Started on stripping paint off from the inside of the trunk lid. Strange observation was that the outside had one red, one silver and one black layer of paint on it. One the inside I've found one red layer, another layer of another red and a white layer of paint.



Also welded in some new material around the hinge attachement area on one of the doors. The light surface rust here comes from me using citric acid on it:



No pics of it, but I also went over to a local friend and helped him to get the handbrake working on a '65 coupe. Someone had welded in extra material to whatever it can be called handbrake bracket thingie that goes between the brakepads, fixed that with a cutting disc in the angle grinder and got it working.

Decided today that it was time to clean up the mess I've created in my garage. Had a lot of dust in there from all the sanding and spraying that has been going on for a while now. Took a lot of my stuff out in the spring sun and cleaned things up inside and out with the high pressure washer. As the US state I've spent most time in is Texas I have a Texas Star that I'm very proud of on my garage:





 

Been working on cleaning up the inside of the doors and putting insulation in them and also painted the inside of the trunk, but took no pics as it would be kind of pointless me thinks.

Then started to put the rearend back together, replaced the axle bearings, but unfortunately ran in some problems with the axle seals. Hopefully I can find new seals locally. Reason BTW for the extra long wheelbolts is that I am using a 20 mm aluminum spacer to get the wheels to fit the way I want them to fit. The rear was once shortened with another set of rear wheels with different backspacing in mind:

You never fail to amaze me, Hakan.  Best wishes, and can't wait to see it done. =)

Glens 1965 50 wrote:

Want More Pics....  Want More Pics....

Yep, wish I had something to show, but have been busy with house maintenance the last couple of weekends using the short good weather time slot we have up here.

Not automotive, but here's some of my better pics from my week day nights bike trips in and just outside of beautiful Copenhagen: http://public.fotki.com/VikingMustang/other-projects/denmark/?cmd=fs_slideshow
 

Reason for most of my pics in this thread being offline at the moment is that my photo storage provider is moving their servers from the US to Europe.

Anyway, I have been back home from working in Denmark for a couple of weeks now and made some progress putting the suspension components back on the car to be able to take it down from the rotisserie. Next step will be to put the engine back in and build headers, ducting for the intercooler and turbo setup and that's the reason I haven't painted the engine bay yet as I do not want to scratch any paint there while working, specifically on the headers.

Only cloud in the sky right now is that I just got the word that they want me back at another client in Denmark and I'll start the next assignment there November 4th and it will last for at least a year.

Here's the pics:

Hakan,  what are you going to use for bumpstops on the front suspension?  Looking good !!!!  I am envious of getting to do one from scratch like you are doing.  Maybe in my next life...

Looking sharp Hakan

keep posting

Tonie

MustangSteve wrote:

Think about the amount of leverage acting on a stop at that posiion.  It will be quite alot if your suspension uses it for an abrubt halt of movement.  That is why they are usually right at the ball joint.  What do you think?  I would hate to see you bend one of those cool LCA's.

Yes, that's a very valid consideration that I also thought about, maybe it would be a better idea to have something going down to above the upper ball joint from the reinforcement I did that connects the shocktower. Hmm, I could bolt something on there and might even be able to have some cool dimpled holes in it...
 

JSHarvey wrote:

That car is a work of automotive art!  I always get excited when there's a chance to see photos of your work on that car.  :-)  Simply amazing!

Many thanks!

As always, got a little carried away on the detailing of my rear end. I've actually "chromed" all the bolts, etc. using the "Replica Chrome Kit" I described here: http://fyi.boardhost.com/viewtopic.php?id=2112 :











 

jerseyjoe wrote:

I love the lower shock tower braces...cool...what steering rack is that ?....jj

Thanks, I made the rack & pinion myself using two Mazda 929 units that I converted to center take off. Here's an album with pics showing how I did it: http://public.fotki.com/VikingMustang/the-phoenix-project/engine-mounts/
 

WOW! you really put the metal working equipment to good use, don't you? and the rear end is too nice to even put under a car!
is this going to be a show car only? or will you be driving it?