Day 2 had us finally arriving at the Farm and working with Enos to get the car off of his trailer and onto ours. Luckily he had loaded the car backwards onto his trailer.
Now when you see this picture, you THINK that his trailer is connected to his tractor. Wrong wrong wrong. This became very obvious when we back our trailer up to his and tried to simply push the car across the trailers onto our. Once the Mustang reached the mid point, his tongue shot up and the back end dug into the dirt. WHAMMO. Mustang nose dived into the back of our brand new trailer and put a dent into it. No damage happened to the Mustang. .
Come-A-Long back onto the half way point then put my ramps from ours to his. Much better.
When you buy something from an old country boy, make sure you plan on the three or four hours it takes for him to talk your ear off. I finally had to be rude and tell him that we needed to get headed back to Texas.

This shows how packed the car was with parts and stuff. I did clear out the trunk, but the interior has to wait until I can spend a few hours slowly digging stuff out.

So some main issues I have found in the little time I spent looking at this full restore.
Floor pan is shot. Front to back and both sides. Both rear subframes at the rear leaf sring attachment points are shot. Dynacorn has a full front to back one piece system that I am going to install. A little pricey but this will solve all the issues with the bottom rust.

Some rust in the engine bay area was already fixed. the parts to fix the rest were found inside the car ready to be installed.

Transmission is missing. Who cares, I was going with an AOD upgrade anyway.

Engine is in unknown condition. I smell a Preformance Ford Crate 302 solving this problem.

Brakes will get the Mustang Steve brake fix once he and I sort out the choices we have.

With the exception of the rear tail light section, no other body panels had issues. No Bondo was found any where else. Although I haven't peeked inside the doors. No paint bubling showed rust issues.

Interior is a complete mess.

Top is a complete mess.

Wheels will need changing to accomodate better brakes.

All this equals to a long road of fun.

 

Today I loaded up the Convertible and headed off to a far Northeast town to meet up with the Sheriff's auto theft inspection team. The officer took my paperwork and the Bill of Sale then looked at the right fender for both VIN markings. His computer search showed no stolen hits on the VIN. He didn't think we could get a Title until the car was complete enough to drive.
This afternoon I ordered the complete floor from http://www.thoroughbredgt.com/

Taking a look at the pump and the cylinders for raising and lowering the roof, they don't look that bad. The lines look pretty roached out though.
Does anyone know a method to test them out on a bench?

Mochaman wrote:

Taking a look at the pump and the cylinders for raising and lowering the roof, they don't look that bad. The lines look pretty roached out though.
Does anyone know a method to test them out on a bench?

Mochaman, In the picture, they look clear or transparent, are they? 

Most things get tested to a percentage above the normal working range. Once you know the rating of the pump, you could test with water pressure or air pressure. And then they burst in testing , or pass and then burst in the car .

At the age of 50, are they really worth testing? Other than cost savings, is there a reason you would want to keep them?

My bad on the read. You might as well test it in the car now. Disconnect the rams from the top and hit the switch. Best case it moves as it should. Worst case, the pump won’t work or the seals on the pistons leak. Splice a "T" into the old lines for a pressure gauge.A Google search shows 300-325 psi operating pressure from a new pump at CJ Pony Parts. The new lines have a 250 working pressure printed on the tubing.

Mochaman wrote:

This is the Convertible that Corky helped Anna and I purchase from a work friend of his. This is going to be a long and thourough rebuild to do this right. Having just come out of the 65 Fastback full Restomod I have a good idea on time and money to take on a project this big.

Day one. Anna and I heading out from Texas towards North East Alabama.

 Nice Sport-Trac

Finally got the engine out. This is needed to get the car turned around in the shop so the rear faces out. Should make the full floor pan assembly easier to install that way. Now that the car front is lighted I can get it on Jack stands then pull everything else suspension related to start cutting out the metal cancer areas.

Nice job Mochaman, keep it going.

cman66 all I have are excuses and no results. I have been working aw
ay from home for almost a year now. My job has me on high travel for a while to go I believe. I may have a new position opening up that I will apply to that means no travel. 
​I have done some work on it, but nothing really worth sharing. I have started on cutting out the floorpan. But too much life things are slowing it all down. 
​Thanks for checking up. I am hoping to touch it when I get back from Germany in mid April. Right now I am in San Antonio. I did get to see Mustang Steve, his lovely bride and their beautiful house. They were only about an hour north of my hotel.