What Ive been up to.......(warning, 50 pictures)

[1990Coupe]

Bad ass project!!!!!!

 

[MahFiVeOh]

Looks like quite the project. Should be real nice after its all complete.

 

[Aaron]

Damn - talk about taking care of every little detail. This thing is gonna be sweet!!!

 

[Dean85GT]

Painteddddddddddddddddddddd

 

[GTOreturns]

I'm not a big fan of 4-eye's, but that is set up really nice!

 

[8urchevy]

very nice bro keep up the good work, keep it coming

 

[magnj]

Great project, very jealous.

 

[seabiscut1086]

that was a nice looking 4 eyes before i can imagine how sick its gonna look when you finish it

 

[Dean85GT]

Alright well believe it or not Ive been working on this car about 4 times a week since I got it back. Making tons of progress but alot of it is not picture worthly whatsoever.

Anyways I got the rear suspension basically all in. I just have to put in my rear drag shocks and continue my hunt for a set of rear drag springs.

Heres a shot of the progress on the engine bay. Just in the process of smoothing and Im going to be welding up all of the holes shortly. Also I managed to beat the **** out of the strut tower to get the big booster to fit lol.

Obviously that hasnt even been sanded yet.

 

[MAC'n89Blckstng]

I'm going through the same kinda project, except I'm doing a body swap. So many parts here and there to account for! The project looks awesome man. Cant wait to see it done!!!!

 

[GT_Rich]

Don't put any more mud into the bay until you get all the holes you want welded up. I suspect the heat from welding will pop a lot of that mud loose. Also, don't forget to grind the back sides smooth prior to mudding. I had some mud pop just by grinding on the opposite side. It's a piss off. BTW - looks awesome!

 

[1990Coupe]

Can you do me a favor? Take good pics of how you end up running your rear brake lines. My rear calibers came from a 01 stang not SN95 and i think the softlines are much different in my case.

 

[PUNISHER RACING]

nice ride I cant wait!

 

[fiveohlxhatch]

Can you do me a favor? Take good pics of how you end up running your rear brake lines. My rear calibers came from a 01 stang not SN95 and i think the softlines are much different in my case.

+1 I'm going to be doing the same rear brakes on my brother's '83 which is currently 5-lug drum. Not sure what the best way to do it is yet.

Absolutely incredible resto and upgrade to what looked like an incredibly clean car to begin with. Looking forward to seeing your finished product.

 

[MAC'n89Blckstng]

Did you box your stock upper control arms? Looks that way to me. I did the same thing to mine.

 

[Dean85GT]

Don't put any more mud into the bay until you get all the holes you want welded up. I suspect the heat from welding will pop a lot of that mud loose. Also, don't forget to grind the back sides smooth prior to mudding. I had some mud pop just by grinding on the opposite side. It's a piss off. BTW - looks awesome!

Strut towers are already welded. I originally wasnt going to fill all the holes but I changed my mind after I got that far...So now its welding time.


Yes my upper control arms are boxed lol I figured why the hell not. If you look closely too the upper mounts are all stitch welded.

As far as the brake lines fo in the back. I have the calipers and stainless lines off an 03 cobra so I will be using those. Im gonna somehow get this to work lol.

 

[fiveohlxhatch]

Looks good. Just noticed you're in Ontario, if I was closer i'd ask for a ride when it's done!

 

[Dean85GT]

Test fitting the wheels and tires (275/40/17). Super close fit but I think they are gonna clear everywhere just fine. No springs in yet but they are on the way.

I am picking up a ton of parts tomorrow and Im unemployed as of next week (uhoh) so I will be getting alot done.

 

[Dean85GT]

The tank is a new tank coated with POR and then over top I have put a special high density foam to protect it from when it rubs the chassis. This foam wont hold moisture and was only 60 cents a square foot! The filler neck grommet is a new piece from 50resto and is pretty good and I grabbed a bunch of new fuel line as well. The tank cover is from glens performance and its pretty nice, it had a couple scuffs on it in the box though. I still have to clean it up. I also grabbed the tank straps from glens performance, they are the aluminum ones and are pretty good quality.

I JUST won my ebay auction for a set of rear eibach drag launch springs so as soon as those show up my rear suspension will be entirely complete! Now that my fuel system is done too I only have the front suspension, brakes (which I already have) and engine to finish up.

I degreased and painted the tranny today and it took me the better part of 4 hours. I decided to throw it in now instead of with the motor. I dont have the space or height required to put the motor in with the tranny because of the crazy angle required to get it to fit. Also, last time I did it that way I gouged my firewall pretty bad so I would like to avoid that.

I was going to polish my driveshaft as well but I had no polish left, which is probably a good thing because I have to draw the line somewhere.


Heres my manual rack that I sanded and primed. I had to remove the bushings as well, I am going to order a set of outer tie rods for it soon. Im making life hard for myself though because Im running 245/45/17 Nitto 555s in the front so slow speed steering is going to suck.

 

[gruvee87vertgt]

killer! please detail us in on the type of paint you used in the undercarriage? how many coats?