Mad Machs

Action speaks louder than words, a lot louder in this case. Amazing progress. The nasty rattle is from a knackered power steering pump & the T4 drivers seat is temporary as there are some more suitable ones to be fitted.

Some more updates, really starting to look good now-

And the last from today, the crew room/clubhouse

And a few more from today, worth noting before anyone gets alarmed that it's all still pretty much 'mocked' up for trial fit purposes.

OK quick up date, things are progressing well, the arch flare will look 100% bad ass, not to everyones taste I know, but who cares.

Thank you gentlemen, however, as much as I would like to take the credit for this one, it is the car & work of my friend Chris, who elected to save this car as a project, interesting to note that he been learning to weld & fabricate on this car, with a little guidance from his two brothers in-law who own the garage. I think he has done rather well! So to this end, I am merely a reporter, Chris asked me to record his work & post it on Mustang Owners Club GB site & Facebook, when someone pointed out that the cars beginnings were recorded on this very forum by 70NIGHTMARE, I thought it churlish not to sign up & continue the story. My own car is a 73 Mach1, the one in my sig pic. :D

& a few more....

Just taken a jaunt over to inspect progress, Chris & the lads at Coach House Motors haven't been slacking, everything is much more solid now, all the spot welds will made continuous once on the rotisserie, the box section bracing will remain in place for a little longer & will make a good secure mounting point. Once the shell is finished, it will be media blasted. Anyway, pictures..

A few more, stuff is getting real now! The infamous tranny tunnel rear, Burt the body guy pointed out that the floor was a load higher that side, due to the r/h chassis rail taking a biff. Bit tricky to demonstrate as the floor is off to the knackers yard. braced up to keep things straight Open plan Not much left to see really... Daughter..helping..

Snap inspection tonight to see how the lads were getting on with this project to end all projects. Happy to report that Chris has not been idle & the car is stripped right back to bare bones, exposing yet more hideous nastiness & evidence of collision damage. Planning is at advanced stage now & panels are being sourced & the jig is ready, substantial lengths of box section are being readied to be tack welded in to hold everything straight while some major sections of the car are removed & replaced with new. So without further ado, some pics- Righthand cowl edge, has taken a proper biff at one time & had been 'lovingly' beaten back into shape Transmission tunnel showing signs of a wallop up the Khyber Right hand floor, pop riveted patch on pop riveted patch- Left hand spring tower, not exactly sure what had been going on here... Looking up, through the boot,to the chassis rail.. bit of work required boooinngggg... r/h foot plate As ever please feel free to peruse the album http://s147.photobucket.com/user/Major_Von_Harpen/library/Chris%2070?sort=3&page=1

Oh, & did you have the engine running once you fitted it, if so did it all run ok?

I believe so, Chris showed me a few boxes full of parts, didn't have a chance to see exactly what was there. Chris has a huge shipment of parts on its way as I type, obviously shipping & import duty is a killer for us over here, so he's tried to get most of the big stuff in one hit.

Another question 70Nightmare, To the best of your knowledge, is the engine bone stock & has it had any overhaul work carried out in the past... ie rebore/rings/crank grind etc etc ? Thanks again MM :001_smile:

Cheers for that :cool: Chris is toying with the idea of a few mods to the engine, that's probably where I might come into the story as I rebuilt the 351c in his 71 Cheers Burn, it'll be a little while yet as there is a car on the jig at the moment & the 70 will have to wait in line, plus Chris is getting a load of parts shipped over from the US, but I'll make a point of stopping by regularly to monitor progress :001_smile: