Trunk clean out and fuel tank removal

Cleaned out the trunk. 

Removed this tubby full of random parts from back there. 
















Threw a coat of rust converter on the metal in the trunk.

And another coat.

Driver side front shock and spring removal

Pulled the driver side front shock and spring.

This job is nerve wracking. The spring has to be compressed a lot more than I am comfortable with, even with the correct tool for the job. I use an internal spring compressor not one of those janky external ones.

First dry fit of the new passenger side floor

First some measurements for replacing the floor support. 

Random Progress 2020

Ben puttering on the car here and there but haven’t kept up on this blog. So here are all the pictures I have taken of car work since the last blog post.

Tossing in some pictures of my grandfather’s old band saw which I brought home and got working. 

Engine Meet Stand

Finally got the engine up on the stand the other day, then promptly took it back off again. Need to grease the stand before a longer term connection.

Had to unbolt the clutch plate to get the engine onto the stand.

Cleaning in the time of Covid

I note with some dismay that I didn’t have any blog posts in all of 2019. I’m not dead and I haven’t given up on either this blog or the Mustang. I just didn’t accomplish much on the Mustang in 2019, though it was a very busy year in other ways.

Anyway, here he are in April of 2020 and I decided I REALLY wanted to get the Mustang cleaned off so I would be in a position to work on it some more.

Before:

After:

Bonus tool hanging space I put together:

Not gonna promise more frequent updates or anything. Just hoping all of you are well and making progress on your own projects.