davidbosch
New member
- Joined
- Jan 16, 2014
- Messages
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- Location
- Mexico City
- My Car
- 1972 Mustang GT-351 (original Mexican version with the coupe body and a 351 Windsor)
Hi everyone,
The story of me and my Mustang is here: http://www.7173mustangs.com/thread-new-from-mexico-city
So, in these two months I've already moved the car to a safer place (my mum's driveway), downside is that the car is no longer under a roof, and it's a rainy season.
To stick to my plan of restoring the car to a level in which I can drive it on weekends without spending the money I don't have, I urgently need to:
- change the alternator, the original one does not charge anymore.
- fix minor rust problems before they get bigger with the rainy weather.
- fix water leaks to the interior (after it rains, a puddle of water appears on both front mats).
- find out why the engine's not running well (grey smoke comes out the exhaust in cold starts and it smells like unburned gas with something else, it smells pretty toxic), plus it fails to respond immediately when accelerator pedal is applied suddenly, (I remember my dad talking about this problem, and I just remember he said the distributor was the one to blame, not sure).
Anyway, is this the right place to post this? or should I go to the specific forums?
I've already quoted the entire weatherstrip kit through several suppliers and it's kinda expensive. Which are the weatherstrip items I need the most to protect the car from rust? (trunk, windows?)
I've been looking for alternators here in Mexico, no success so far. I've seen many threads recommending the Summit Racing/Tuff Stuff One-wire internal regulator 100A alternators, any thoughts you might have about these?
I've also started cleaning the interior, one door panel (see picture below) is almost done, can't get to the original colour tone.
Apart from that, I've discovered plenty of interesting things about the car; for instance, the pictures don't show it, but the original paint scheme can be seen underneath the black overpaint, and this model appears to be really rare in Mexico, we'll see once I get in touch with the local Mustang club and hear some opinions.
The story of me and my Mustang is here: http://www.7173mustangs.com/thread-new-from-mexico-city
So, in these two months I've already moved the car to a safer place (my mum's driveway), downside is that the car is no longer under a roof, and it's a rainy season.
To stick to my plan of restoring the car to a level in which I can drive it on weekends without spending the money I don't have, I urgently need to:
- change the alternator, the original one does not charge anymore.
- fix minor rust problems before they get bigger with the rainy weather.
- fix water leaks to the interior (after it rains, a puddle of water appears on both front mats).
- find out why the engine's not running well (grey smoke comes out the exhaust in cold starts and it smells like unburned gas with something else, it smells pretty toxic), plus it fails to respond immediately when accelerator pedal is applied suddenly, (I remember my dad talking about this problem, and I just remember he said the distributor was the one to blame, not sure).
Anyway, is this the right place to post this? or should I go to the specific forums?
I've already quoted the entire weatherstrip kit through several suppliers and it's kinda expensive. Which are the weatherstrip items I need the most to protect the car from rust? (trunk, windows?)
I've been looking for alternators here in Mexico, no success so far. I've seen many threads recommending the Summit Racing/Tuff Stuff One-wire internal regulator 100A alternators, any thoughts you might have about these?
I've also started cleaning the interior, one door panel (see picture below) is almost done, can't get to the original colour tone.
Apart from that, I've discovered plenty of interesting things about the car; for instance, the pictures don't show it, but the original paint scheme can be seen underneath the black overpaint, and this model appears to be really rare in Mexico, we'll see once I get in touch with the local Mustang club and hear some opinions.