Looks like OEM

Looks good,this is what a buddy of mine did



Tonie

MustangSteve wrote:

Previous owner had really hammered on the shock towers.  With the Hedman headers, it was not noticeable.  Now am trying to fix all that stuff.  I used my pictureframe tool I made (see earlier posts a while back) to mark the shocktowers so both trimmed out pieces would be in the same plane.  Pics tell the rest.  Those runs in the last couple of pictures were in the build-primer and got sanded out before painting.




Two down... Two to go...

 
 MS...Nice deaugmentation....jj

I jsut wish I had the time to clean up the entire compartment, but that involves removing everything to do it right.  I hate to compromise, but this is just engine compartment paint that winds up looking bad after it is driven for another 20 years anyway.  It will still look better than most...

Today, I got the assenger side done, and both shock towers are now painted.  Almost time to put the engine in for the final time.

I installed the Global West upper control arms today.  Has anyone else installed them?  The car sits alot higher now.  I am cutting 1 full coil off the progressive motorsport springs.  If you draw a straight line on the side of the control arm from the centerline of the pivot shaft to the mounting surface of the ball joint, the spring perch sits 1" higher on the GW arms than it does on the stockers.  Everything else being equal, that will raise the car more than 1".  I am trying to get a really low stance now that I have clearance under the car.

I am lloking for others who have installed GW control arms and any info on what you used and final ride height.

Tonie wrote:

Looks good,this is what a buddy of mine did



Tonie

I like this! Also looking good in Mustang Steve's garage! I'm hoping I'll have time to do a thorough job cleaning up the engine compartment when I swap my motor soon but might also have to wait for the next swap as I'd like to be able to take the car to the Norcal SAAC event at Thunderhill in October. Running out of time and the 289 is far too tired to make the trip.

The MII front suspension requires removal of all the structure from the front of the car.  They just weld to the existing framerails, which are just sheetmetal, and that is not very strong.  My car already had a TCP power rack in it.  I would not have trimmed the bumps off the shock towers if the previous owner of the car had not destroyed them with a hammer trying to install some ill-fitting headers many years ago.

My goal for this rebuild is to make the car have no excuses.  In other words, if it is on the car, it will be done right and have a purpose.  Removing the humps got rid of some carnage plus makes it so I can install my headers without having to move the engine around.  I can actually install the engine with the headers on it if I want to .

Now see, this is a good examplw of why I don't need to learn how to weld.
This would just become another something I'd just have to do.
Now, cos I do not weld, and no 351 block, it aint gotta be done.

Tubo

I'm just amazed that someone went back to 2013 posts and renewed this, although it was nice looking at it again.