Our new toy we picked up Sunday........

[Dave Van]

Thanks John........a number of place have a LEFT caliper......but none have a RH?!?!?!? I'd rather rebuild both than have one new. We'll get there.....Thanks

[Dave Van]

Waiting on parts so just checking and cleaning things.......Still very happy to have found her......

 

 

[stavanzer]

Looking better with every photo, Dave.

You've put in a lot of work cleaning her up.

[mk11]

Are those the new 16" wheels? They look great!  Looks like it paid a visit to bob's (or somebodies) backyard autobody...

[Dave Van]

Thanks, YES LMR 16" wheels. 

[Dave Van]

Waiting on some parts and for a weekend my son can come over to help. So I am doing things I can do......and that are free!!!!
Pulled the Recao seats out, cleaned, removed tracks, painted and oiled. Had to make the connector for the seat sliders as it was missing. 
Been told the seats are worth almost what we paid for the car. Driver seat had one hogs ring missing so I fixed that. Otherwise about perfect.
Not bad for a 1979 seat!!!
 Thanks

 

[Musclecarbuilder]

Nice find man! Hold on to that baby, they're only going up in value (Especially since its a pace car). My Uncle has the GT version (It's an '82) that's been sitting under a car port in his backyard for 20 years. If I can get him to sell it one of these days maybe we could run 'em. 😁

[Zen]

I guess for 6k miles they should still be in good shape, those look outstanding!

[iamsuperdan]

I'm not a huge Mustang guy, but I really like the early Fox bodies. The wheel upgrade makes sense, and personally I'd upgrade the brakes too.

I see that blue patch on the passenger door. Has this been repainted at all? Seems odd, considering the inside of the door is the factory silver.

I think a major clean and detail would be the first thing on my list. I do that with all of our cars before I ever start working on them.

 

 

[89AKurt]

On 5/11/2025 at 8:23 PM, Dave Van said:

Waiting on some parts and for a weekend my son can come over to help. So I am doing things I can do......and that are free!!!!
Pulled the Recao seats out, cleaned, removed tracks, painted and oiled. Had to make the connector for the seat sliders as it was missing. 
Been told the seats are worth almost what we paid for the car. Driver seat had one hogs ring missing so I fixed that. Otherwise about perfect.
Not bad for a 1979 seat!!!
 Thanks

 

After having a '91 Jetta (that the Jack Russell Terror chewed into the passenger top), and now the Fakerri with Recaro seats, I'm a fan.  The pattern is really nice!