Dad's stang...

WA-Wheeler said:

Im a cope man myself, but this car looks great, sure your dad will be very happy

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I used to be but I can't tell a difference except 1/2 the price a tin

nick c said:

Mike it all look great except those pedal assemblies, you have to throw some paint on there. :awesomework:

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Ya I noticed that too nick--I will have to fix that...

hwcurtice said:

Nice to see the entire family get in on this, daughter, cat....

WebCam can be fun to watch. Almost like watching Seinfield..... :haha:

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:redneck:

So putting right along. I got the heater hoses done except hooking them up to the heater core and sealing them to the body. Waiting for the defroster duct assembly to show up--will need the extra room to install it and the heater hoses will be in the way once they are hooked to the heater core.

Next I dug into the dash pad and getting it cleaned up to install.



One of the 4 studs that holds the pad to the metal portion of the dash. For the record they are 10 24.




I cleaned it with a toothbrush and some special cleaner we use at work. I was pretty happy with how nice it looks regarding how old it is.

I went ahead and tore down the cluster and inspected what I could. Ya you can certainly tell its old but you can now see the guages with the lense clean,lol




So I installed the dash pad and this time with all 4 studs and all 8 screws and it fits MUCH better now than it did before. I also installed the wiper switch and new headlamp switch along with the ignition switch and cig lighter. All the bezel pieces were worked over with mothers polish--they really look nice.



I also gave this some polish love and I was impressed with how well it turned out--looks gooood.



So I threw the cluster back in along with the steering tube/steering wheel. I am getting closer and it looks sharp now. Dad is going to love this..

looking good . i hope when i restore my 61 impala bubble top i can do this good ..lol .

kaptain kraker said:

looking good . i hope when i restore my 61 impala bubble top i can do this good ..lol .

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Thanks man. It just takes time and patience and hard work...

Maybe I will get out of this 4x4 stuff and get into this type of work :redneck:

Maybe when you get this done for your Dad:awesomework:, you will work on that moss green Yota of yours.:redneck:

Paint the pedals! :whip:

Mike- looking good... One thing I thought of when you mentioned the wiper switch install was...Does this have intermittent wipers? One thing I miss when driving my old Ford is the intermittent wipers. I know it's an easy upgrade on my 69 F250 and it may be the same for the mustangs if it doesn't have it...You never know how much you use it until you don't have it...

wayne_fj40 said:

Maybe when you get this done for your Dad:awesomework:, you will work on that moss green Yota of yours.:redneck:

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Fawk that toyota turd :redneck:

Totalled said:

Paint the pedals! :whip:

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ya ya ya

jeepermc said:

Mike- looking good... One thing I thought of when you mentioned the wiper switch install was...Does this have intermittent wipers? One thing I miss when driving my old Ford is the intermittent wipers. I know it's an easy upgrade on my 69 F250 and it may be the same for the mustangs if it doesn't have it...You never know how much you use it until you don't have it...

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It doesn't. I have read a few articles and its not to hard. Will be one of those upgrades after its done/down the road :awesomework:

So earlier in the thread I had mentioned I had no idea the switch in the glove box was for the 4 way flashers(was just resting in it). Well after that bit of reasearch I "thought" the switch was mounted to the metal portion of the glove box lip. Well I was digging thru a few boxes of misc stuff my dad had gotten when he bought the car and I found this.



From my understanding and reading 66' was the one year where the switch is hardwired to the harness and replacements were a blade style switch. Well I found this bezel with a blade style switch on it so there is a spare. The other thing I finally figured out is the fact the switch bezel actually mounts to the carboard glovebox insert--odd. In any case when I get the replacement insert I can install it correctly now.

So the last couple nights have been slow going--mainly because I am taking my time to make sure its as good as I can make it--plus this small stuff just takes time.

So This was harder than I thought--trying to replace the E-brake handle. The handle it held on by a pin. Well after some work I found if I pushed the pin all the way in--and then drilled a small portion of the end off I could remove the handle. Once it was off there was a shole in the ebrake rod that let me force the pin back out. In any case thats DONE!



This also took some time mainly to make sure and not scratch the newly painted dash. I also dissassembled the whole thing and polished it up. There was a spare on in the box of stuff so I swapped parts as need be and made a VERY nice assembly out of it. I also hooked both heat and temp cables up. Once we get the new defrost parts I can hook that up. But it turned out pretty nice.

So tonight was also slow going. I spend a bunch of time painting the last dash parts. Don has been getting big parts put on. Look a hood..



Don had put the trunk lid on and we found the one my dad had is bent funny. So we went back to the origonal one and Don has to finsih stripping it--and that will go on.

I made brackets and got the new fuse block secured and loaded with fuses--so that is DONE!!!




So I have been trying to get the car ready to take it to the body guy on monday. Unfortunately the oriognal plan I would not be able to drive it out. Well as it ends up he is leaving tues for a week and the car would sit. So We are going to wait till he gets back which will give me more time to finish up more of these small items..

crash said:

So earlier in the thread I had mentioned I had no idea the switch in the glove box was for the 4 way flashers(was just resting in it). Well after that bit of reasearch I "thought" the switch was mounted to the metal portion of the glove box lip. Well I was digging thru a few boxes of misc stuff my dad had gotten when he bought the car and I found this.

From my understanding and reading 66' was the one year where the switch is hardwired to the harness and replacements were a blade style switch. Well I found this bezel with a blade style switch on it so there is a spare. The other thing I finally figured out is the fact the switch bezel actually mounts to the carboard glovebox insert--odd. In any case when I get the replacement insert I can install it correctly now.

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Yes, it's like that in my 67 F100. It uses screws/nuts and has a little thin metal bar on the top side to back the cardboard liner.

Totalled said:

Yes, it's like that in my 67 F100. It uses screws/nuts and has a little thin metal bar on the top side to back the cardboard liner.

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haha.. ya beat me to it... I was going to post the same tidbit of info...

all too many times I remember having to use that switch as I was growing up when the (many) old fords decided to make up 'test' its usability..

Zoediak said:

haha.. ya beat me to it... I was going to post the same tidbit of info...

all too many times I remember having to use that switch as I was growing up when the (many) old fords decided to make up 'test' its usability..

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lol....times 3....When I got my 69 F250 it had that style of switch in the glovebox but the switch was no good... I grabbed the later style 70+ push/pull switch that goes in the dash and matches the knobs out of a parts truck and swapped it in.The harness was the same and now the knob in the glovebox is pretty....but the best of all is that the flashers actually work..lol...

the one in my mustang 66 still works.

Ok the last few days have been unproductive due to other things I have been doing. But I did end up spending a day cleaning the shop and going thru everything thats been removed from the car and made another list of things we need to replace. But I did manage to get back into it today and start back into making progress.

I ended up tearing the pedal assembly loose to grease it up and add a shim in it to tighten it up. Down the road I will have to remove the whole thing and rebuild it with all new sleeves and ends. But I was able to get it working a ton better and not making any nasty squeak noise like it was. Also I added some paint to it and I found a better set of pads in one of the boxes of stuff so I swapped them out.

Ok so I was digging thru the boxes of stuff and I found the cig lighter for the car. Of course I polished it up and threw it in and also threw the ignition lock cylinder back in.



I also got the newly painted ash tray back in. Still waiting for bump stops for it so I made sure not to push it all the way in. Man does the dust build up quickly--granted Don doing more sanding here and there doesn't help any,lol.

Now here is where I am still confused/trying to figure things out. My dad got a used acelerator link and first glance it looked like it might work(and made how its setup make more sense) and he got the pedal, linkage from the link to the carb and return spring. Well I tossed it into place to see and the carb side is too short.



The longer end is the end that goes thru the firewall and what the pedal bolts too. The short end is the carb side but its needs to be about 6" longer from what I can tell. So at this point I am not sure of what it what really.

If you look at this link
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/65-6...ptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories

you can see how the one end is longer--that looks like the right one.