RPM, aka Bearing Bob wrote:

6sally6 wrote:

6sally6 wrote:

(Heck...I sold a car because "I refuse to pay 50 cent a gallon for hi-test gas")
6sally6

 
THIS^^ is a real testament of 'shortsightedness' !
It was 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T....canary yellow w/blk stripes...383/335 HP ..blk vinyl top (A real hoss)
I traded in my 64 Falcon Sprint 260/4 speed + 1200 bux for it. (duhhh!)
Living proof the human brangs go sound asleep while our body continues to function !
Oh well...

 
Uh...I don't like you no more Sally.

And I'm having second thoughts also Sal.
While looking for my second US car in the 90s, I found a 70 hemi challenger with a siezed engine for 15 grand. The bank manager wouldn't go for that, so I ended up with 2 $2000 mustang coupes.
It didn't help that until the car was 30 yrs old, it was liable to import duties and taxes that would've doubled the price.


 

The only thing a flux core welder does better than shielding gas, is it's able to weld outside on a windy day.
It's not worth the disadvantages though.
 

RPM, aka Bearing Bob wrote:

50vert wrote:

,Great job Greg!! I very nearly bought a 62 Gal, instead of the 67 S code.
If It had been a better car, I'd be pickin' your brains right now.
 

 
You have a 67 S code? Tell me more... tell me more...

I might'a misled you a bit Bob. It's a 67 S code Mustang, not a Galaxie.
It's claim to fame apart from being a Marti report 1 of 1, is being 1 of the last 67s to leave the building on 8/17/67.
I've never been able to call any of my cars "finished", so I'm going with a more concours type build with this one ...
Maybe I can call it "finished" one day.

Bob, I guess TW thought he needed a rebuild cos of how badly it would'a been handling without a crossmember.
I'm sure he's now a convert to the benefits of a tighter body. Some background,
https://fyi.boardhost.com/viewtopic.php?id=7440
 

Great job Greg!! I very nearly bought a 62 Gal, instead of the 67 S code.
If It had been a better car, I'd be pickin' your brains right now.
 

Before you finish assembly of the booster, put an extra nut on the studs where they pass through the mounting plate of the booster with a bit of loctite. Place a fender washer on top of the extra nuts and set the top of the washers to the same height as the edge of the mounting plate. This will give a solid surface to tighten against.
 

RPM, aka Bearing Bob wrote:

Both Sequoia NP and the hwy 1 drive are well worth it. I wouldn't drive 1,500 miles and not visit Yosemite.

One of the best things about our place in Mammoth Lakes, is that Yosemite is next door.

I think Greg is correct ... original application is an IH distributor.
https://www.napaonline.com/en/p/ECHAL162

Both 5R09C162843 and 5R07C162945 has a date code of 30L, 30 November 1964.
Your car is actually listed on ISOmustangs as a vintage burgandy convertible.
https://www.isomustangs.org/Registry/List.aspx?a=0&g=54&y=1965&pl=R&p=24

I lost 5 of the 8 nuts, and a socket, in my pans while trial fitting 95 seats in mine. Got 1 nut and the socket out with an old speaker magnet. I'll concentrate on getting the rest out when the seats go in to stay.
I learnt to use an empty TP roll in the hole, up to the nut ... stuff can only fall out of the roll.

Enough of a difference that a 3G requires grinding on the alt bracket. It sounds like you'll need all the room you can get. A 6G from a 2001-2004 V6 mustang, should fit with no grinding, and is smaller than a 3G.
Should be cheapish at a pick-n-pull.
 

It was great getting to meet you Alan .... See you next year in Bako?