mustang1989

Thanks Dan. I'm glad to see you hanging around again man. One o' deez days we may actually even make it back to another show together. I'm a Chevy guy as well Dick so I know what you're saying. I've always had an eye for these old Mavericks. The shifter.....man....the shifter. I thought I was going to go stark ravin' nuts putting that one together. This week has been slow and it usually seems to be that way towards the end of alot of my builds. All the planning that I've been doing for the last 4 months all comes together at the last part it seems. Sometimes I'm hesitant to move too fast as a screw up at this point would mean alot of re-work. I've been working on the firewall area, removing the already installed transmission mount and moving it to the rear a little more so that the engine and transmission will set into place properly. That meant popping the mount loose, sanding and repainting the chassis (which I had to separate the front subframe from the main part of the chassis to gain access to the areas for sanding and the repaint) and reassembly of the whole chassis again. I also worked on the rear part of the chassis so that I could get the proper rear tire alignment with the body (in other words...suck those big fat rear tires inwards a little bit towards the center of the car to keep 'em from sticking out too far from the wheel openings). I received my tachometer from Ted's Modeling Marketplace and while it is the perfect size and diameter, the tachometer decals that came with it were NOT. Really frustrating why a manufacturer (Detail Master) would put a smaller tach in a package and then throw decals for a MUCH larger tach in the same bag. Really PO'd about that but I'll make something work. Most of the efforts moving forward will center around the engine bay and all the parts fit as well as the engine detailing. I was really surprised when I actually thought about it that I'm around 80% complete with this bad boy. I've been on it since late December/ January so it's been a long road but I'm well pleased with how it's turning out so far. Thanks go out to all who continue to follow this build, give input and encourage me along the way. She's been a tough kit to work with folks.

Off the charts man! This thing is electric.

Un.....believable! That's some really good work Donn!

Looks like a great paint job from here. Great work!

Now that's not a bad idea. Dang it Keith....I'll be PM ing you pretty quick. During all of what's going on I forgot about that Barracuda.

Francis you are spankin' this thing all the way bro.

Man this thing is SICK!!!! Very good progress on this build Dan!! Looking forward to more. How in the world are you going to transport something like this to a show??

Thanks Dan!! Thanks Tim. I'm approaching all of these obstacles very carefully. I'll keep you posted. This morning I got her standing on her own. Rear tires will be going in a smidgen to give her the proper look but this is going to be the ride height. All this time I had to find a way to lock the front suspension ride height in and I finally was able to do this by drilling small holes in the front of the frame and installing locating pins. Worked like a charm: I worked a lot on the firewall this morning by modifying to work with the Mustang shock towers. I'll post progress of this on the next update. Meanwhile I also cut out the battery box/ pedestal on the R/H shock tower panel. Battery is located in the rear of the car so no battery box was needed here. Plus I needed all the room I could get with that big ass 427 in that engine bay. Before.... and after:

Lotsa good details. As Buford T. Justice says..."Now dis....is an attention getta."

Man you've gotta be KIDDING me!! Um......I'm going to hit the frickin' "follow" button up top. This is KILLER!!

Thanks you guys. Test fitted the AMT Mustang shock towers this morning. I think this is going to work fine but I still have the radiator core support and firewall to go.

You guys and these metal parts! This stuff is just out of this world. Awesome stuff Tim!!!

Ok folks.....got the shift linkage/ rods in place. Now for that tachometer......

Thanks Mike. Gonna go check your ride out..... 'Preciate that Carl. Good to have you along buddy.

Today saw the installation of the shifter. I cut the rods to length as well and will be installing those tomorrow morning. Really adds a lot to the interior....

Progress is looking good so far Glenn.

Well gang....I made some progress on this thing this weekend. Managed to get the seat drilled and slotted to make way for the seat belt harness. The harness build up wasn't too bad outside of me not paying attention to what I was doing at times and having to go back and make some corrections along the way. This is not the period correct harness I was hoping to build but the correct one is actually harder than the Liberty shifter that I just built for this car. I'm not about to go through anything like that again on this build. lol

Thanks Randy. Man that thing was a friggin' BEAR!!!!

I really miss hot rodding with cars. I've got my truck and all and it's a lot of fun but there aint nuthin' like a good ol car. Warmed over 383 replaced the stock 350, still TBI injected with 454 fuel injectors atop a 4 barrel intake nicely nestled in a modified 680 cfm throttle body, nice cam and Vortec heads, toughened up 4L60E with 2200 rpm stall converter and a set of 3.90 gears with a locker out back. With the custom chip I took it from a stock 3200 rpm to a 5200 rpm redline. Fun truck.

Now I'd definitely be happy with that!!!!

I think I've just found my replacement clear coat. Wow Steve.

For the time being I still use Model Master Semi Gloss Black Lacquer decanted from a spray can and shot through a Badger 350 air brush. This is, of course, after priming the body with Tamiya gray primer from the rattle can. After the black has cured out I decant Model Master "Wet Look" Clear and shoot that through the same airbrush. Let it cure out for around 3 days before you mess with it in regards to wet sanding and polishing and you'll be A-OK.

You sure as hell DID do it justice Mike!!! What is it with these builds that almost put themselves together right up until the end anyways. lol Great job friend.

Thanks Rick. Cropped a picture in the header and couldn't edit it back in. Guess I'll put it here:

That is a really good looking shade of blue on that car Alex. This car looks life like.