1968 DOHC 4.6 Coupe Project

rusty428cj

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If I had a choice I would rather have brackets welded on the rear end since we welded all the crosmembers in. They designed the kit to be bolted in.

 

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bnickel

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rusty428cj said:

If I had a choice I would rather have brackets welded on the rear end since we welded all the crosmembers in. They designed the kit to be bolted in.

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do you plan on welding the brackets in at a later date or just leave it like it is?

i still can't wait to see this car hit the road, i love those flares!!!!!

are you going to paint it yellow and black?

 

rusty428cj

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bnickel said:

do you plan on welding the brackets in at a later date or just leave it like it is?

Not sure yet

i still can't wait to see this car hit the road, i love those flares!!!!!

Thanks, I like the way they turned out

are you going to paint it yellow and black?

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If you buy it otherwise probably red and blacK

 

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rusty428cj said:

If you buy it otherwise probably red and blacK

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ummm yeah, i'll get right on that. the wife says i have two too many cars already

 

rusty428cj

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I changed my mind on the taillights. I was going to put a deluxe ribbed taillight panel in and I had cut out the original taillights. Now I have decided to french them in instead. I had put a reproduction taillight panel in our Eleanor project and cut out the original taillight mounting area.





The reproduction taillight mounting area was about 1/4" to big so Brian cut it down and welded studs on it.





Brian welded it back in and now has to grind the welds.

 

wicked93gs

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nice work, keep the pics coming

p.s. I love XR4TIs...used to have 2, back when I was young and stupid and didnt know how to work on cars

 

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Wow looks good. What a cool project and great pictures, keep them coming. BTW is that a xr4ti in the background? That is kind of interesting.

 

rusty428cj

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I started the Merkur project with my brother and we have way to much money in it and it is on hold. The cam cover on the Cosworth is now red.

 

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Looks like a neat project. Thanks for the pictures. It keeps getting better a 69 Fastback drag car. Cool selection of stuff!

 

rusty428cj

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I started racing the Mustang in 1971. It is red on one side and blue on the other.





And this is 2008 after I restored it close to the way it was raced. I like red better so I painted red on the drivers side

 

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Couple of pictures outside. SPI bedliner on the fender aprons

 

wicked93gs

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awesome, nice to see it coming along(mine is stalled for about a month or so) what width is that wheel? 8"? maybe its just the tire that makes it look so beefy, I might do bedliner outside of the engine bay, but have heard nightmare stories of it in the engine bay with high heat(which I plan on, turbos put out quite a bit more heat than NA engines and twin turbos are now in my main plans)

p.s. did you weld on the 1/4 panel extensions?

 

rusty428cj

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They are 8" rims and 245 tires.
I would spray the engine compartment with SPI black epoxy and it should hold up to the heat.
The fiberglass quarter panel extensions are bolted and bonded on.

 

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We started lining up the sheet metal. We are having a problem with the bottom of the drivers door sticking out at the bottom. I think we will have to cut it and weld it back up.







We still have to fit the front valance and spoiler

 

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bnickel

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looking mean Rusty!!!!!!

 

tx65coupe

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This looks like a great project. I will definitely follow this.

 

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I really like how the flares look. I'm going to have to find an old fender and practise your flaring method. I'm pretty sure if I try that on a car I will warp the fenders beyond use.

I've hardly touched my 67/4.6DOHC project all year. I'm honestly about ready to switch to a 347 just so I can speed it along. I just don't have time to do all of the work these Terminator conversions require!

 

wicked93gs

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looking good...keep the updates coming, I'm possibly storing my 4.6L mustang away for a while...although work will continue as always...but slower most likely(since I'm too lazy to drive out to storage all the time to work on it)

 

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That is looking really nice.

 

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rusty428cj said:

I started the Merkur project with my brother and we have way to much money in it and it is on hold. The cam cover on the Cosworth is now red.

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Love the Merkur project I had one back about 8 years a go a road car with a Rapido front mount, 2.3 with a cam, Sierra grill, and a few other mods, it was a great car.