canadian_red_maple_leaf
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- Joined
- Dec 23, 2010
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- 266
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- Location
- Vienna, AUSTRIA
- My Car
- 1966 Mustang K-Code Coupe
1968 VW Beetle
1969 Mustang Mach1
1971 Mustang 351 Boss
1972 Mustang Convertible
1983 Mercedes 280SL
hi folks,
this is going to be a lot of work because i have a restoration thread of my 351B in german so i have to translate evrything in english. i'll be posting A LOT of pictures so i hope you're ok with that.
to my boss. this car was made for export to switzerland in 1970. according to my research around 9 cars were exported to CH but i haven't had the chance to contact kevin marti to be 100% sure. i know for a fact that this is the only one in austria.
-) 3,91:1 rear axle
-) staggered shocks
-) 351 cleveland 4 bolt high output engine 11,7:1 = 330PS
-) 4 gang toaploader
-) fold down group
-) rear defrost
-) center console
-) power steering
p.s. this is how the car will look like when it's done:
here a picture of my vert:
here are a few impressions of the car when i bought it.
beautiful
deluxe interior
the soda blasted bolt on parts
a few pictures of the problem areas
the front part is all solid!
here we have a few images when i picked the car up from CH. since it was disassembled i had to stuff a lot of things into my VW bus.
all the bolt on things were soda blasted and to tell you the truth I#ve never seen such perfect doors herein europe!
i started to disassemble the engine and was positvely surprised on which state it was in. the block was bored to 0.030 and everything was basically NEW. so all i had to do is reseal it and paint the engine .
that's it for now. more to come.
abudi
i check the main bearings on the engine and as you can see everything is perfect. the crankshaft is in spotless condition. i guess i was very lucky.
even the engine mounts are ford NOS.
on we go with the emminger invoice
on we go with the restoration. my neighbor eddie is the one helping me with the welding work.
since this boss never had a radio the antenna hole has to go
grinding the welding work down
tinning paste
heating it up
applying the tinn
let it cool off
i don't know what this is called in english SORRY.
closing a few little holes on the doors
this is a puller in case you can't access the dent from the other side.
you weld a spot onto the dent and then you pull it out.
the rest is done with a hammer and tinn
there were a few dents in the oil pan that had to be removed
on we go with a few more welding pichtures.
here are a few pictures before and after.
before
after the media blasting work
this is going to be a lot of work because i have a restoration thread of my 351B in german so i have to translate evrything in english. i'll be posting A LOT of pictures so i hope you're ok with that.
to my boss. this car was made for export to switzerland in 1970. according to my research around 9 cars were exported to CH but i haven't had the chance to contact kevin marti to be 100% sure. i know for a fact that this is the only one in austria.
-) 3,91:1 rear axle
-) staggered shocks
-) 351 cleveland 4 bolt high output engine 11,7:1 = 330PS
-) 4 gang toaploader
-) fold down group
-) rear defrost
-) center console
-) power steering
p.s. this is how the car will look like when it's done:
here a picture of my vert:
here are a few impressions of the car when i bought it.
beautiful
deluxe interior
the soda blasted bolt on parts
a few pictures of the problem areas
the front part is all solid!
here we have a few images when i picked the car up from CH. since it was disassembled i had to stuff a lot of things into my VW bus.
all the bolt on things were soda blasted and to tell you the truth I#ve never seen such perfect doors herein europe!
i started to disassemble the engine and was positvely surprised on which state it was in. the block was bored to 0.030 and everything was basically NEW. so all i had to do is reseal it and paint the engine .
that's it for now. more to come.
abudi
i check the main bearings on the engine and as you can see everything is perfect. the crankshaft is in spotless condition. i guess i was very lucky.
even the engine mounts are ford NOS.
on we go with the emminger invoice
on we go with the restoration. my neighbor eddie is the one helping me with the welding work.
since this boss never had a radio the antenna hole has to go
grinding the welding work down
tinning paste
heating it up
applying the tinn
let it cool off
i don't know what this is called in english SORRY.
closing a few little holes on the doors
this is a puller in case you can't access the dent from the other side.
you weld a spot onto the dent and then you pull it out.
the rest is done with a hammer and tinn
there were a few dents in the oil pan that had to be removed
on we go with a few more welding pichtures.
here are a few pictures before and after.
before
after the media blasting work
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