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You are doing a great job! Good progress.
It's looking good! I can't quite tell from the photo, but I hope you have not permanently riveted the back panel of the cockpit or the floor of the trunk into place. As you install the rear end, the wiring, the brake lines, etc, you are really going to want to have access from all angles to this area. I hope that I am just being overly paranoid!! Keep up the good work.
Jazzman
MKIV #8745 "Flip Top" Roadster, Custom Tilt front, Coyote Engine, Tremec TKO600, Custom Interior. Best of Show winner, Huntington Beach Cruise In 2018.
1967 Ford Mustang Coupe build thread updated 1/22/2021
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UPDATE:
preparing the car for the lizard skin i was little sad to have to sand down my "3 days" of primer-painting, but oh well, at
least didn't have to sand down my freshly done powder coated interior like Mr. E. :P
supose to receive the material this next Monday, lets hope for the bestpreparing.jpg
Hey Jazzman,Originally Posted by Jazzman
thank you for your tip!
actually i DID the back panel of the cockpit about a week ago and yesterday i had to remove the rivets to be able to install the upper part for the trunk (battery area), regarding the trunk floor, as today is already in place and ready to receive the lizard treatment, BUT, the brake lines, as well as the electrical ones are already in place, i am still waiting for the correct rear axle to arrive but all in all is ready for a smooth installation, so, wish me luck and hopefully will not finish saying really bad words to my self, jejejeje
Thank you Sr.!
Wife and I trying our best, jejeje
Well, thank you very much Steve,
we do hope "the baby" will find its chambers comfortable, jejejejeje
and yes, the black panels makes a nice touch not even to mention will help the metal to stay in good condition longer.
have a great day and thank you for the comment
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Today (Monday 11th July) we are hopping to get the Lizard Skin, so car is prepared and ready to be done, floor is covered (I messed up the flooring when painting the panels black, and that is not a good thing specially with the wife) and my mini fridge have a "full" 6 pack for post-celebration... everything is ready!!!
Looking good. You're going to want to put down some more covering than that before you start spraying, including on the walls. Otherwise, you're going to find little black specks on everything. And you'll be amazed how far they travel! Ask me how I know.
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jajajajaja you bet.
yes, yes, but, i have a secret weapon: The wife!, armed with cardboards (already at hand)
to do a "wall" as i spray.
will post pictures after the job completion.
Its 6:20pm 11th of July
we just finished the first coat for sound control
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right after we finish to apply the lizard "heat shield coat" still drying
tomorrow will start with the dashboard
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FINALLY!!
yesterday we got the right rear axle (4" wider than the original one)
and got it installed, this weekend is going to be very interested, we hope to have the gas tank, rear brakes and dashboard done
also, tomorrow we have a show car that we will attend with the 350R.
Looking forward for the end of the day
Hey Steve;
Please don't think we are uncourteous, haven't seeing your post until today
thank you very much for the good comments, have a great day!
Mike y Cindy
Today i got a picture from Blue Print saying this is my engine/transmision and will be shipped middle of next week!
guess we have lots to take care now before the engine arrives
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Hey Guys!!
Finally i am doing an update into our thread...
lets see.....
got issues again with ff, requested the headers though them and got the long ones instead of the shorties, funny fact a day or two before they told me to get the "shorties" in the first place, now i have to pay 15% re-stock fee for their error, anyhow, now 'bout the car,
for electrical harness will say its about 95-99% done from the top of my mind only the radiator to get connected BUT, we ordered the upgraded "full enclosure" from breeze, think is money well spend, because in that particular area (talking about the full kit) you can tell FFR was very very cheap
for their installation hardware (just 4 metal supports) not even a proper panel box.
the installation for the fuel pump (fuel injection) took some brains to find what i think is the right location, remember, the pump needs to sit lower than the gas tank.. will upload a picture in the future, but suffice to say i got it installed on the main frame for the chassis, the fuel lines, after long consideration decided to build them my self using hard lines (supposedly more efficient) using 3/8 pipe, i just think the ones you can find on line are very expensive, and again the FFR provided ones are incomplete (for fuel injection)
TIP: the approach i did for the electrical systems was instead of seeing them as a whole i resolve them as "individuals" meaning just focus in one or two thing at the time, and will be surprised to see how much you advanced at the end, it happened to me, when i got into the electrical part, i stopped for 3 weeks too scared to even tried, now i am about a week before the first "crank" test... if my car doesn't burn to the ground then my theory is proved
i think i didn't get the hazard switch so just ordered one trough amazon.
things to dobefore first test:
gas lines
oxygen sensor-headers
radiator
hazard signals
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Mike-
Some great progress! Engine looks good in its new home.
I agree that the electrical can be intimidating. I am not done with mine yet, and there's been all kinds of head scratching!
I look forward to hearing your first start. Keep up the good work!
Regards,
Steve
Steve-
Thanks for the cheering words; yes, the electrical IS intimidating, but also have some sort of a halo from where you finished something and you see lights and stuff happening it feels really nice, if you know what I'm saying.
Good luck to you also and if you need any piece of advice that I can help you with feel free to ask me. I think I'm almost done just waiting to install the oxygen sensor and that's about it.
we got the car up and running last weekend, including alignment and brakes tuneup, at this point trying to register it.. but runs great (already cruise couple hours last Sunday) and can't be more happy!!!!
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Congratulations. Great thread.
I'm guessing there are a lot of guys looking in the mirror and practicing the pitch, "hey Honey, I was thinking that for our anniversary this year, we should try to spend some quality time together. Maybe, ahh, I don't know, build a Cobra......"
What are you doing for your next anniversary?
-Steve
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