| Project Daily Journals |
| February 19 2008;
Quick update on what has been going on the last few days. I
repaired the damaged rear wiring harness, new connectors, insulators.
I installed the wiring harness, and ran it to the dash. Then I
installed the rear portion of the brake ducting, and one hose. I
painted the dash, steering column and ashtray. I laid out the dash
pad, and installed one dash cushion. |
| February 14 2008; A
slight change of focus. I started rust proofing inside the frame
rails with wax and oil. After installing the new back up lights, I
protected the back of the car with bubble wrap. I pulled out the
wiring and made plans for electrical hook up. |
| February 13 2008; I
continued work on the valance which included installation of the
trim rings and reconditioning of the back up lamps. Installed the
quarter extensions and bumper. I have a little bit of detail work
to go on this section. |
| February 12 2008;
Completed installing the taillight panel last night. It took a
heckuva lot longer than anticipated, as a lot of things seem to
do. A few details left to work out, and I hope to move to the
lower valance next. |
| February 11 2008;
Emergency cut my mustang time short, but I managed a little time
on the rear light panel. |
| February 10 2008; I
did not do much until Sunday night. I had some problems fitting
the trunk Friday and Saturday, but managed to sleep on it and
solve the problem with the weather-strip. I have the trunk fitting
very close now. I also installed the gas tank, trunk key, and
filler tube. All in all a decent weekend for
accomplishments. |
| February 8 2008; I
picked up a whole bunch more of parts from the paint shop and
mounted the trunk, installed the weather-strip. There are some
difficulties with the fitment of the fiberglass trunk because of
the weather-strip, but I hope to have those sorted out today. |
| February 7 2008;
Continuing to sound proof the trunk area of the car, about 60%
done now. I also installed the functional brake duct inlets in the
quarter panel scallops. I installed the aluminum block off plates
over the stock tail light openings to seal them up from exhaust
gases entering the car. |
| February 6 2008; Yes
more sound proofing, today the rear trunk got major attention and
several layers of sound proofing where the subwoofer will reside.
I also cut some light aluminum block off plates for the stock
taillights as we will be using the Shelby sequential LED lights. |
| February 5 2008; Today
was more sound proofing on the rear inner quarter panels, mostly
on the passenger compartment area and inner wheel wells. I cut the
fuel filler tube properly, welded the roll bar, did some caulking
on key areas of the body. |
| February 4 2008; I did
not get as much done as I'd have liked today. I mounted the
interior trim supports for the fastback area and we repaired the
loose horn mount and looked at the gas tank supply tube fit. |
| February 3 2008; More
time soundproofing, this time two layers of Reflectix foil
insulation under the roof. Then I went to work on the underside of
the cowl, parts of the dash metal, and the kick panels. I then
finished off some areas which needed more rust-proofing attention.
This should be dry by tomorrow and can then be sound proofed. |
| February 1 2008; I
picked up some "blue skin" and spent about 1.5 hours on
the underside of the roof. Put three layers on. I am hoping to
sneak in a few hours more this weekend. |
| January 31 2008; Today
was installing the wiper arms and motor. The wiper posts had red
over-spray all over them so had to be cleaned up. I sealed the
bolt through cowl holes with a dab of black silicone and used rope
caulk around the wiper lever seals. I didn't get as much done as I
thought, but screwed down the four oval floor plates just to
finish off. |
January 30 2008; I
actually "think" I did more tonight. It took maybe a
little longer though. I touched up the grey zero rust on the
underside of the chassis near the engine compartment. There was a
lot of blue overspray, and I want the underside of the car to look
good too!
After that I primed the four tin caps that cover the openings in
the floor boards.
Next I installed the cowl repair kit plastic hats (my cowl was in
fairly good condition except for the "hats") |
| January 29 2008; This
is day zero of reassembly. Honestly it seemed like I did not get
much done, but I tried to be patient. I picked up some 5/16"
stainless bolts and washers for vulnerable areas. Stopped by the
body shop to talk to the painter. I dove up into the attic and
brought a number of parts and pieces down to the garage, Picked up
a few of my tools from the other garage. Bought some rubber gloves
and misc. items I was short of. Picked up some bubble wrap to
protect the newly painted surfaces, and some satin black paint for
the dash. I removed the new wheels and put the TT-2's back on. I
only had time tonight to redo the bottom inside of the cowl with
black zero-rust. It was painted white from the stripes overspray.
It looks good. Tomorrow we'll see which direction I will go in! |
