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Is this for a Shelby/GT? The other 69 body styles don't have what I would call eyebrow molding. The parts above the headlights below:

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Cruzzar, The spring under the car is there and the pedal returns to its place like it is supposed to. The handle does not. buening, That's what I thought. From my picture it looks like I have the bushing in place and I have the spring ordered so I should be good. I'll follow the advice to clean it up and re-grease once the spring gets here.

Thanks, I'm ordering the replacement spring. Now what to do with the lawnmower spring?

Thanks, It could be bent. I think my spring may actually be from a lawnmower from when I was in high school and mowing a lot of lawns. If anyone can post a picture of how the assembly is supposed to look installed please do. The CJ Pony parts spring I listed is called the "PARKING BRAKE LEVER RETURN SPRING 1969-1970" Which sounds like it is for the handle return. When I looked at some reproduction/replacement units they had a spring around the arm between the weld and where it goes through the hole/guide.

Also I looked for parts and found: http://www.cjponyparts.com/parking-brake-lever-return-spring-1969-1970/p/HW1168/ This does not have any hooks on it and does not look like the spring in my picture. Does this spring go around the release lever where the end goes through the hole and pushes the lever back as opposed to the way the spring on there pulls the lever? If so, does the rubber stop for the pedal get in the way?

I love the look of your door panel. The light makes me wish I had deluxe interior.

I have a slightly different problem. My brake seems to work fine but after pulling the release handle the handle does not go back into it's default position and the next time you set the brake the clicking/ratchet does not engage and the brake will not set. You have to manually push the release handle all the way in until the ratchet will catch. I looked at the assembly diagrams from the book I downloaded at fordmanuals.com and I don't see anything in the picture about the handle return. I don't even see the handle. When I looked under the dash there was a spring hanging from the bracket on one side and nothing on the other so I attached the free end around the handle rod close to where it attaches to the rest of the assembly. It still does not work and from looking at other pictures I don't think it is right. Here is what it looks like now: How is this release lever supposed to work with regard to returning to place after you pull it? Are you supposed to manually push it or is it supposed to return on its own. I assume the spring goes somewhere but looking at it on your back upside down from a shallow angle does not make it easy to figure out. Edit: Now I think I might remember adding that spring when I was 16 and it may not belong there.

Looking forward to the carb video. I think my e-brake problem was just an issue with the release handle and probably nothing wrong at the drum. I'll confirm next time I lower it from the jack stands.

Thanks for the comments! On a mild central Texas January day my preschool age daughters helped me clean up the old car to see what was under all that road grime and dust. My 5 year old picked up everything from the inside of the car and bagged it for me then she used the shop-vac to vacuum up all the old leaves, dirt and mouse dropping on the inside of the car. When her 2 and a half year old sister woke up from her nap they both helped wash the outside of the car. I had borrowed a battery charger because I had hoped to give them a ride back into the garage when we were done, but the battery was toast and the car wouldn't even start from a jump. After pushing the car into the garage with the girls inside I started making a list of priorities to work on. Sure I have a grand list of all the mods I want to do like a 408 stroker, AOD, disc brakes and more, but the goal is to get the car registered and inspected so we can take it to our local cruise in. The last registration information I found was from 2005 and the last inspection sticker was from 2002. Work off list for inspection and registration: - New Battery and battery cables - Vacuum leak affecting carb advance and C4 shifting - C4 leak - Remove power steering components and lube steering box - New wiper blades - fix E-brake - replace one chipped/cracked headlight I also need to rebuild the carburetor but I can probably pass inspection without doing that. It has a Holley 2300 on it right now but I found an Autolite with a C9 tag in a box that came with the car. I've since taken care of the battery and cables and have diagnosed most of the vacuum leak and the E-brake problem looks like it is just the return spring on the release handle. I'll probably remove the AC compressor and some of the other components since it does not work and maybe replace the water pump while I'm at it. The paint is fairly good except for the three large peeling spots. Two matching spots are just above and behind the medallions and the third is between the rear window and the trunk lid. It also has a re-pop fiberglass quarter panel extension on the right side that has a not to noticeable chunk missing so I recently bought an original cast part from a forum member. There is also a small amount of damage to the front spoiler sheet metal on the right side from driving it on/off the car hauler with a flat tire. Oh and my girls finally got their ride in the car a few nights ago.

Thanks. I did not watch the whole thing but do you do the back ones too? I need to fix my emergency brake.

It's amazing what having it all one color can do for how it looks. Keep it up.

Then the wait... I wasn't in a terrible hurry to get the car to Texas and was a little price sensitive on shipping costs. I have an annual trip to Virginia in August to see my brothers and go hiking. On the trip I got to check out the car. It was in worse shape than I thought with some paint peeling off presumably from weather exposure. I kept hoping that we could arrange shipment to arrive by my birthday but it came and went without getting picked up. The following week it was finally on a truck after coaxing it to start and it arrived at my house a only a week after my birthday. Other than getting some used tires to put on the 14 inch steel wheels it basically sat in the garage until the end of duck hunting season.

We had an extra space in our garage for the car but it was full of stuff from my dad's old house and all my hunting gear so I waited for a weekend in July when my wife was out of town and cleaned up everything and epoxy coated the garage floor. It was a lot of work but definitely worth it. I also had to sell my table saw and radial arm saw. Before: Kitchen while this was in progress (Don't tell my wife): After: I guess you could say I was nesting.

This is the story of my reunion with my first car I had when I was 15 and was built in the year I was born. Some of this might be on the forum in other threads but I wanted to have a single thread to cover the story from the beginning. In the late 1970's the original owner, who was in his late 60's, lived across the street from me in San Antonio. I was in elementary school and I used to help him wash it on the weekends. My parents divorced before I got to 6th grade but my dad stayed in the old house and my brothers and I came to visit on the weekends. I still helped the guy with his car when he needed it and I think this involvement played a part in what was to happen later. My stepfather was in the Air Force and we moved overseas to Scotland before High School. I was planning to move back to Texas for sophomore year due to teacher strikes when my dad came to visit in Scotland. I was 15 and would be 16 when school started so we talked about taking driver's ed and he asked what kind of car I would like to drive when I got back. I said, "One like the Mustang our neighbor has." When I got back I found out my dad had already bought it. The car was my dad's and I just got to drive it but I did all the work on it because my dad did not have patience or very much mechanical ability. I drove it through most of high school except 11th grade when I went back to Scotland and during the summers in college. I did not want to take it to school. My dad sold it to my brother in 2005 and towed it out of Mississippi before Hurricane Katrina hit. I had just gotten married and was in the process of buying a new house at the time. It sat in my brother's driveway in Virginia with no protection except a car cover for 6 years. One day I was watching a show with my wife and pointed out that I had a 69 Mustang in high school, she said maybe you can get another one some day. I told her maybe I could get the same one, and she raised her eyebrow. I worked out the financial deal with my brother and got in on the truck to haul it back to Texas right around my birthday. It is a 1969 Mustang Fastback that is almost original. It's 302 2bbl. The only mods are that it has dual exhaust on the original manifolds, the interior was replaced around 1985. It has a dealer installed Mark IV Custom AC system that goes under the dash and power steering as the main options. Here is the car in 1986: In my brother's driveway in June 2011

I'm Just curious if it is possible to use the original speedometer but replace the other gauges. I think they are all on a circuit board, but I was wondering because the Speedometer is controlled by a cable, right? Could the high beam indicator be wired up outside of the circuit board? The reason I ask is that I really like the mustang silhouette for the high beam indicator.

I'm Just curious if it is possible to use the original speedometer but replace the other gauges. I think they are all on a circuit board, but I was wondering because the Speedometer is controlled by a cable, right? Could the high beam indicator be wired up outside of the circuit board? The reason I ask is that I really like the mustang silhouette for the high beam indicator.

I'll take the 69 Fastback passenger qtr panel extension. E-mail sent about the driver one.

I'll take the 69 Fastback passenger qtr panel extension. E-mail sent about the driver one.

Just outside Austin.

Just outside Austin.

wow, thanks for the offer. After I get it all off I'll see how bad it is and get in touch.

wow, thanks for the offer. After I get it all off I'll see how bad it is and get in touch.

I think I've decided to rebuild the Autolite 2100 I have. I'll need to figure out how to get the choke working since those parts are removed. I ordered the online shop manuals from fordmanuals.com so I'm hoping that helps. Does anyone have a picture of how the choke heater assembly is supposed to look on their car? I don't think I have that part because the previous owner switched the carb and air cleaner out so many times. I have the original air cleaner housing though.