What did you do to your car today?

[midlife]

Harvested some bugs today with the radiator.  Drove the car about 120 miles over a 4,310’ pass.  Was fun but LOUD with no interior or glass

Without a windshield, I imagine you got a few bugs caught in between your teeth!

 

[Bentworker]

I did have a windshield, just no side or back glass.  I should have taken some picture of the adventure.

 

[skerwath]

I pulled up my back seat and found my original build sheets.

 

[skerwath]

Didn't look too bad in there.

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[Stillakid54]

A beautiful fall day on the prairies. Took time to stretch the legs of the convertible. The leaves will be gone before we know it.

 

[bdennis]

Been busy..

Installed a new idiot light to tacho / idiot light conversion from RCC Innovations. Works perfectly.



Then installed a new front spoiler.





Very happy with the new look.

 

[droptop73]

I drove it to work... 

 

[TheDude]

I drove it to work... 

Me too! I can write everything off now, right?

 

[tony-muscle]

I did some Autocross today. Today was the last race of this year. This is my second year and it was a huge improvement. When I started last year I was at the bottom 5% of the group. The group is of about 100 cars. I started this year at the bottom 25% after the new suspension. Today I was in the top 33%. This is the second race in a row that I beat all the other Mustangs. There are about 5-6 Mustangs from 2000+ and I am running better than them. The Maier suspension with the Michelin PS4 tires are amazing! It is very cool to have a car that can handle all those Gs.

 

[Spike Morelli]

Me too! I can write everything off now, right?

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LSD rear end!!!!!!!!!! I know I tend to admire womens rear ends after a few beers, but a psychodelic butt....Groovy

 

[Idaho Chris]

I decided to repaint my front bumper to get rid of 45 years of stone chips and blemishes, and a really bad paint chip repair I did back in '79 or '80 with a mismatched bottle of touch up paint and a brush.



I removed the bumper and cleaned things up.



I took down to a local body shop where they let me do the repairs myself.  I shot the primer today and hope to lay down color tomorrow.  This is my first time painting using something other than a rattle can.  I figure if I can get the bumper right I can go on to bigger things.



I hoping to get enough confidence to do the hood Mach 1 blackout paint myself.

 

[c9zx]

Painting is very rewarding when things go well. When the paint demons appear, not so much. You just go at it again. What color is your car? Chuck

 

[Idaho Chris]

Painting is very rewarding when things go well. When the paint demons appear, not so much. You just go at it again. What color is your car? Chuck

Medium Blue Metallic, paint code 3D

 

[Idaho Chris]

So today I finished up the paint on my front bumper.  Here it is in the paint booth after sanding down the primer, final wipe with wax remover and tack cloth.  I also vacuumed the paint booth and sprayed down some dust treatment on the floor.



A sealer coat was applied next.  It helped to gain a little confidence with the paint gun before applying actual paint.



One more tack and it was time to lay down paint.  Four coats:



And then finally four coats of high durability clear:



The finished product looks pretty good for my first attempt with a paint gun.  It will be baked overnight.  

Frankly the whole process was not as difficult as I had imagined.  Using a paint gun was much easier than a rattle can!  Paint work has always been black magic to me.  It was actually pretty fun to give it a go.

I'm a little worried the bumper is going to look too nice up against the 45 year old paint on the rest of the car...ha!

I have decided I am going to tackle painting the Mach 1 hood blackout myself next week.  I need to get a buddy over to help me lift off the hood this weekend as I am going to paint it off the car.  

 

[timachone]

That looks really nice! Congrats to your first attempt  :thumb:

 

[Fabrice]

I dislike that huge bumper, but lets be honest, after such nice massage, it looks gorgeous! Well done!

 

[Idaho Chris]

Back together.



Oh yeah!

 

[Bentworker]

Did a little tuning on my FMX- and took it out for a drive.  All the tinkering is paying off.  
 

 

[1sostatic]

Back together.

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Oh yeah!

What a stunning colour  :thumb:

My fav combination is this with pewter decals

 

[Vicus]

Back together.

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Oh yeah!

Looks like my first Mustang. Same color. Was a 73 too, but with the flat hood due to its F code engine.