Tomorrow, the start day, is the 13th of September.  We head out to Kansas on Oct 7.
Any way I count days, that is less than a month. 

We need the “A” team!

If you have all the new parts on hand ready to go, that is plenty of time if you have two people working on it, especially if one of those people is named MS.

MS wrote:

Follow this thread for a daily progress update.

You ain't got time for no update'in.  Git out there and bolt stuff together.

MS wrote:

Follow this thread for a daily progress update.

Stay tuned; Same bat time same bat channel.
 

Sawzall?😃

Day ONE
Monday of Week 1 (continued)

Entire suspension removed
Exhaust cut out
Rear end and driveshaft out
Engine unbolted ready to lift out tomorrow morning.
Car fell off jackstands, but the post on the lift kept it from falling off the lift. Got it lifted back in place by using engine hoist chained to motor mount. No skin lost and no sheetmetal damage.  Lucky.

Stands were in the proper slots on the pinch welds under the rear rockers and under the front of the frame rails near where the floor support attaches. (The one that goes over the tranny hump)

Tried to adjust one stand with bottle jack to lift. Got 1/2” off the stand and WHAMO.  STILL don’t know why.  But the jack tray that was under the front framerails was at the very back of the lift after it happened.
All I know is that I felt the fender of my 66 bend when my head hit it as I evacuated from under the lift, and my right hip is a bit sore where I landed on the rubber air hose.
No damage to my 66, thank THE LORD.  It was parked six feet away from the lift, parallel to it. Hip will heal.  Fender would not.

Wishing we had easy pic posting…

MS wrote:

Wishing we had easy pic posting…

 

Us too.

Day FOUR
Thursday of Week 1

Installed front suspension, ready for spindle assemblies once we get the brake line brackets bolted into the frame rails centered under the UCA.
The brand new MOOG complete upper control arm assembly bushings would barely rotate, so I disassembled them to do the MustangSteve style rebuild on them. I was surprised to find that MOOG has adopted my slotted UCA shaft conversion!  That made my day.  So, I reassembled them with grease (they were bone dry) and properly adjusted and welded the steel bushings so they would rotate freely.  We did the Shelby drop, installed new springs and everything else.
Borgeson box is bolted to the frame.  I made a spacer so the rubber boot on the steering box pitman shaft did something other that just hang loose around the shaft. Now it acts like a real seal.
I modified the pedal support and pedal for the MustangSteve power brake conversion and sealed bearing pedal shaft kit. Turns out that someone added the c-4 tranny and the car was originally a manual three speed. That explains all the stripped bolts in the bellhousing and the crappy coolant lines that did not resemble any originals. Jose said it was automatic when he bought it in 1992.
We modified the mounting holes in the shock towers where the shock mount and export brace bolts down so they would work with later model 3/8” carriage bolts instead of the wimpy 65-66 5/16” carriage bolts. Had to redrill the cowl for the new Drake export brace to fit.  It aligned nicely with both shock towers once the cowl was redrilled.  The Scott Drake concours export brace is actually a decent part, unlike most of their other stuff.

So, tomorrow, the spindles and front brake lines go on, 1” sway bar goes on, then engine and tranny go in.  The car will be sitting on all four tires with the engine and tranny bolted in place by the end of Friday.

Still waiting on brake booster to arrive to finalize the steering column installation.

Sounds Awesome