many scratches) and start on interior. I am going to buy a 1 piece headliner and all new seat covers and carpet and dash pad.
Then I need to clean up engine.

Because it sat in the prior body shop for 4.5 years, my new carb is junk. Is leaks all over the place, not sure if I should replace it or rebuild it. Never had good luck with rebuilds.
 
I got my Galaxie seat covers from Mustang Market since everyone sells the same brand (Distinctive) and they were the cheapest. Might be worth looking into, but Mustangs may have more than one brand to pick from.
 
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