Heather’s 67 Mustang Coupe to Fastback conversion project.

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Took the Mustang for its first official drive in over 2 years!!!

FINALLY!! After all the hard work this summer we finally went for our first official drive on Saturday. The car is running very well. I attempted this on monday but was having some problems with the car stalling when I put it in gear and that was just frustrating. So I decided to give the car a break for the week just to get away from it. Well Saturday I went back at it again and found out I had a vacuum leak on the carb. So I replaced the line, added a return spring to the carb, fixed a few other things and the car is just running so well now.

Exhaust sounds great, car shifts great, runs great, steers very well with the new power steering setup, and just all around is doing very well. I also adjusted the front end a little because it was toed out quite a bit. Brakes still suck since its 4 wheel drums with no power brakes. But I already have an 11" slotted disk conversion set I plan to install next year. So other than the brakes being old and crappy, the Mustang is drivable!!!

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I dont plan to do much else to the car this year with the cold weather coming and lack of money. But this is what I accomplished over the weekend.

-Welded in 8 custom seat brackets for driver and passenger seats. The seats set up nice and high. Ergonomically engineered for Heather.
-Welded in temporary crossbar for the 5 point seatbelt harness mockup.
-Installed front and rear carpet.
-Installed driver and passenger racing seats.
-Installed 5 point racing seat belt harness for driver seat. Still need a 5 point harness for passenger seat.
-Extended the plug wire for the neutral safety switch by 6 inches to add more clearance. 4 total wires, a plug, and 8 crimp adaptors.
-Removed passenger valve cover to check for light rocker noise. I think a push rod might be plugged or a lifter is plugged. I will resolve this next year when I install a new 4 barrel carb and intake. Then I can check all the lifters and push rods to make sure they are getting proper oil.
-Worked on the wiring for the Alternator. Its still not working yet so I need to take the alternator down to make sure it works.