Scuff-o-rama

So my car came back and they got it primed. That left me to scuff the whole thing to ready it for the next phase. I may have an overuse injury after 5 hrs of that! All the guys at the shop say I have a really nice piece. I'm pretty sure they're referring to the new floor section in my car. Lisa rode to the shop on Saturday and then helped me out for a while. That was nice. With temps close to 30 deg I suppose I should've been riding, too but the prospect of being behind the wheel of my car this summer had more pull today!

I put the last coat of stain on the woodwork in the kitchen today. With only the clear to go it's the closest I've been to finishing a project in quite some time!

Christmas in January

My first order of parts came in last week. Won't be long and I'll be able to start bolting stuff on. I got the undercoating scraped of the bottom of the car on Saturday and Lisa got the trim ready for powder coating. It was a long day and I was filthy dirty but it was very nice to get that job all done in one day. The plan is to get it sandblasted, primed and truck bedlinered this week. Then I should be able to start bolting the suspension in next weekend. It's starting to set in that I'm actually going to be driving this car soon! Can't wait. The only downside is with the motor I have planned to go in this car it's probably going to melt the tires as the widest tire that will go under the car is only 9.5". I could have had them mini tub it for me but the undercarriage was so nice I couldn't bear to see it cut up! Maybe a set of drag radials will help....

Moving along

Yep, still riding the IHTD (In Home Torture Device or Trainer. Whichever terminology you prefer). The really exciting stuff for me is going on at the shop. Both quarter panels are on, the decklid is ready to go and it's about ready to go on the rotiserrie so I can remove the undercoating from the floors. My suspension stuff shuould be here this week and the brakes here the following week. I ended up getting a kit that will let me run the 94-04 Cobra Mustang brakes. Should be sweet. I'll have to do a braking test and compare the stopping distances between the 13" front and 11.5" rear disks to the 4 wheel drum brakes the car came with in 1965.

Here's a picture of the car with the drivers side quarter panel cut off. I thought I had a pic of the new one on but I don't. Stay tuned.

New Year

Same start. Another New Years Day Ride down. It was a little on the cool side but nothing like 2 years ago. At least the roads were clear. Spending a lot of time with the Wii Fit +. Better watch out this year, I'm gonna' be so ripped you could get cut!