My wife's old car. '66 Mustang

[I_make_oil]

Today was a HUGE milestone in my project. The engine and transmission is in the car for fiitment and mock up.

I am heading back to the US today and hope to be able to see the car for myself on Wednesday.



Thanks is to everyone who has followed my build and commented. I appreciate your input. It certainly has helped me in some of my decision making.

[I_make_oil]

March Serpentine kit installed.

[I_make_oil]

I haven't posted in a while. The car was on th side burner for a while due to the holidays and life. It's finally moving along again. The engine is pulled and in storage. I plan to have it tested and dynoed before it is reinstalled. The engine bay is now all together. Both front fenders have been fit and the car is on a rotisserie so the bottom can be blasted, welded out and undercoated with a rubberized bed liner.

[I_make_oil]

Blasting the bottom.

[I_make_oil]

Bottom is all welded up, primed and seam sealer is going on. Once that is finished the bed liner will be spayed on. I need to order my rear brakes now. The rear is off for assembly. Coming along nicely. I wish we would have had a rotisserie soner it would have made things much easier and faster. Live and learn.

[I_make_oil]

Ok. The rear differential is all done. The engine is completed and going to the Dyno tuner to have the cam run in and tuned and to be dynoed. They are expecting it to come in between 550 and 600 hp I will believe it when I see it. I'd be thrilled with 400. Hopefully the bottom will be sprayed soon and it can start going together. That will not be the air filter that lives on the car. It is just until it goes in the car.

[xsboost90]

looking good. My car spent almost two years on the rotisserie. As soon as i could that thing was down. Nice build

[kencobra]

Looking great, keep up the great work. Lots of similarities to what I am doing with my '66 coupe.

[I_make_oil]

Thanks for the comments. It's finally moving along again. Here is is getting the bottom sprayed with bed liner.

[I_make_oil]

I have the lizard skin on the way. It's back up right side for a bit of final body work and then the engine bay will be sprayed body color before it begins to go together. I'll post up some more pics in the next few days. Hopefully it will be a roller in the next week or so. Also have the new AC coming in from Restomod air.

[lucky13firebird]

Starting to come together now, looking good.

[I_make_oil]

Thanks. The vent cowl is close in now. Next is shaving the dash. I want to remove the ash tray, AC controls and smooth every thing.

[I_make_oil]

Time for an update. I bought my AC components from Restmod AC. The quality is excellent. I went with a Haymaker which is a bit big for my car but living in Louisiana I wanted to move as much air as possible. To be able to tuck it as high under the dash as possible we built brackets to hold it off the firewall and raise it up. I'm really happy with the way it turned out. It allows easier running of the hoses from the firewall to the unit and will allow me to better hide the wiring. My center console will be in front of the part hanging down. I'm going to try to run AC ducts thru my center console for rear vents.

[I_make_oil]

I'm installing a much larger radiator to help with cooling my stroker motor. The battery will also mount in the trunk to help make room. Next is to fab up the AC condensor mounts.

[I_make_oil]

The fire wall is cleaned up and primed. In this picture the radiator opening had yet to be modified. The factory radiator was MUCH smaller.

[wfo guy]

Good work. If you have not planned to install additional sound deadener and insulation after the lizard skin, I would like to encourage you to do so. It appears to me that you want this to be as good as it can be. I find that the more I install, the better it is. Did you get the dyno results yet?

[I_make_oil]

Thanks for the recommendation. I've really been kicking it around in my head weather or not to install Dynamat or not. I'm for sure installing it to the firewall, tunnel, roof and doors. Your recommendation has pushed me more towards just doing the entire car.

I have been unable to find anyone local who can/will Dyno it for me out the car. I'm just going to cross my fingers we don't have any problems with it during break in after its installed. If I was doing it over I would buy a crate engine.

[Gcwstang]

I recommend using lizard skin, it works really well with heat and sound.

[I_make_oil]

Thanks for the recommendation. I already bought the lizard skin. I'm just thinking about also doing Dynamat in addition to the Lizard skin.

Finished mounting the AC Condenser. Now it's all apart and primed. I'm very happy with the way it turned out.

[wfo guy]

Here's a link for the insulation I use: http://www.lobucrod.com
This was the sound deadener I used in my last build: http://www.thermotec.com/products/14...ntrol-mat.html
There's plenty of places to buy the mat. I paid around $50 for a 3x5 size. There's lots of choices for sound mat. Some is too cheap. I also used Dynadeck for a floor mat. That's a really nice product.