My mach one progress

[rentascout]

Okay I will start from the day it was bought and hopefully get to where I am now.

I will ask a few questions to get an idea of how others are doing, and if you see anything I missed please step in.

The first group shows the car with a trailer hitch. The first owner used the car for the last three years he had it to pull his golf cart to the course, which was only a mile or so down the road.

You can also see the vinyl top, other than that it had the normal rust.

The motor was never touched and even had the Okay stamp on the valve, which I thought was cool. It also still had and still most are still there, the factory stickers


I knew the rust needed to go, so I started on the rear fenders, and before Q stops me in my tracks I did not use bondo. I prefer evercoat liteweight, makes sanding much eaiser. The first thing to go was the mud flaps and hitch, then the top

 

[Tnfastbk]

::goodjob::

 

[rentascout]

Well I soon noticed that I needed to get that old paint off so I could get down the the brass tax.

I also knew that motor needed to be born again. My father is awesome with motors, but he is still old school, he said it isnt broken leave it alone. Well since the car stayed at his house, I waited till he went to the shop and I ripped that motor and tranny out. Slapped it on a trailer and got it to the sand blaster.

The problem is that when I got it back I found that the guy who did it hit the trunk with his forklift and dented it. WTF, oh well nothing I could have done about it. Trust me I showed back up there and it was not pretty. I also noticed the spot on the floor board that I just got done replacing.

Now that I got that car back it was time to air it out, and get that motor ready.........

 

[Nance]

It's looking good.

 

[hyena429]

Alot of work! And great photo's...You decide what color you are going with on her?

 

[rentascout]

Yeah right now I am still thinking factory with the spoiler and hood flat. I'll get more photos on here tonight

 

[mach71351c]

Nice job.Thanks for posting some pics.

 

[rentascout]

Well guys I know I said something on the other post but I got a lot more parts in today and hopefully with the heater core bax back in and with some final help with what hoses go where ( heater core post) Ill be ready to fire it up in a couple days. Ill get more photos on here tonight and I am ready for what anyone throws at me. Ideas, recomendations, or even helpful tips, Like Q dide, with the rust bullet, even though I already did the por 15. I think por 15 is okay and I did follow the instructions to the T, but Ill be quite upset if this does not stop the rust that was present and or keep new rust from coming. I guess only time will show.

 

[rentascout]

Alright so I got it back noticed where the guy hit my trunk, but knew it was time to find the rest of the rust, and boddy errors and get them fixed. Also I needed to get this engine running.

I punched the motor and put a mild cam,lol...

pistons and spiced up the heads.

Also got into that fmx and played around alittle, nothing much


I cannot get pics to upload

 

[rentascout]

Okay I got the window weatherstripping in there today and put the rear quarter windows back and let me tell you what, it sucked. I took my time no rush but it consumed the whole day. I got the driver side window in and snug, only to find out the outside felt was not on there, what a jack. Anyways I am going to upload some pics of the motor

 

[OLE PONY]

Looking good. Keep the progress reports coming. I vote for the original color!

 

[Don65Stang]

Yup, looking good. What cam did you go with?

Try using the tinypic method of uploading the pics...works great every time for me.

 

[rentascout]

Well I had a good conversation with my old man on what he thought, and I found out really quickly it was getting me nowhere.

Now he has always had some of the sweetest hotrod/ classic cars but he has never cared about racing, so I knew what he wanted me to go with. I wanted a hard lug on idle and he said mild at best. Well I believe I went with a over 3/4, but it has been four years, two deployments and I wont find out tell this weekend when I fire her up. Ill let you guys know.

Well I had a good conversation with my old man on what he thought, and I found out really quickly it was getting me nowhere.

Now he has always had some of the sweetest hotrod/ classic cars but he has never cared about racing, so I knew what he wanted me to go with. I wanted a hard lug on idle and he said mild at best. Well I believe I went with a over 3/4, but it has been four years, two deployments and I wont find out tell this weekend when I fire her up. Ill let you guys know.

yeqah I tried tinypic and I uploaded it but can not get it to show up

 

[turtle5353]

Well I had a good conversation with my old man on what he thought, and I found out really quickly it was getting me nowhere.

Now he has always had some of the sweetest hotrod/ classic cars but he has never cared about racing, so I knew what he wanted me to go with. I wanted a hard lug on idle and he said mild at best. Well I believe I went with a over 3/4, but it has been four years, two deployments and I wont find out tell this weekend when I fire her up. Ill let you guys know.

Well I had a good conversation with my old man on what he thought, and I found out really quickly it was getting me nowhere.

Now he has always had some of the sweetest hotrod/ classic cars but he has never cared about racing, so I knew what he wanted me to go with. I wanted a hard lug on idle and he said mild at best. Well I believe I went with a over 3/4, but it has been four years, two deployments and I wont find out tell this weekend when I fire her up. Ill let you guys know.

yeqah I tried tinypic and I uploaded it but can not get it to show up

if it uploaded you have to copy the address in the box and paste it in the post

 

[rentascout]

I am trying to get the pics to work again

Today was a awesome day for the car. I got all the sound proof and heat pad in, finished cutting the carpet to fit, and I got everything back in and working, minus the driverside seat. I cannot believe how nasty that driver seat is, but I think I am going to have to look hard for the right pair of new seats. I ordered some awhile ago and it was not even close to what I told them and when I got the correct one the pattern was not the same. That one seat was 125 where you can get the complete buckets for 225 and the whole kit for about 300-345. Maybe some one on here has had luck with them and could point me in the right direction.

 

[rentascout]

Okay so motor and trans set. now this car never get started since the motor was put in 2010. I went to play in the sand yet again and finally got to drive (I mean my truck pulling her) and park it in my garage.

It took little time to start ordering any and everything I needed. Exhaust, weatherstripping, patch panels, you name it. I added it up and of course my wife stood over my shoulder and it came close to 1700 in a week.

Now I know that is not a whole lot but I needed things and I wanted them so I could finally fire her up. Well a quick note about today. I am not smart enough to install my exhaust, I have to cut pieces down and in doing so I cut 5 inches off one side and it still was not enough, and now I am scared I might have jacked it up. Oh well, My power steering pump started leaking, and I am not getting fuel to my carb, Thats right not fire no noise and cannot enjoy that ease steering.

I did however get my new carpet and interior put back together so it wasnt all that bad, I GUESS.....

 

[rentascout]

Okay I figured it out the fuel pump even though it was new was broken so I got it replaced and fired up, she just smelled like a sailor after a night on the town, now the fun stuff starts

 

[71_badmach]

Congrats!! You deserve a prize for a "new broken fuel pump"... amazing

 

[mach71351c]

Congrats on your progress.