Here's hoping you all have a great celebration of the most important day our in our nation's history. 

Bullet Bob

Having been involved in putting a '96ish Exploder 5.0/gt40P heads and 89-93 EEC-IV EFI in a 64 Falcon Vert, I can sat that the frame rails are narrower on the Falcon, but the engine bay seems to be a bit longer (ft to rr).  We were going to use HIPO manifolds but there was just no way to make them work.  Steering box was in the way also, as I recall.  Also, being a convertible, working out dual exhaust that wasn't hanging too low was more than the owner wanted to deal with.  Ended up using the stock 260 exh manifolds, cross-over, single exhaust.  It runs fine and gets very good mileage, so the single exh didn't seem to bother the engine setup. 
If you have a 302 in there now, the 5.0 should be a drop-in.  And the present exh system, I believe, will mount to the gt40p heads with minimum foolishness.  Like I said, we got em mounted with the stock 260 manifolds .

MAW wrote:

Sorry, I didn't think about rims not fitting, that never entered my mind.  I was just wondering why everyone would sit around for hours when someone could just loan him a spare to move on.  But, a spare is a must have item on a long cruise.

The spare in the Heap is number 5 of the same wheels that are on the ground.  I have the same problem with stock wheels not clearing the brakes so that seemed like a solid solution.  Yes, it takes up a lot of trunk space but, we are only two when we travel in that car.  The kids are all growed up.  No pet either so Jean has what's left of the trunk plus most of the back seat for "essentials".  I can usually find room to stuff in a small duffel for my needs.
 

BILLY WALTON from GEORGIA wrote:

Bullet Bob wrote:

The lugs on the Cargar Vintage wheels on the Heap go a coupla tight spots and I just use a 3/8 drive socket adapted to my 1/2 drive breaker bar.  Also got one in the trunk tool kit. 

I seen where they sell a tool looks like a breaker bar has a bend in it for this very reason.
 

Yes.  I forgot about that, but a friend gave me one years ago and it's in the trunk also.  And, the socket with it is thin enough that it clears the lug nuts, as I recall.  I'll try to get a pic of it for you sometime today....maybe.

Welcome back, Gaba.  People just don't appreciate just how good a man has to be to put family before his Mustang.  LOL.  Honestly though, I'm glad you got all that worked out a bit and can have a little fun on the car.  Hope to see you soon.

TKOPerformance wrote:

Another option over v-belts is to go to the Fox serpentine system.  The parts are easy to find on eBay used if you don't want to take a chance with the reproductions which are also available.  

Gee MS, where have I heard that sentiment before?

MS wrote:

I never promised you a rose garden.
Our room in Tucumcari was pretty good. The one at the Wimberley Bash was a definite roach hotel.

Jean and I had the honeymoon "Sweet" in Wimberley, so we were pretty comfortable.  I mean, it even had three wall receptacles.

TKOPerformance wrote:

Well that part's good then, but you are still stuck with 35 gallons of gas in the tank you have to get out, and then drop the tank.  If you have the facilities another option is to pull the bed, or get it raised off the frame enough to work on the tank.  

That may be, Tom, 'cause I don't know the 2000 F250, but on my '97 F150 I just unbolted the bed and slid it back about 2 feet.  Then changed the pump from the top of the tank.  Way easier than it sounds.
 

Chris,
Bought my first one in '13 and put it on the road in '15.  About five years ago it developed a sector seal leak and I sent it back for a re-seal.  It worked ok for a year or two and then developed an input shaft seal leak.  It also seemed to have more slop on center than before after they re-sealed it.
I installed the latest version after the Bash last year and so far it is great.  Feels way better than the old one and no leaks. 

 

RTM wrote:

Those don't look to bad. I'm trying to avoid any options other than manual adjustments.

These are electric, Bob, butt (TS&T) you can adjust them manually.  Like all electric mirrors they will move on both axis when you push on them, and they stay put.  Installing them like I have is a bit of work since you need to shape the plastic housing to fit the top of the door and then you need to fabricate a custom mount to bolt it down.  With what I see of your skills, no problem.  I'm surprised by how few people even seem to have noticed them over the last ten years.

Your car is looking really fine, Bob.  Good luck, hope to meet you one day.

50vert wrote:

rpm wrote:

6sally6 wrote:

We park Mustangs at our church during Mustang Week here at the beach. (It's a major Mustang deal!)
We have room for roughly 200 cars.
A couple of "establishments" have events(burnout pit...live music and such) and we park some of the overflow..

The 3 nights we parked Mustangs there were a total of....'wait-for-it'...3 classics ! (4 if you count mine!
Mine sounded the best !!...All the rest had that buzzy rice-burner OHC whirrr! Sure there were a bunch of turbos and coyotes butt they didn't sound like real Mercuh arn ! (Rant over!)
So get use to it fellas the real Mustangs are driven mostly by old guys who get out less & less.....
6sal6

 
Hail Mike, I saw more classics than that driving down to San Diego Saturday, and it got wet half of the trip. True story.

Hey Bob, If you've never been, stop in Carlsbad on the way, for a visit to the Joe Martin museum.
It's a real eye opener!
https://craftsmanshipmuseum.com/
 

Next time, Barry, we'll leave the girls home and spend the day...really get to see it.  LOL
Hope Leonie and you are well.  Hows the 67 coming along?  Will we see you in Sept?

Dan;

Yes, the manifolds that Josh had came from my Falcon buddy.  We modified them for "P" heads but later decided that dual exhaust on the 64 Falcon convertible was just not worth the effort.  At that point my friend went back to the stock Falcon single exhaust setup with stock 260 manifolds, so Josh got the Hi-Po's.

Not real lately but just after Thanksgiving I installed the Viking coil-overs, a new Borgeson steering box, and a new Standard Part ignition switch.  Since the first of the year I've racked up about 1100 miles on the Heap and I think I will be happy with those mods.  The coil-overs are significantly less harsh than the old Grab-A-Track 620 springs that I had, and I was able to adjust the front up 1/2" which, combined with 1/2 degree of positive camber, I hope will eliminate a tendency for the right tire to rub a bit.
The new Borg box is one of their latest as opposed to one based on the Trooper box that I bought back in 2014.  Unlike the old one, the new one doesn't leak (so far), and has a much "tighter" feel on center whereas the old one tended to be loose, and it had been back to Borg to fix a sector leak and now had a input shaft leak.
As I said, I've been putting on the miles as I can and it appears that the new ignition switch has fixed the "Auto-Shut-Down" feature the car had developed on the Bash trip last year.  Actually, it developed that feature some time ago and I kept replacing likely culprits and due to the randomness of the problem, kept thinking I had fixed it...butt (TS&T) had not.  So I'll say that it's fixed.....so far!

Hope to see ya'all in Texas come September.

Oh, and I also fixed a small coolant leak that I've been fighting that seems to be part of a built-in issue with the AFR heads.  Won't go into details here but it's on-going and I fix it for a year or so by the addition of five or six heaping tablespoons of black pepper to the radiator....NOT POWDER, though there have been moments when it was considered.