LSP_K2 Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 "When will you make an end"? mustang1989 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 1 hour ago, LSP_K2 said: "When will you make an end"? This one's gonna be going on for a while Kevin. I've got a side gig going with an OOB Revell 1998 Trans Am that I'll have to post up. LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted June 29, 2020 Author Share Posted June 29, 2020 This one's comin' back to the forefront of my bench now........ LSP_K2 and Gazzas 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted July 5, 2020 Author Share Posted July 5, 2020 Well gang....I made some progress on this thing this weekend. Managed to get the seat drilled and slotted to make way for the seat belt harness. The harness build up wasn't too bad outside of me not paying attention to what I was doing at times and having to go back and make some corrections along the way. This is not the period correct harness I was hoping to build but the correct one is actually harder than the Liberty shifter that I just built for this car. I'm not about to go through anything like that again on this build. lol Rockie Yarwood, Greg W, Gazzas and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Glad to see you back at it, Joe. mustang1989 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted July 5, 2020 Author Share Posted July 5, 2020 2 hours ago, LSP_K2 said: Glad to see you back at it, Joe. Can't believe it's been 3 months since I've touched it. LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted July 8, 2020 Author Share Posted July 8, 2020 Got the shifter installed. I cut the rods to length as well and will be installing those tomorrow morning. Really adds a lot to the interior.... Gazzas, Greg W, LSP_K2 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Thing of beauty that right there! mustang1989 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, chrish said: Thing of beauty that right there! Agreed. mustang1989 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted July 8, 2020 Author Share Posted July 8, 2020 22 minutes ago, chrish said: Thing of beauty that right there! 19 minutes ago, LSP_K2 said: Agreed. Thanks fellas. That shifter'll make a man outta you. lol LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted July 9, 2020 Author Share Posted July 9, 2020 Test fitted the AMT Mustang shock towers this morning. I think this is going to work fine but I still have the radiator core support and firewall to go. Gazzas, LSP_K2 and Greg W 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted July 10, 2020 Author Share Posted July 10, 2020 (edited) This morning I got her standing on her own. Rear tires will be going in a smidgen to give her the proper look but this is going to be the ride height. All this time I had to find a way to lock the front suspension ride height in and I finally was able to do this by drilling small holes in the front of the frame and installing locating pins. Worked like a charm: I worked a lot on the firewall this morning by modifying to work with the Mustang shock towers. I'll post progress of this on the next update. Meanwhile I also cut out the battery box/ pedestal on the R/H shock tower panel. Battery is located in the rear of the car so no battery box was needed here. Plus I needed all the room I could get with that big ass 427 in that engine bay. Before.... and after: Edited July 10, 2020 by mustang1989 LSP_K2, Troy Molitor, Greg W and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 Looks awesome, Joe! You continue to impress! LSP_K2 and mustang1989 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Vintage cool. Love it Joe. LSP_K2 and mustang1989 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted July 18, 2020 Author Share Posted July 18, 2020 On 7/10/2020 at 11:40 PM, Gazzas said: Looks awesome, Joe! You continue to impress! On 7/14/2020 at 6:53 PM, Troy Molitor said: Vintage cool. Love it Joe. Thanks alot Gazz and Troy! This week has been slow and it usually seems to be that way towards the end of alot of my builds. All the planning that I've been doing for the last 4 months all comes together at the last part it seems. Sometimes I'm hesitant to move too fast as a screw up at this point would mean alot of re-work. I've been working on the firewall area, removing the already installed transmission mount and moving it to the rear a little more so that the engine and transmission will set into place properly. That meant popping the mount loose, sanding and repainting the chassis (which I had to separate the front subframe from the main part of the chassis to gain access to the areas for sanding and the repaint) and reassembly of the whole chassis again. I also worked on the rear part of the chassis so that I could get the proper rear tire alignment with the body (in other words...suck those big fat rear tires inwards a little bit towards the center of the car to keep 'em from sticking out too far from the wheel openings). I received my tachometer from Ted's Modeling Marketplace and while it is the perfect size and diameter, the tachometer decals that came with it were NOT. Really frustrating why a manufacturer (Detail Master) would put a smaller tach in a package and then throw decals for a MUCH larger tach in the same bag. Really pissed about that but I'll make something work. Most of the efforts moving forward will center around the engine bay and all the parts fit as well as the engine detailing. I was really surprised when I actually thought about it that I'm around 80% complete with this bad boy. I've been on it since late December/ January so it's been a long road but I'm well pleased with how it's turning out so far. Thanks go out to all who continue to follow this build, give input and encourage me along the way. She's been a tough kit to work with. LSP_K2, Greg W and Rockie Yarwood 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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