Mustang Progress Report

Speaker Wires

Time to string the speaker wires.  Radio-to-rear-speaker wires were run through the door sills, along with the wire loom for the tail lights and backup lights on the driver's side.  Better than running under the carpet, which would be the likely route when added to a finished car:

 

Kick panel speakers wired and installed:

 

Door and Quarter Panels

First the sheet of water-seal material is glued on:

Then the quarter panel attached:

Door panel, arm rests, and window crank and door handle:

 

I ran into a problem when installing the window cranks for the quarter windows.  The window regulator shafts were apparently for a different style of window crank and the shafts were too long and did not have a threaded hole in the end for the screw that holds the crank on to the shaft.  The crank was too far away from the side panel:

 

 

 

First, I hacksawed off the ends of the shafts:

 

Then I drilled and tapped a hole in the end of each shaft:

 

The result was that the crank fit snug to the panel:

 

 

 

The interior is coming along:

 

 

 

Fuel Line

 

Brian was down over Christmas and we worked together to install the pump-to-tank fuel line:

 

 



 

It was a pre-bent line and fit nicely:

 

It has been a long time since we took the car apart, and while rumaging through old parts looking for some fuel line clips, we came upon this part that was a mystery.  I think it has something to do with the spare tire.  At least I'm pretty sure it came from the trunk. 

 

I gave Brian a brake master cylinder for Christmas, and he had brought down the rear brake line, so the next step is to order the front lines and then install them.  This will involve some fabrication as the master cylinder is not stock, but is a dual-chamber unit made specially for disk brakes, and the lines will have to be custom fit.  In the meantime, I have some other parts to install.