What did you do to your car today?

[marks73]

You fellas remember what I said about if you can't hit it with a sledgehammer I shouldn't be touching it. WELL!!!



That was my all time favorite picklefork. But I got that pesky spindle off. Guess I'm not the only thing getting brittle with age

 

[OLE PONY]

If it is a Craftsman take it back for a new one!

 

[marks73]

Problem is, after 30+ years I couldn't even begin to tell you where I bought it. :huh:

 

[WF 73 Mach 1]

Few days late posting but here are a couple of youtube videos of it's first run!

 

[Flatback72]

Few days late posting but here are a couple of youtube videos of it's first run!

Man, you almost burnt your Mach 1 down!!!!

 

[marks73]

Sounds like you did a good job on the drivetrain. Congratulations! ::congratz::

 

[luxstang]

Few days late posting but here are a couple of youtube videos of it's first run!

Geez, that was nasty! Good thing you were able to put the fire out with the rag.

But, talking about fire leads us to grille and that was gonna be my contribution to this thread.

Yesterday, FedEx delivered a huge box with a CJPony Parts decal on it and my Mach 1 grille had finally arrived. I felt like a kid at Christmas, Don´t we all love to open boxes?

So of course I had to drop everything and get to work on the grille immediately.

Here´s the result. I think it looks waaayyyy better than with the standard grille.

 

[marks73]

Mike,

Looks great

 

[WF 73 Mach 1]

Nice look!

 

[Don65Stang]

Looks great Mike.

 

[droptop73]

WF, the car sounds real good despite the excitement.

Mike, the grille looks nice.

 

[marks73]

Removed the front sway bar, and got the DS lower arm bolt out. Disconnected the pitman arm, idler arm, proportional valve, wiper motor, and master cylinder. Not too far from lighting the wrench!!!

 

[Fordication]

I put on the chrome corral around the mustang, installed a new power steering hose on the factory original pump and refilled the radiator, engine and power steering pump with new fluids . I ran it for about a 1/2 hour and adjusted the carb and timing until it ran like a new car. That stainless exhaust just sings.

 

[72 R Code]

Drove it out to the country and took some pictures.

 

[sm3570]

Ground the rust off the floorpans, no new issues discovered. In fact I think I can have the holes MIG welded instead of patching the floorpan, because the metal looks good and is really strong.

 

[Mister 4x4]

Got my engine back from the machine shop on Friday... well, sort of. I'm going with the CompCams roller cam set-up, and the kit came with a lifter keeper that mounts in the lifter valley. They forgot to drill and tap the holes to mount up the lifter keeper. So, they still have the block and I should get it back on Monday, but the Auto Hobby Shop doesn't open 'til Wednesday anyway - so I'll pick it up then.

I'm planning on taking next Friday off and just shotgun the floors so that part is done once and for all. I've got everything I need (the weld-thru primer, tech fasteners, both brush-on & regular seam sealer, and still plenty of Rust Bullet), so I should be able to git 'r done with a good effort.

There's a General walking through sometime during the week, and the shop is pretty immaculately spit-shined. I mean - damn... for a garage, you could literally eat off the floor (I dropped my breakfast burrito yesterday and didn't think anything about employing the 5-second rule - that's how clean it is). Anyway - I'm hoping the 'freak-out factor' by the Flight Chief will relax a bit after the General's gone.

 

[marks73]

Pulled everything out from the steering so except for the steering box and vacuum booster the front end is cleaned out.

 

[sm3570]

Bought a bunch of interior parts...going to rust bullet the floorpans and interior roof this coming weekend so I can start putting in the interior (after plugging the pinholes, of course). Really starting to feel the progress now!

 

[homelessmexican]

i did nothing to it...its still at trany shop there adjusting the tv cable for the aod but last week i did put exhaust on it and it sounds like a bad mofo!!

 

[Fordication]

Completed the sound deadening on the back seat and the passenger side floor of the car today. Reinstalled the factory sound deadner jute tar pieces on the passenger side. My plans are to have the headliner and carpet back in the car this week.