For ease of reading I'll get you up to speed to where I am today. It took me 2 months, but the car is disassembled. Fenders, hood, bumpers, doors, valances, all of it is oof the car. The right fender was rusted through and bent up in the front where it attached to the valance, so I ordered a new one from NPD (Original Ford Tooling). Both Valances, Headlight Buckets, stone guard, grill support, grill fog lights, horse and corral, door and bumpers will be ordered new. They are not repairable.
I stripped down the aprons, coated them with Red Oxide and Krylon 1613 Semi-Flat Black. It looks original, the finish matched just about perfectly. I have ordered all new harnesses for the under hood area, and all new loom retainers which are now in place and clocked to the correct mounting positions. The Osborne Books were a life saver for that part.
The interior is out, the carpet was trashed, the driver seat bucket frame is trash and the cluster bezel is broken beyond fixing. there is no glove box or door, and all switches will be replaced. The firewall insulation was removed in chunks, to give way to minor rust spots, but the floor pans are another story.
The front suspension is off and the upper control arms will be replaced along with every bushing on the front end. The UCA relocation holes are present on the on the shock towers but the UCA were pulled from the upper holes, the lower ones have never been used. The brakes will be be replaced with factory disks, non-power, from Glazier Nolan.
The fuel system has been completely redone from the tank to the carb, all new stainless steel lines, hipo fuel pump, sending unit, and fuel hoses.
From the cooling side, the radiator has been refurbished, new factory correct dated hoses, but no clamps as they are back ordered from Virginai Classic Mustang.
Electrical, new under hood wiring, 42A Alternator, regulator, and tailight harness, from Virginia Classic Mustang. The underdash harness was in good condition, after the "aftermarket" wiring was removed from the harness. The instrument cluster was refurbished, and cleaned, and original gauges were all functional, so they will be reused.
The wiper motor bracket, brake pedal bracket, and brake pedal assembly were all removed and stripped down to bare metal, shot with red oxide and painted black with duplicolor black engine paint. All shiny and new.
Next is the heater box and everything that goes along with it, the floorboards, and interior paint. Once that is done, the suspension will be put back together, and brakes ordered and assembled. Then the splash gaurds, and bumper brackets go back on, and the front of the car will start to take shape again...
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