The Stang right Now 3/2/08
This is the first time the Stang has been outside of the garage since the beginning of Winter. As you can see it is still needing a few things, the windows need sealing and trim replaced. The front and rear valance are after market and only fitted without paint (the rear is a GT with twin cutouts).
The wheels are Pacer chrome imitations of the Cragar SS 15x7 3 1/2" back spacing. Tires are Winstone Winner GT's 225/60/15 fronts and 245/60/15 rears (I am trying for the 70 look). I added a chrome cover to the vaccume canister on the dizzy and replaced the battery cables with braided stainless steel ones, just little changes but noticable when viewing the engine bay.
The paint is not as nice as it may look. I colour sanded and buffed the old paint job because I knew the body would not be done for a little while so I may as well make it look as good as possible for the time being. It is only a 20 footer but I do like the way the paint polished up and if you look at the top right pic on the passenger door you will see the differance of before and after. Latest up date is that I just installed Sequential tail lights (230 leds) and led bulbs in front, but I may have to replace the turn signal steering column wiring because the 40 year wiring is not getting good connections every thing works but the brakes won't while the signals are going unless I put a little pressure on the turn signal lever.
Latest Pics with the body still to be done. The hood will be changing to a shelby fiber glass one and it will have a Califfornia Special Trunk lid and end cap. To go with that I will also be fitting Shelby side scoops. Since I have had the car on the road (done anout 1100 miles now) it performs well except I had to convert back to manual fuel delivery (electric failed when on a road trip) and still need to replace rear leaf springs with GT or 5 leak mid eye. The rear end is too wide and causing fender rubbbing, need to change it. The engine runs strong but needs rolle rockers and harden push rods plus I want to put in a windage tray and 7 qaurt oil pan.
