We had a thread for this last year, lets make another go at it! :)
What I already have set in stone:
New windshield seal
New wiper post seals
Replace dash
Replace ball joints, tie rods and dust boots
Replace pinion crush sleeve (properly)
Replace Merkur center console with a Mustang II one
Cut out and weld in new driver's side floor pan
Clean and undercoat the car
What I would LIKE to get around to doing:
Have original seats reupholstered
Replace headliner
Replace rear side window seals
Replace rear window seal
Replace belt line trim
Replace trunk seal
Replace rear marker light seals
Cut out and patch the rust on passenger's side quarter panel
Replace wipe arm mechanics
Replace rear driver's side taillight lens
It's a big list, but the things that I have set in stone should all be done before summer time hits, and all at once. Since while I have the windshield out, it will be a breeze to pull the dash and replace the wiper posts seals. I wish I could do the headliner too, but I don't see it happening with my current financial situation. :(
I'm just hopping that I can still make it over to Washington for a northwest meet this spring, where I can pick up an 8" rear end that another member is holding for me.
What have the rest of you got in store for '09?
replace all seals
Get the 3.8l S/C motor rebuilt and into the car
Wire it
Get the body work done
block/sand
Replace rear leafs with new ones
All polyurethane bushings
MSD or Other FI management system installed
ROAD TEST..
2010
paint
wheels-tires
touch ups
Finish my paint job and the topic I started on it (put on hold due to other projects, time change, back, birthdays, grand kids and a new Rock Band A/C D/C game).
wrap the header and down pipe
get my lc1 working right
hide all wires under the hood
build a boost controller
get the interior back together and clean
finish tune for 16# of boost
start a new tune for 22#
install mini spool and 3.80 gears
re-ring
do something better for the cooling fan
what i want to do but dont know if ill have the money or time:
paint under hood
big valve and more port work to the head
machine head for bigger boport cam
install factory seatbelts
8 pt cage
bob
Get Baby running like a champ!
Get bids on a paint job.
Find decent bronze-brown armrests.
Go to old car shows, meets, and/or rallys.
Go to the Canyon Cruise!
Oh, and get '74 Mustang promised to me...
Get a battery for it
Get her running!
Cross that bridge when we get there! lol.
get sub-frame connectors welded in
driveshaft hoop
new performance shifter so I dont bend/break shift forks when speed shifting :P
sound deadner
new carpet
new wooden console
go to pinks all-out in June (Maryland Int. Raceway) and try to make it in the show!!! Yay! Go Pinto!! :fastcar:
Plans for my 71 V8 Pinto this year include: (1) Replace front windshield and rubber seal; (2) work on dash panels- cover with vinyl carbon fiber material and (3) shine the hell out of the car and head for the Knott's Berry car show in April. I'm still looking for a 72-75 Pinto wagon but given the current economic conditions ......?? Joe in Morgan Hill, CA
what im going to do,
finish the install of the fuel cell i started yesterday, install the new fuel lines and billet fuel rail. weld in the new floors and trunk pan, re-adjust the traction bars, new carpet headliner and mkviii seats, another t5 that shifts better, finish the 8.8 rebuild and install in lew of the 7.5 posi thats in there now.
what id like to do.
start the build of the new turbo motor that i have nearly all the parts for, get the big valve head done, install a 6pt cage in it and get the 10.xx time slip im looking for.
one way or another i'll get to the track this year.
Seal around the fuel cell i dropped in sat.
finish the radiator install.
install the msd and 2step
install the new master cylinder and run all new brake lines
install the roll controll and the brake byass
replace controll arm bushings and strut bushings
put motor together... sent the block off today all parts here ready to go
need to find 5spd
install the new head liner and carpet
get insurance and licences and drive the wheels off this thing.
every thing set in stone i look at this thing every day it wants me to drive it so bad
it cant stand it. :lol: :lol: ;D
you can find me driving to work by spring and at the local track on the weekends. :lol: :lol: