Blake's 1965 Mustang Project

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Ahh you got screwed with the JORDAN INNOVATIONS script on your fuel gauge too I see.

[freeskier7791]

Ahh you got screwed with the JORDAN INNOVATIONS script on your fuel gauge too I see.

LOL, and Blake can't wait to see the finished product

[wickedrx7]

So I built some wire holders and LED bulb holders (For the signals) for the cluster, but the main thing I played with tonight was this:



Custom Rally Pac rendered in Fusion 360.   I'll print it shortly for mockup.     The "FORD" text will probably get removed or tweaked a bit.   You can't see it in the render but there's a 5/16" passage that runs between the gauge pods and out the back of the center support to run the wires out of.

That looks great, can't wait to see it printed.

[digitalsolo]

So my printer jammed for some reason about 8 hours into this (it's a 20 hour print, LOL), but it left me with a usable mockup.   Here's the 40% completed piece:



The hole for feeding wires (hard to see, it's just above the middle of the picture):



And the output from the wires:



It's rough as I didn't do any post processing and it's printed at "draft" quality.   I'm not sure why I got a jam, it's cheap filament, so maybe there was a diameter change and it skipped.  I'll restart it tonight and tweak the tension on it a bit.

[gc3]

like.

[freeskier7791]

sweet!  that sucks it jammed

[digitalsolo]

BOOM.











SUPER stoked with how it came out.  There is a small glitch where the drag chain on my printer was hanging up, but it'll clean up fine.   The logo is for my build blog, and I think it's catchy.   Little details.

[wickedrx7]

Awesome!!!!!

[Cobranut]

Very Cool!!! 

[FC3S Murray]

Nice touch Blake. Set apart from the rest.

[digitalsolo]

Finally finished seam welding the floorpan replacement areas that the PO half-assed under the car.   I also worked the floorpan for more exhaust clearance.    Pro tip:   Removing seam sealer, welding, grinding and dressing above your head sucks, even if you have a lift.

Now I'm putting on 3 coats of Duplicolor Bed Armor bedliner under the entire car.   I like the rough texture of it and it really evens out all the areas underneath.  It should be pretty damned durable also.     Pro tip 2:  Applying bedliner above your head also sucks.

I plan to do the entire interior with Lizardskin once I'm that far along.   That's an expensive endeavor, wowza.   I think I'll also wrap the exhaust near the transmission, just to further keep heat out of the interior.

Next up is the fuel/brake lines though, and then finishing out the firewall holes that need it, then adding the front swaybar, and finally staring at the cooling system for a while to see if, and if so, how, I want to adjust it.

[Cobranut]

Finally finished seam welding the floorpan replacement areas that the PO half-assed under the car.   I also worked the floorpan for more exhaust clearance.    Pro tip:   Removing seam sealer, welding, grinding and dressing above your head sucks, even if you have a lift.

Now I'm putting on 3 coats of Duplicolor Bed Armor bedliner under the entire car.   I like the rough texture of it and it really evens out all the areas underneath.  It should be pretty damned durable also.     Pro tip 2:  Applying bedliner above your head also sucks.

I plan to do the entire interior with Lizardskin once I'm that far along.   That's an expensive endeavor, wowza.   I think I'll also wrap the exhaust near the transmission, just to further keep heat out of the interior.

Next up is the fuel/brake lines though, and then finishing out the firewall holes that need it, then adding the front swaybar, and finally staring at the cooling system for a while to see if, and if so, how, I want to adjust it.

Next item on the list, a rotisserie!!!

[digitalsolo]

Haha, nah.   If I had one a long time back it'd have been great, but at this point I'm done underneath minus some fuel/brake lines and a few small tweaks.   And I swear on everything holy I will never do a restoration of this depth ever, ever again.

Oh, while I was at it I removed the driveshaft loop that was built into my 3 link/bracing kit.   It was going to be too close the driveshaft, too far forward and was in the way.   I'll build a new one at some point once everything else is fitted into place.

[freeskier7791]

Come on you don't wanna restore an FC in 20 years?  Gauge pod looks awesome.

[digitalsolo]

If I was starting this from 0, I'd have picked up like a 1993 Cobra or maybe a 2003 Cobra as a base instead.   Probably a C6 Corvette though.  Haha.