my 89 GT "back in the day" street / track day project build
04-15-2012, 10:35 PM
#69
We got a bit more done on the car today, not a bunch, but it continues in the right direction anyway.
My buddy Stu Kynoch came by again, this time with his younger brother James. In the morning we checked out a local collector car auction, I had some passes for it through the dealership. Some neat stuff there, nothing spectacular.
Afterward we came back to my place to phaff about on the car for a while. Before digging in to the Mustang, Stu and James went at my 66 T-Bird for a bit. I had picked it up about 2 months ago, hadn't done much with it yet, waiting for the warmer weather and clean roads to start driving. Brake lights weren't working at all, and they are tied in to the sequential turn signals. Stu is very good with electrical stuff, so he got at the relays for the circuit that are mounted in the trunk, and prone to corrosion. Sure enough, they looked pretty nasty, and probably not salvageable. I'll have to order some replacements for those. They also removed the taillights completely, Stu is going to sandblast the bodies of them, and shoot some silver paint on the reflectors that have turned black.
Moving over to the Mustang, I figured that we should get the porno red interior out before the roll bar goes in. I still need to pick up a grey interior panel set, but that is no problem to source from a local friend who has a business parting out and repairing Mustangs.
James on one side and Stu on the other, wrestling with the interior panels, trying to remember where all the little screws go through, ignore all the stuff in the hatch area left by the previous owner:
While they worked on that, I got the LX taillights swapped in, so much better than the cheese-grater GT lights:
A bit later in the day Rob Lawson came by to finish up the panhard bar installation he had started last weekend.
We got that all in place and torqued down, very solid installation. I'm impressed with the quality of the engineering and fabrication of the Maximum Motorsports PHB, a nice piece for sure. While we were in there Rob noticed that the axle snubbers on the frame rails are going to interfere with the brake line routing we did for the rear discs, so those lines will have to be rejigged a bit to make room, not a big deal.
On Saturday I was across to the other side of Toronto, Pickering to be exact, to pick up the MM 4-point roll bar that I had on order through DaSilva Racing. Unpacked it and set it up, looks to be a nice sturdy unit as well.
Started to throw a bit of paint on it, using some Krylon appliance epoxy that I had for some other bits. Was able to get most of it covered with a thin base coat with what was left in the can, so another full can should be plenty to give it a few more coats. Came out not too glossy, and should be a tough finish. If it stays sunny this week I can put some more paint on it, and leave it out in the greenhouse to bake dry.
cheers
Ed
My buddy Stu Kynoch came by again, this time with his younger brother James. In the morning we checked out a local collector car auction, I had some passes for it through the dealership. Some neat stuff there, nothing spectacular.
Afterward we came back to my place to phaff about on the car for a while. Before digging in to the Mustang, Stu and James went at my 66 T-Bird for a bit. I had picked it up about 2 months ago, hadn't done much with it yet, waiting for the warmer weather and clean roads to start driving. Brake lights weren't working at all, and they are tied in to the sequential turn signals. Stu is very good with electrical stuff, so he got at the relays for the circuit that are mounted in the trunk, and prone to corrosion. Sure enough, they looked pretty nasty, and probably not salvageable. I'll have to order some replacements for those. They also removed the taillights completely, Stu is going to sandblast the bodies of them, and shoot some silver paint on the reflectors that have turned black.
Moving over to the Mustang, I figured that we should get the porno red interior out before the roll bar goes in. I still need to pick up a grey interior panel set, but that is no problem to source from a local friend who has a business parting out and repairing Mustangs.
James on one side and Stu on the other, wrestling with the interior panels, trying to remember where all the little screws go through, ignore all the stuff in the hatch area left by the previous owner:
While they worked on that, I got the LX taillights swapped in, so much better than the cheese-grater GT lights:
A bit later in the day Rob Lawson came by to finish up the panhard bar installation he had started last weekend.
We got that all in place and torqued down, very solid installation. I'm impressed with the quality of the engineering and fabrication of the Maximum Motorsports PHB, a nice piece for sure. While we were in there Rob noticed that the axle snubbers on the frame rails are going to interfere with the brake line routing we did for the rear discs, so those lines will have to be rejigged a bit to make room, not a big deal.
On Saturday I was across to the other side of Toronto, Pickering to be exact, to pick up the MM 4-point roll bar that I had on order through DaSilva Racing. Unpacked it and set it up, looks to be a nice sturdy unit as well.
Started to throw a bit of paint on it, using some Krylon appliance epoxy that I had for some other bits. Was able to get most of it covered with a thin base coat with what was left in the can, so another full can should be plenty to give it a few more coats. Came out not too glossy, and should be a tough finish. If it stays sunny this week I can put some more paint on it, and leave it out in the greenhouse to bake dry.
cheers
Ed
