Small update. Took the car on it's first out of town road trip. It didn't catch fire, so I think the car passed the challenge.





It kinda does a burnout.


Went to a pull-it-yourself yard in Spencer, IA and took a couple parts off a bad butt '79 Mercury Bobcat wagon 4-speed.







One of the things I grabbed was the intake setup.


This yard was pretty impressive. There was a lot of just about everything there. Very organized. They nickel and dime you though.







Pretty long selection of F-Bodies.


Very nice red on black Super Coupe.


Festivas galore.





This made me chuckle. We used to make these back in the early 2000s and shipped them out to people. Kinda cheesy but a lot of SHOs ended up with them. Looks like they didn't survive long in the elements.


Turrrrbo


There was plenty more but I was short on time.

Then I got new carpet.


Installing carpet sucks balls. I hate cutting and guessing. This is what my old carpet looked like:


Notice the fade over the tunnel hump.




Started yanking out the seats.




Pulled the rear seat and found this.




Gross.


Apparently the new carpet is soft.


I pulled the black material out where the rear seats are for obvious stinky reasons. The front doesn't smell much at all even with my nose right on it, so I left those alone.






I exposed behind the passenger cargo panel and found this massive mess of bullshit. Smelled horrible.


Threw the new carpet in.




Started measuring, marking, and cutting holes.






That's all I got done lastnight. This install is more detailed then I expected. I love how it's looking so far though.

It's looking really good! What did you paint the engine compartment with? I wanna do the same thing to my 80 when I pull the engine on it.

I still have the console, shifter, and e-brake to bolt up. Mostly finished though.

Great looking Car!! And the Details are fantastic. A lot of work but if the finish is like that it was rewarding!

Update:

This N/A motor sucks. I'm not used to something so slow. I picked up a Turbo Coupe engine/harness/ECU. Hopefully that will help.

I started on the valve cover today.



I want to keep the 1970s look the best I can, so I'm sticking with Ford blue opposed to the black Ford used in the 80s. Tomorrow I'll finish the top of the valve cover and give those raised areas a brushed aluminum finish.








I'm not sure what to do with the intake. Part of me wants to keep it as-is, but it looks kinda crusty. I wonder if a light gray of some sort would look good?

Damn, that's a good idea.