My ‘89 GT build

General karthief said:

You can do this with the bumper mounted to the car?

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Some times it’s easier to repair a bumper on the vehicle. That way you know the shape is right. Now that it’s repaired, I did remove it. I want to fix the back side like the front. I know it’s overkill, but I’ll sleep better. Haha.

Thanks Jim. In the first picture of the bumper, you can see how I shaved the bumper down with a dremel on both sides. When you grind it down, it’s as clean as it ever will be.
I can’t remember what clutch and pressure plate I went with, but it was rated for just one under 500hp. Stock flywheel resurfaced because I didn’t see any reason to change it.

Made the coil mount the other day and mounted it today. I’m happy with the location.
Wired up the alternator. Ran new 2 AWG wire to it. Hid pretty well. Put in a 150amp fuse on the frame rail. It’s out of sight, out of mind.
Can’t do too much since I had surgery yesterday, but this stuff didn’t really rely much physical activity.

I’ve been tinkering with the car even though I’m not supposed to until the doc gives the the ok on Wednesday. Got the electric fans wired up. I wanted a plug in option for them, so I ended up using a 4 wire trailer wiring kit that was only about $6. I’ve already wired up the relay to control it, except the ignition power source(still need to find one). Wired up the remote battery, removed and cleaned the rear bumper reinforcement bar and replaced, installed headlight brackets, and some other stuff. The thing I’m pretty happy about is I’ve finally came up with a solution for the coolant overflow tank. I wanted to retain the level sensor. The only custom option I found was the canton and I just didn’t want to go that route. So what I did was cut up the stock unit. Basically I cut out the bottom bend and made it straight. I also took about 2 inches off the bottom so it will clear the hood. Tomorrow I’ll weld it all back together and clean it up. I may paint it satin black and leave a section clear to see the level.

I haven’t been able to get much done this week. Been feeling dizzy from the surgery, but did manage a few things. Picked up a 5 lug disc rear axle. Removed the drums and shafts off the car and started to break down the other one. While I have it all apart I’ll replace the pinion seal, trac loc clutches, axle bearing and seals. I planned to paint the body today, but didn’t have the right reducer for my epoxy primer.

First two coats of clear.