Progress Thread Hoopty v2.0 - It All Snowballed

2Blue2 said:

Just in time for Xmas

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LOL. This is all from my woodworking side hustle. I sold a bunch of wood, plus I have a large batch of Texas flag cutting boards coming up that will be for sale as well. That should pay for the tune and the trans rebuild.

Shameless plug:

Is there a really simple explanation why this wont fit a '93?

Edit* Yes, there is. I will order the 93 cobra kit, after doing some reading on the site.

I just flushed another $600 to LMR - All the stuff to finish my interior, plus parking brake cables and anti-moan brackets.

Merry Christmas, everyone!

I’m kinda down with some yet-to-be-identified crud, but got bored and went outside to work on the car since I got a stack of boxes. But first! Two of my favorite things I wanted to share :

1)the dork-o-motive podcast is back and you should give it a try. Brian Lohnes is the announcer for the NHRA and is a historical auto-geek and it’s a great dive into historical automotive and other motorsports events.




Second - I got a Light bar headlamp and I absolutely love it. It was like working in noontime daylight this evening.



I was using both of them this evening and figured y’all might enjoy them as well.

Anyway, a while back I manual swapped the car and never finished the interior. I’ve been driving around with a rag over the hole in the hump. Plus the bezel was covered in felt for some reason.


So, I ordered the stupid $130 manual trans hump from LMR, along with a new boot, bezel, and cup holder console. Looks like a new car! The color matched as close to perfect as I could have hoped for.





I also have a double din radio install kit but all the head units seem to be back ordered. I’ll have to wait on that.

Finally, my parts pile on the workbench is reaching critical mass, I’ll need to do something about it soon.

Walmart for the win! Still have to wire it but it fits OK.

Radio no worky. I’m not getting power to the far right wire in my hand, from what I can tell should be +12v at all times. This is a ‘93. Fuse is good, any other ideas? @Mustang5L5

I can't tell you how many times over the years that I've referenced this website.

I should have a direct lead from the #8 spot on the fuse box. Off to go chase wires.

#8 15a fuse…

After texting the PO, the car should have all new aftermarket speakers in it. At some point I may add an amp and do a decent system, but for now this is more than fine.

I started working on the emergency brake swap. I tried for a good 10 minutes to get the factory brake cables out by depressing the tabs and pulling it through before getting the saw out and cutting them off. Not an easy task.

Didn’t get much further than that however, I think I’m missing a bracket for the cables to mount in?