Out with the Drum Brakes

Removing the old Suspension

Wrenching

More Wrenching

Struggling with a bolt

Old suspension gone

Fender area cleaned and undercoated

OK, Move back a little...

Rebuilding Upper Control Arms (After sand blasting and painting everything)

See? All new!!!

Rebuilt Granada Front Disc Brake Setup Installed

Very Nice!!!

New Disc Brakes, Springs and Shocks

Another View

The Shelby 1" Drop

16:1 Steering box and Collapsible Steering Column (Safety First)

New Tie Rods

Steering Column from 1968 Cougar (Safety First)

Needs Some Wiring Work Here!!!

11" Disc Brakes

Ditto

All New Everything!!!

Grab a Track 620 Springs (1" drop in front)

Out with the single reservoir Master Cylinder

Front Brakes and Suspension, Complete!!!

Chillin after a hard days work

Repainted Front Grille

Showing our MCA Colors

Sitting on a New Front and Rear Suspension

Repainted Engine Bay

Repainted Engine Bay and Shock Brackets

Inside of New Brakes

Dual Reservoir Master Cylinder

New Steering Wheel

Repainted Radiator Support and Horns

New Wheel

By Grant Wheels

Preping for a new Driver Seat

New Rear Suspension (Look Mom, No Shackes!!!)

Cleaned and Repainted Rear Axle

Shelby 1" Drop Remix

One More Time

Still Holds True!!!

Basking in the Sun

Starting work on the engine

opening up the top end

rust in the cooling system

Rail type rockers (Limits the option for full rollers)

clean block but missing the backing plate

Closer up

OOOOOOOPS, used the pan as a jacking point

Leaky front seal

Front cover looks pretty good...

Needs a cleaning

Needs a new vibration damper

Time for the sand blaster

Chevy Orange?

Ditto, blast away Bryan!!!

The good old days!!!

Keep on workin'...

Concentration

More Concentration

LOTS of blasting

Anyone need a 2BBL manifold?

Shades of Ford Corporate Blue peaking out...

Not too bad

LOTS of rail rocker arms

Timing chain has to go!!! (Got dual roller?)

The left bank

In the beginning...

Good ole 289!!!

FOMOCO Windsor engine plant

Standard Springs

OK, all rubber mallets STAND AT ATTENTION!!!

Anybody got a gasket scraper?

Bag that block!!!

Cleaned and painted black

New dual roller timing chain

New high volume oil pump

Another view

Not a lot of wear on the inards

Full bank of roller tip rockers

Fully reassembled block and heads

Close up of the rockers

Test fitted intake and cobra valve covers

A side shot

Side shot of heads and intake

Edelbrock, Made in USA!!!

New oil pan painted and installed

C5AE-6015E Block, Sept 29 1965

New harmonic balancer

Front cover, water pump and balancer

Top end installed

Bag it

Ready to install

Still ready to install

Frontal view with exhaust manifolds installed

Stuff a rag in it!!!

Gettin ready for the hoist

Adjustable cable attached

Finally off the stand and hangin'

Backing plate installed

Putting the flex plate back on

Torque it down

Fresh and ready for 100,000 miles

Leeah lending a hand

Hurry up, my hands are starting to hurt!!!

Hairy belly and old horse

Rebuilt Heater Box

Cleaned and Painted

New Foam in the Heater

Rebuilt Distributor (Thanks Pat!!!)

Blurry Shot

Pertronix Ignitor

Side Shot

Rebuilt Shifter

New Defroster Plenum

Rebuilt Heater Box

Disassembled Holley 4160 (600CFM)

Carb is clean now reassembling the metering block

Hmmmm where does this go?

Quit takin pictures!!!

Cleaned up metering block with new power valve

Cleaned and re-assembled main body and throttle plate

A little shot of tri flow

Cleaned secondary float bowl

Putting the tube back in

Getting ready for metering plate

Ready

Primary bowl assembled with new accelerator pump

Installing new needle and seat

Metering block installed

New gasket

Setting initial float level

Needs to go up a little

Looking better

Tightening the Jam Screw

Fully cleaned and assembled 4160

Ready to go!!!

Wheels painted and clearcoated

Grille painted and installed

Closeup

Trying out an emblem from the 1971 Mach I instead

This engine runs REALLY good!!!

Fresh 289 with HiPo air cleaner

Starts at the twist of the key!!!

Repaired Ammeter and painted the dash cover

New restomod door panels

Rear Wheel in Place (1" spacer)

Right front with new tires

Again

Right Front

Right Rear

Front showing clearance

Same

Clearance between upper control arm and wheel

The New look

Again with more flash

And more flash

More shots of clearance

Right Front

Right Rear

From the rear

Naother front shot

Side Shot

The last wheel shot of the sequence

Click this link for a video of the engine being fired up for the first time!!!

After it's first run to the gas station in a LONG time!!!

With a new stance

Quarter View

Again

Other Side View

Left Rear

Right Rear

Little Closer

First scratch mark in a LONG time

Tank Armor in place to prevent fires

Side View

New Filler Tube

Rear View

Used Tank to replace the rusted out original

Warm Tires after a ride to the gas station

Wheel spacers make em fit perfectly

New Tread

At the DVMA show and Shine May 7, 2011 FIRST SHOW!!!

Another shot

Checkin the shit out!!!!

We three at the show n shine!!!

Hangin out

Driving to the show!!!

Arriving at the 2011 DVMA Show and Shine

My Christmas present from Bryan, 2013. Sometimes, the shit you say get's remembered!!! Sometimes, it is good, sometimes, it is better forgotten like how many hot dogs you used to eat while driving your car!!!

My Father's Day present from Bryan, 2014. Bryan inherited my love of cars and he has made many models. This one is the best of them all, matching the color of my car and providing detail even though it is a very small model.