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    My first time welding and patching...

    +1 can't weld dirt, rust, or dust, but paint lights on fire pretty easily :D you're doing great, just keep at it, look at it this way, those parts are shot, junk, rusted, you can't make them any worse bad, but with some effort you can make them better, it's not like you're cutting out a hole in...
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    Front Cross Member Cleaning I think I mentioned the "handlebars" aka the front cross member in the syster post 1968 289 H2O regardless here it is all cleaned up. I am thinkin' black for the sheets and gray for the sticks that way we will have some contrast. Some guys differentiate based on...
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    The Cowl Braceseses Were Next I decide to remove the Cowl Brace, plural I guess as there are two of them one per shock tower. Anyway as someone pointed out these are not to be mistaken for an Export Brace as that is an [ahem] performance doodad and a single piece that ads stiffness to your...
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    you mean I'm supposed to downshift when I go to pass in my stickomatic and not just lean forward in the seat saying "go go go" - jk, lol
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    Removing The Transmission Well it was more like a controlled drop! All I had to do is undo the speedo cable, and apparently some throttle linkage, and two long bolts that held the cross member to the chassy and with a jack I gently lowered her down, I was too lazy to drag her out into the open...
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    Brake Master Cylinder Comes Out This corner is a bear to wire wheel and clean, very crowded in there with the wiring, master cylinder, and steering box all living in there. Well at least the cylinder comes out, note the cotter pin that holds it to the brake pedal on the inside of the cab. I...
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    Pressing on I hope to have the engine bay covered in POR15 by the end of June, so here we go, the disassembly continues with the AC / Heater Core cluster/unit call it what you will, I don't plan on putting any of it back, so I will fab a plate to cover this entire opening
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    Parts Inventory - Working On The Car Without Working On The Car a bit of a different update (ie picture free) lol after being sick last weekend (memorial day = major suck) and majorly drugged up (strep throat) I wasn't really feeling it this weekend either so I decided to go through a couple...
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    Guess What? The Engine Guy Got His Car!

    Got Sum Lug Nuts well learned there's about 17 different lug nut types and out of the 7 different mixed and matched ones I had non were right for the wheels I just bought, so off to Tognotti's World I went and scored a set of the right ones at $2.25 each - yes I have the center caps I was just...
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    Guess What? The Engine Guy Got His Car!

    Cool can you show a pic or two please?
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    that's what I mean, see you speak my language, urethane was the name I was thinking of, lol
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    Tusks Come Off After impelling myself for the umpteenth time on one of the elephant tusks sticking out from the front of the vehicle I decided it was time to remove them. First thing one may learn is that the nuts on the inside of the frame ARE FRIGGEN WELDED TO THE FRAME and do NOT turn...
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    Motor Mounts Removal somebody pay attention cause I'll be calling on you to help me put these back the right way, you start off thinking well there's just the left and right motor mount right, but then you take the passenger side one off and it falls apart in your hands cause it's like three or...
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    Wow that is very cool, and your end result is superb, worth checking out guys!
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    Guess What? The Engine Guy Got His Car!

    Got some wheels bought some 14 inch slotted wheels on Craigslist with two extra tires for $250, kinda wish they were 15 inchers at least but oh well $800 - car $ 60 - hood $250 - wheels ========= $1110 - TOTAL (so far...)
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    back at it wow, haven't touched the Stang in two weeks, seems like in for ever, had wife's side of the family visiting from Vancouver Canada so traded wrenches for silverware and ate our way through town, not complaining but noticing that you may think you can get that car done in 1 year by...
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    POR 15 questions

    Car guys can't agree on anything (tires, oil, spark plugs, etc.) why would POR15 be any different? LOL
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    POR 15 questions

    Why would you type that? Did you see my link above? The product is great if you follow their instructions. It will work just fine for what you intend to use it on, it will look like you just powder coated it. A lot of the guys who talk about how it failed, either did not buy and use all...
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    POR 15 questions

    Did you use their special engine blend or just their regular stuff on your engine?
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    POR 15 questions

    I am evaluating POR15 in my thread Full Frontal as we speak with fantastic results. I did strip the pieces to bare metal before painting it with POR15 and it stuck like powder coating.
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