No idea how I missed that you got it running but congrats! The car sounds great. Good luck moving forward.

SO glad you posted that! Sucks you put so much energy into it. I'll scratch that off my list and stick with good old fashioned keys.

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Congrats on getting the car running to! That's huge man!!

Sorry to hear that. All the extra work for just more head aches. I hope it goes back together easy for you.

Thanks! I still have some work ahead of me before it's just "drivable". a few leaks to fix, speedo calibration, hood install, etc. and the computer could definitely use a better tune. it likes to idle high and the check engine light comes on for a missing clutch input signal...

Well, I haven't given up completely. I'll look a bit more thoroughly to see success stories from some name brand versions and go from there. I'd really like to get a push button start for this. Too spoiled from the convenience form my wife's car, ha ha. Not to mention the RFID should be a bit more secure than the 1960's era lock cylinder.


Thanks. Yeah, I got it back together tonight after working on it these past two nights after work. I'll try to replace the water pump tomorrow night so that should eliminate one leak at least. I will be driving it to work again this Friday as we're hosting a little car show at work as part of a retirement party for a coworker of mine.

debugging
 

Still working on getting the car sorted out. I've replaced the mufflers with larger ones and doubled up on them with a set of classic chambered exhaust. Of course, they were too big to just fit so I had to modify them in a couple of areas. It's still loud but it is quieter than before. Also tightened up a few bolts to fix a few leaks. Just about every fluid in this car is leaking somewhere. Grrr. While doing this I discovered that the heat of my headers is melting my engine mount. I'll add some insulation and keep an eye on this. Also some gunk has accumulated in the radiator already so I'll be doing a flush on that before replacing the leaky water pump. Onward and upward...

let some heat out
 

After building a wood foundation and a plastic shed kit (honeydo's) for our back yard I spent a little time on the bird's hood to cut holes for the hood vents. I quickly sprayed some Eastwood rust encapsulator on it, and the fender tops and spoiler, too. It's by no means pretty, but it'll do for now.

Where did you get the hood vents from? Looks like Mustang vents.

I've been wanting to do the same with my 400 hood.

good ol' ebay...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/17-x5-UNIVER...6cc5a7&vxp=mtr

They look nice.

Thanks, Wayne! This should help with airflow in the engine bay and a place for heat to escape. They appear to be made of Poly propylene, so I may need to also mechanically fasten them as well. My plan was to glue them down with that 3M panel bonding epoxy, but I also know that PP (the material) is not easy to glue. For now those big holes in my hood should help make alignment easier as I can actually reach in and adjust the fasteners, ha ha