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First rule: Do not feed the gremlins after midnight! Second, re-check the installation of the new turn signal in the steering column. Reading back through, you found bare wires in the old one and this might have been the original issue. May not have been shorting directly to ground on the...

So did your buddy have to replace his alternator some time later? Hooking up jumpers backward is bad for both vehicles. If you hooked up your battery backward, the posts are different sizes. The cable themselves on your car might not be making good contact with the battery posts as you may have...

The 8-track tape cassette has the tape pinched in rubber like rollers (of a specific durometer) that run against a motor that pulls the tape across the magnetic read heads. The alcohol trick mentioned above is to clean the residue off the rollers and head. If they get dirty or coated with...

Old school here.

My son shared some pictures from his day job! A tad bit more expensive than what the Mach 1 is going to be!!!

Mounted the electric power steering:

Keep everything! I even kept the rust out barely there floor pans after replacing them. Then I got to the e-brake install and realized there is a tab welded to the bottom of the floor pan. Dug it out of my save pile and found the tab! Another example, went back to the rusted out cowl and found...

Wow. Amazing. I am partial to that green:)

Finished putting a second coat of paint on the floor and some touch up on the roll cage. My son chose gold to add some "bling". It is a young guy thing, but it does look good. Started putting the wire harness and fresh air ducts on the cowl. We also started mapping out where the Holley...

One other note, the steering wheel is on as a place holder. A removable one is going to be installed. It became obvious for my son to get in and out of this car with the side bars, the steering wheel has to be removable.

Roll cage done, heater core in, dash frame installed. Now a ton of little stuff and put the rest of the glass in. Also, notice how the tunnel is crumpled, more evidence of this car being in a major wreck at some time in its life. It will live on and not be scrapped!!!

Weather turned nice for a few days! Started getting the roll cage welded in, heater box cleaned and new heater core installed. I had ordered the firewall pad from a Mustang vendor. They had the expensive one and the cheap one. I got the cheap one. This supposedly had cutouts for various options...

I believe if you look at CJ Pony parts in the aftermarket suspension section they have a conversion kit for putting in a rack and pinion steering. Looking farther into the options they list motor mount options for the Coyote engine, This would give you an excellent steering upgrade, suspension...

Here is some pictures of the front fenders and hood on the car. Steering column installed and dash soon to follow. Still waiting on a nice weekend to get that roll cage welded together and installed in car. Seat is mocked up, but need to build a custom mount. Son is 6'7" so he is moving the seat...

Did some more work. The windows are definitely for the fastback. Checked my Grande Coupe windows and those are a lot different. Got the windows pretty close Not ideal, but this is not a concourse restoration. Heck, it isn't even a good show restoration. It just has to function. Started putting...

Placed the trunk on with new weather-stripping: Unfortunately, we re-attached the latch too low. Have to take off and re-weld it higher. Cannot even adjust it as it is all the way up and the trunk still will not catch and close. Minor fix. One of the problems when the rear of the car is rusted...

Finally warmed up and got to the Mach 1. Adjusted the passenger door and got a nice line to the quarter panel. Then I went to adjust the window and realized how the roof is skewed: Seems that the roof no longer follows the same contour as the windows. Can see it as a gap in the rear quarter...

Thank you. Just wanted to address any weakness and you helped tremendously. I think I have a plan for my 351C-4V, now I think I have a transmission to put behind it!

My understanding is that the AOD has the similar gear train design as the FMX. It is a Ravigneaux planetary gearset. So the transmission should be highly compatible as an upgrade? I understand the cases are different, the lock up thing is AOD, and the TV cable use. But what else is different...

That Grande was found in the bush. The only reason I am saving it is the car has clean title, exterior is OK (needs a little work), and it was $500.