'70 Maverick

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Gaining on the install of the new stuff. We're down to finishing up the fan/trinary switch wiring and finalizing the rerouting of the A/C lines and the heater hose. Cleaned up a bunch of other questionable existing wiring to simplify and hide it better. Love how the VA puts te A/C and heater hoses out under the alternator. Will barely be seen. Made a 1 1/2" x 4" oval hole in the right inner fender to get those hoses out under the fender. Drilled the A pillar for the heater hose. Loving the Gates heat shrink hose clamps. Really cleans up the look. Back at it today getting the hoses and wiring finalized.



Once I have the A/C fitting sorted I'll get these secured but happy with the new routing. Lots going on under the fender.





I opted for a simple oval hole in the inner fender to get the hoses out of the engine compartment. Put some door edge guard around the hole to protect the lines.



Also opted for simple on the heater hose entry thru the A pillar. Just a 90 degree fitting and the proper grommet.

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More progress. Wiring and plumbing done.





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We're an A/C charge away from putting it back together. Replaced the A/C hose under the dash to hopefully solve the A/C leak.

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And that's a wrap. Cooling issue solved. Bumper to bumper traffic running the A/C the car never got over 189°. Loving the much cleaner look under the hood also.

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Video of the Vintage Air Frontrunner and Wizard cooling module is up on our channel.

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Not actually winter but the winter upgrades/changes have begun. In my buddy's fab shop betting some sheetmetal panels under the hood.

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And here's the final result. Had to show it in bare metal to show how cool and perfect it is even before body and paint.

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And here's the final result. Had to show it in bare metal to show how cool and perfect it is even before body and paint.

Looks great!

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Looks great!

Thank you!

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And the grille filler/radiator support cover is a wrap.

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And we've moved to the other end. Buddy who is an amazing interior guy doing upholstered panels in the trunk.

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My buddies knocked it out of the park with the upholstered panels in the trunk. Super happy with how this turned out.

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Onto the not so fun winter projects. Solving the axle leak on the 9" and finally biting the bullet to cut the tunnel so th TKX can get within angle spec. Had to raise it nearly 2" at the mount. Have a local sheetmetal shop making a new tunnel for me. Dealing with some issues under the hood that raising the trans that much caused. My strut tower braces are in the way of the Sniper. Had to notch the lower control arm brackets to clear the oil pan. Throttle cable is too short as one of the fuel lines is also. Going to have to get the front of the exhaust remade but have more header clearance to the towers now. Some days I hate cars.

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Slowly progressing on the winter mess I've made of a perfectly good Maverick. lol... Dealing with the resulting issues under the hood from raising the trans into Tremec spec. Had to make new mounts for the strut tower braces. The engine rotated far enough forward that the Sniper didn't clear the Monte Carlo bar. New mounts move it 1" forward. I also hate sanding and polishing aluminum. Nasty business but necessary. Bunch of work for and inch. Got the new trans crossmember fabbed and in and the massive hole trimmed up. New throttle cable and fuel lines coming up tomorrow if FedEx shows up. Sheetmetal shop supposed to have the new tunnel patch done tomorrow as well.











The world's tiniest trans crossmember. Interestingly enough, the trans mount is high enough that it's almost perfectly aligned with the mounts for the crossmember so super simple to make. All from 1/4" plate.

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Winter update vid.

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Got the tunnel patch for my boys at the sheetmetal shop this afternoon. Looks like it's going to work out pretty well.

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Some days I hate this car. Finally got the radiator lowered. Had to notch out the front crossmember for clearance. Decided I'd feather out some chips in the crossmember and spot those in just to dress it up a bit. As soon as I started sanding the paint started flying off. Apparently it was acceptable to just paint over oily dirt and surface rust when it was on the rotisserie. Thought I had it feathered out good enough until I went to blow it off. That's when I saw a big bubble and pow, a bunch more decided to blow off. Who knows where this is going to end.

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Well that was fun. Not too bad for spray cans.

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Yesterday I disassembled rear suspension and Mumford links. Painted that stuff along with the rear end housing and 3rd member once I welded tabs on the housing for the new flex lines. Also stripped out all the old rear brake lines so we could do all new. The calipers were hard plumbed previously and I want to get the main brake line out of the tunnel. Also got the paint freshened up on the rotors for both ends. My buddies Steve and Robby came over today. Super fun to hang out and work with these life long friends. Got everything finished under the hood, radiator back in and filled, new throttle cable installed. Got the right axle back in the 9" and the rear end hard brake lines fabbed. The tunnel patch fab is coming along. Still need to finish fitting the ends of the patch. Have some trimming to do on the tunnel itself and I'll be ready to get the patch welded in but gotta pull the trans first. Got the new rear bumper installed. We're gaining.

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This feels like a big step forward. Nice to be able to complete something that I've never done before and quite honestly don't feel very qualified to do. Turned out pretty decent. Still need to seal the bottom and redo the bed liner. Unfortunately everything has been slowed down from being sick for the past month. Major sinus infection followed by the flu.

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Brake lines and sound deadening were the Saturday themes. My best buddy Steve got the new brakes lines finished up and I did a mile or 2 of sound deadening.