1965 Ford Mustang

[67ChevyRedneck]

I've been using encapsulator for years, and I keep having to relearn the same lessons over and over.

1. WEAR GLOVES YOU IDIOT. EVERY TIME. I say I'm going to, and I never do. My hands still look like a spotted cow.

2. It dries very quickly, unless the sun is going down in an hour and you put on the 2nd coat before the 1st one dries enough, then it takes FOREVER to dry!

3. It goes right through jeans. See Lesson #1.

Anyway, I wire wheeled and encapsulated the mounting flange on the tank, then when that was dry (because I waited for the 1st coat to dry first!) I was able to shoot it with a fresh coat of bedliner.

[67ChevyRedneck]

The encapsulator wasn't dry, and I wasn't going to put the strip caulk down until it was...

So, for the first time in the two years I've owned her, she had to sleep outside. I wasn't about to push her heavy ass in the garage. Bump that.

Tomorrow is another day... or is it... 'cause not only am I a Lysdexic DDA, I'm positive I have insomnia as well, so technically, tomorrow is already today, and the past is present and the future is now... and oh no, I've gone cross eyed...

[JRANGER]

yeah man..My trunk was a mess!!! I knew it was the floor though You could always build a kit to go voer the tank. Alot of people use MDF and such so they can clean it up and cover it with carpet. Making the whole space usable for like storage etc. Seal the MDF and that might help the smell

[67ChevyRedneck]

I don't like putting anything in the trunk. Scared it's gonna roll around and put a dent in the quarter from the inside.

I got the tank sealed up today! I put a double layer of strip caulk down. Should be no more exhaust smell. I forgot to take a pic, just pretend you see strip caulk down.

I had some leftover dynamat so I added some to reduce the tinney sound. I also put on a new fuel filler neck hose to replace the one that crumbled in my hands (and down into the damn tank, so I had to clean it out).

[67ChevyRedneck]

I used a double seal on the filler neck as recommended by mustang peeps to make it easier to close the cap with the wire rope thing attached. It is easier.

I also rotated it as far as possible so the cap is now much straighter when fully tight. It used to be pretty crooked to the right when tight.

[67ChevyRedneck]

So... about this pic...

Good news. I finished rolling ALL the fenders! WOHOO! (See that fat tire in the bottom of the pic... last one to go on the car!) With ZERO paint damage outside of the fender lips. Bad news is I jacked up all the fender lips

It's ok though, as I mentioned before, they get cleaned up, feathered in, epoxied, and painted black with trim over top.

So, somehow, even though I covered the entire fender, 1/3 of the door, and sprayed in my windless garage...black paint speckles got all over my PS door. It took a few hours with a clay bar and bug and tar remover to get it all off. So I covered the whole car this time.

[67ChevyRedneck]

Epoxy shots. I got the black on before it got dark and got her tucked away into the garage for the night. Big rain storm coming all day tomorrow.

The green helps the roll stand out... If these tires rub now...

I also have new shocks, and new front upper and lower control arms. I'll be ordering the rest of the crap to rebuild the front suspension on Friday when my bank account recovers from all the crap I've had to buy for it. This should be the last $ round of crap she needs.

[JRANGER]

nice. Keep it up

[67ChevyRedneck]

Originally Posted by JRANGER

nice. Keep it up

I don't know if I can, she's wearing me out!

What I want to get done before Charlotte (50Th Anniversary show):

Finish painting DS fender lips, install trim.
Rebuild front suspension.
Install new radiator/shroud/overflow bottle.
Repaint dash. This needs to be done so I can finish installing all of the gauges and V/A vents... they're all just hanging down right now.

I don't think I'll get to the TMI seat install.

[67ChevyRedneck]

Edit: Site froze, double post...

[ERASER5]

76RedChevyNeck, it's KO, dyslexics aer teople poo.

[67ChevyRedneck]

I was never diagnosed (very very minor) but I do find myself constantly spelling the "hte" and putting fo insead of "of" etc. I have to be careful with numbers too, I impose those sometimes... I'll read it in my head the right way 3 times, but it's wrong on paper.

[67ChevyRedneck]

I don't think I ever posted this, but I installed a new reproduction door tag to replace the missing original. I researched the VIN and used all the info I know about the car, this should be 100% accurate.

[JRANGER]

o thats purty

[67ChevyRedneck]

I really miss driving my car... so after work I had to try to fit the new big azz radiator.

I believe this to be one of the main problems with the car. The vintage air condenser is too far away from the radiator creating turbulence and lack of suction through the grille, hence, traffic overheating...

The old radiator mounts to the tab sticking out leaving +/- 1" of separation between the radiator and condenser.

2nd pic shows the gap as well.

3rd pic is how huge the V/A condenser is. Did V/A forget how tiny the 65-65 radiators were? this thing is LARGER surface area wise than the radiator. The factory A/C condenser mounted on a bracket and fit inside the opening so it was snug up against the radiator. This one is not because it's bigger than the opening...

[67ChevyRedneck]

There's also another issue... the radiator won't even fit with the stock clutch fan without modification...

[67ChevyRedneck]

So I slit both sides of the core support so it will fit. The driver's side already had a convenient hole, so I just cut the area out. On the PS I bored a matching hole and cut it the same.

This allows the radiator to slip "behind" the core support. But that create's another issue... it won't go down far enough.

[67ChevyRedneck]

Not wanting to slice on the car anymore (core support) I needed to trim the brand new $$$ radiator so it would fit farther down and fit flush with the core support.

First pic is uncut, how it came.

2nd and 3rd pics are after I cut a couple inches off the bottom of the mounting flange. This flange is separate from the radiator and can be cut up as long as you're careful.

[67ChevyRedneck]

With that done, the radiator fit nicely down into the car. It even has the same amount of space between the fan and radiator that the old radiator had. The new one is over an inch wider.

[67ChevyRedneck]

Also test fit the new shroud. It's going to need about an inch trimmed off... but it fits!

[ERASER5]

So it will be ready for a ride when I get to G'ville Saturday?

[JRANGER]

great job

[67ChevyRedneck]

Originally Posted by ERASER5

So it will be ready for a ride when I get to G'ville Saturday?

*I highly doubt it* It has no shocks, tower braces, and the brakes still need more bleeding. I'm ordering a bunch of new suspension components today. I'm not sure if I want to slap it all together for a Sunday drive and tear it all back apart, or just finish the radiator, get it all working and checked, then start taking the suspension apart on sunday.

What will you be doing in Greenville?

Originally Posted by JRANGER

great job

Thanks! I'm sneaking away from work at noon today (that's supposed to be when I'm done on Fridays, but I've worked late AND weekends that past month!) to pick up some stuff to finish the install. I think I'm going to "JB Weld" the nuts to the backside of the radiator so it's easier to install. With the A/C condenser in the way, there is almost no way to get to the nuts and I'm not moving the condenser!

[ERASER5]

Visiting my daughter at BJU. The wife and her are going to go over wedding plans. Ugg! We are staying near Paris Mnt.

[67ChevyRedneck]

You're probably 15-20 minutes from me. I drive by BJU on my way to work every day.

There's a car show tomorrow that's literally minutes from you at a place called Lil Rebel.

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I've been to this show quite a few times. Being that it's going to be BEAUTIFUL here tomorrow, I would guess 30-40 cars will show up. If you can sneak away from the family for an hour, you'll enjoy it. The most cars will be there around 6. Great food too.

I'm going to be really sore tomorrow... I must have lifted the radiator in and out of the car 50 times.

So I was trying to figure out how to bolt this thing down... then it hit me... duh... use those body clip thing a ma jiggies... Worked perfectly.