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Big show put on by the Mustang Owners Club OF NSW. On top of a major shopping mall in the car park area. 100 degrees f , bloody hot , My Dodge Charger R/T won 2 trophies. Here's some pics of the 69-70 Mustangs and some convertibles

Underdash wiring is finally done!. Will put steering column, brake pedal and accelerator pedal in next. I am going to leave dash out when the car goes to paint. Moving to under the car for my transmission speed sensor and backup light switch wiring, then to the trunk, then engine goes in!

I had the same issue bigmal but just used a small spring to lift it away from the exhaust . When the brake is applied the spring just moves to suit . It works a treat.

you need to have your heads cc'd. chris straub is one of the best cam grinders in the business. straubtechnologies.com

Thanks! Schott makes some absolutely stunning wheels and the quality is amazing. While quite a bit more expensive than the normal fare, the difference in appearance and quality are truly "obvious". Helluva commitment for sure!

EDIT EDIT This is the latest information as of 1-20-18. The 69s have a problem because of the small 5.75 diameter lights. New lights have become available in the H4 format that are acceptable. While the Koito H4 is not as good on low beams as a Hella BiFocal H1, the Koito is still substantially better than the old sealed beams. This information comes from Daniel Stern, and the halogen lights he suggests are the only lights I found that have photometry to show you the actual light pattern. They are DOT approved. Too much light going up tends to reflect back and bedazzel the driver, especially if there is rain or fog. Stern suggests several brands and they are all detailed on the attached schematic titled Headlights.pdf. Pictures are on the accompanying MS Word.doc titled Headlight3.doc. The different types of lights require different wiring, so I made a schematic for each type. It took many many emails to Stern to pry all the information out of him. He does not give part numbers, so if you want to get the correct parts you will have to get them from him. His website shows the bulbs, Cibies, and Hellas, but as of this writing the Koitos are not shown. He also has some relays and harnesses, but I don't think he has both types of harnesses, so beware of what you are buying. You will need to add a couple of relays and a harness wired directly to the battery because these halogens pull substantially more amps and will fry your light switch and wires. Stern has finally found DOT approved LEDs. The link is in a later post below. I don't care for them because they look like multifaceted bug eyes. All the other LED lights that I looked at are made by tiny little companies that don't do any testing. They are not DOT approved and I don't recommend them. HEADLIGHTS.pdf headlights3.doc

If you don't have an engineers certificate for every modification, you won't pass for registration. No registration on a vehicle means no use on public roads. The police now have number plate scanning devices on their vehicles too that scan while they are driving and alert them to registration status on passing vehicles. The fines and penalties for using an unregistered vehicle on public roads are more than the registration costs. So not worth it. As I mentioned, each year our vehicles in NSW need to pass an inspection to be cleared for the following years registration. If the inspector, most mechanical shops, is inspecting a non-original car and questions the modifications, you need to provide the engineers certificate to prove those modifications are certified and legal. The same if you were pulled over by the police and they questioned you over modifications, you need to carry the engineers certificate to prove it. This is where the police persons knowledge and attitude can become a huge grey area. They have the right to fine or take the vehicle off the road but there are so many stories of misinformed police officers not knowing the rules but using their status to do so. I've been on the receiving end of both positive and negative too. Nothing against the police, just some people in general are a-holes. Other states are different. Some are like us that require yearly inspections, some only require them when a vehicle changes ownership. But in those states, the modification rules still apply. If you were pulled over and the police detect uncertified modifications, they take the vehicle off the road until it is rectified. Which either means change the modification what ever it may be back to factory standard and have the vehicle inspected and cleared. Or have the modification engineer certificated. Now, more grey areas. Each engineer and registration inspector also has their own interpretation of the rules. It's a matter of finding and using one that you get along with or are both on the same page, that makes it much easier.