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not as much progress as I'd liked by this stage of the weekend, sister called in a favour to do the kitchen flooring..... headliner and surrounding fitments came off revealing tons of surface rust (screwdriver didnt poke through) to deal with. This needs to come before i fit the replacement...

I'm pretty sure i previoulsly read about your build on MOCGB and reading it again its no less impressive, excellent craftsmanship. I like the re-use of parts, if I had your skills I would reuse more parts rather than buying new, will see where I land. Also gives me more motivation now to crack...

I'll try and take some pics of my rear panel tomorrow as its been stripped back, it also had some number stamps on it and brazing, i definitely got the impression it was factory, i couldnt see any cuts or joins and the internal trunk splatter paint was all the same.

wow you have some serious fabrication talent there Fabrice, that is art!

that's quite a creative solution, I think that works well with the original steering wheel.

can you show me pic of the one you made for your 73 Fabrice ? I'm curious now.... Steve that's a nice steering wheel. Maybe some more pics of folks' replacement steering wheels to get me thinking.... meantime, i have to send mine off to get repaired....

Now I can crack on with my work without banging my head on the steering wheel. Opinion : I don't like the factory steering wheel, i don't know what Ford were thinking to put a thin wheel in a fastback. Maybe hindsight is a good thing. I'll keep it, as i want to stay factory original, but i dont...

ok, took me all of 5 mins to remove, here are some pics to help others, thanks to all who responded, this is the best place to come to!

ok got it, thanks. i added Imperial to search and found the product. AF is the one I keep forgetting about. I've just received the puller, fingers x'd going down to the garage to see if its a quick job !

Yes they are available here, thanks for the quick response, this is helpful. I've found this one which I'll order now and should arrive by Wednesday. https://www.amazon.co.uk/FreeTec-46-Piece-Universal-Steering-Separator/dp/B078S4XD7S

hi folks, i need to remove my steering wheel in order to access firewall footwell area and front floorpan without banging my head all the time. I need to order a puller at short notice in the UK so i can work on car this weekend, but i believe most pullers here come with metric thread bolts...

What they all said David, I've thoroughly enjoyed reading your updates and at some points I was struggling to keep up! You've definitely inspired me to keep going with my buiild although not at your frenetic pace ! well done! I'd love to go to that museum one day and check it out.

cool, will follow your progress and hopefully if you go ahead he will do a sterling job. When i get to mine, i will have done all the prep work and stripped back to bare metal and epoxy primer the body and leave as shell with everything removed, and then let painter do all finishing and final...

I cut out most of the drivers side floor pan and took measurements to determine floor height and location of key points, given there is supporting frame rail this makes it easier to sit the new pan. Tomorrow I hope to have the spot welds all out. I did try and take off steering wheel to make the...

thanks Steve, I hope so, I've been checking the weather frequently so looking forward to some warmer days....I really want to get the car to paint this summer. talking of which, if you know a good place you would recommend let me know. Maybe a little premature, let me get this finished first !

Will do thanks, i plan to have both in by end of easter weekend so will be checking over lots of threads to learn from them. the most scariest bit is going to be cutting out old floor and making sure new one aligns - welding is easy.

trial fitting it to make some markers, will clean surround metal on original floorpan and mark up some measurements. Cutting comes much later, might get some clico pins to help. Looks like a good fit, some overhanging will need to be trimmed back.

Well the the floorpans have arrived and look to be in good nick, thanks CJPP (only took a few weeks!). I am goooooing to..... (drum roll) replace the floorpans. I don't really want to, it's lot of work....but now that i have them it will provide a more certain rust free floor than patching up...

thanks Steve, that makes sense now I will remove them they should still be in a good state to come off.

hi David,  My fuel tank also had that USS stamping and i assumed it was a repro part, and have ordered a replacement. ! I'll check to see if the date stamp is visible on mine as well. Although my tank only has surface rust looking inside the tank it did look gunky so i thought I would replace...