Caseyrhe

Several years ago, bought a 69 Grande parts car for 500. It was a total rust bucket, but cleared 4000 on selling the part out I didn’t want, while still keeping, fenders, buckets, doors, compete tilt wheel column, and majority of all the little nick knacks to put 2 cars together. Then traded the shell and title for the rear 70 tail end. 

Acapulco blue with blackout hood treatment.

Boy was he surprised, I opened the shop door for him and his jaw dropped. First question he had was about the tie rod ends, told him that was fixed thurs night and was the bait. Then popped the hood, hooked up the battery and said “take her for a spin”. Thank he crapped in his pants on that one since he was clueless on me picking up the motor 3 weeks ago. 
He fired her up and was gone for about 20 min, started getting a little worried since the front end needs aligned and has uncapped headers and I hadn’t driven it yet. 
He pulled back in grinning from ear to ear. 
I’m going to finish a couple of little things, fix the header leak, exhaust run, and front end aligned. He’ll need that much time to clean his shop up to park it in. 
 

Brakes are working good now after a little adjusting!! Thanks for the link in ilex. First time back on the road in 30 years. Brother is coming out tomorrow am, to what he thinks is another costly issue I need to show him, boy will he be surprised when I tell him to start her up and take her for a drive.
3 years worth of labor done with love and gratitude for my older brother, a little pay back for all he has done for me over the years.
 

This ridiculous thing should get a laugh. It is more cumbersome than Bob's sky hook, but it works to get heavy stuff up high like on the shelves. It took a while to find a square tube with a thick wall that would fit - I think this is 3/8". 

 

Front end alignment shims ,although a 69 70 should not need them ,they are sometimes used to align body panels ,about the only place i have ever found them for body panel alignment is at the bottom rear of the front fenders to the rocker .

Ya, I'd delete those last pics :)

Dude, what a great project. You all will never forget this.   
Nothing like a test drive with uncapped headers and a mis-aligned front end.
That's the way I drove all my cars back in the day...lol
The color is stunning.  Great job
Vic

Boy was he surprised, I opened the shop door for him and his jaw dropped. First question he had was about the tie rod ends, told him that was fixed thurs night and was the bait. Then popped the hood, hooked up the battery and said “take her for a spin”. Thank he crapped in his pants on that one since he was clueless on me picking up the motor 3 weeks ago. 
He fired her up and was gone for about 20 min, started getting a little worried since the front end needs aligned and has uncapped headers and I hadn’t driven it yet. 
He pulled back in grinning from ear to ear. 
I’m going to finish a couple of little things, fix the header leak, exhaust run, and front end aligned. He’ll need that much time to clean his shop up to park it in. 
 

Boy was he surprised, I opened the shop door for him and his jaw dropped. First question he had was about the tie rod ends, told him that was fixed thurs night and was the bait. Then popped the hood, hooked up the battery and said “take her for a spin”. Thank he crapped in his pants on that one since he was clueless on me picking up the motor 3 weeks ago. 
He fired her up and was gone for about 20 min, started getting a little worried since the front end needs aligned and has uncapped headers and I hadn’t driven it yet. 
He pulled back in grinning from ear to ear. 
I’m going to finish a couple of little things, fix the header leak, exhaust run, and front end aligned. He’ll need that much time to clean his shop up to park it in. 
 

3M undercoating. Great stuff. put 12 cans on mine.

Throwing a pickle down the hallway...

Wow it looks great. What a nice guy you are for doing this for your brother!

Outstanding work, story, and love for your brother. With everything going on in your life Casey, we've got the Man of the year winner right here.

Brakes are working good now after a little adjusting!! Thanks for the link in ilex. First time back on the road in 30 years. Brother is coming out tomorrow am, to what he thinks is another costly issue I need to show him, boy will he be surprised when I tell him to start her up and take her for a drive.
3 years worth of labor done with love and gratitude for my older brother, a little pay back for all he has done for me over the years.
 

Hell, he can't even remember his name or when he's supposed to see his Parole Officer...

Did you adjust the gap between master and booster?
https://techtalk.mpbrakes.com/how-to-series/got-a-soft-pedal-dont-forget-the-booster-pin-to-master-cylinder-gap#:~:text=Master Power Brakes recommends that,pin to the master cylinder.

What kind of hokey pokey dolly system you got working holding the back of your motor up. 
I've seen it all now!!

Fits to far in the hole to where it won’t cinch up. Shaft just spins inside the spindle hole. It’s like a 18 yr old tapping a 70 year old whore, loose as all get out. 
Have the 70 tie rods ordered now and will be in tomorrow, so will keep you posted. Worse case I’ll just use a popsicle stick and rubber bands, to get it up and in, lol. 

Fixed your typo for you.

Thank the Lord for crows feet, a life saver for removing and installing the brake lines on the proportioning valve. The extension magnet helped to retrieving them when they popped off the extension. So glad I hadn’t installed the hood yet. 

Capemustang I purchased the reproduction firewall insulation pad. It has a pad material on one side and a thick rubber backing on the other. I can’t remember where I got it from as it was a few years ago when I was gathering parts. I looked and CJ’s has one for $58 that looks like what I have. It’s precut so you just pop out the holes you need for stuff going through the firewall. The only problem I had was I was missing a couple of the holes where the push in plugs go. Also the push in plugs that hold it in place are very hard to get in. I ended up having to lightly lube the rubber so it would slide through. 

We took Mikes car to the painter today for final striping and detail. Getting close to the end!  What a journey!
 
 
 

headlight buckets assembled, inner trims repainted and polished, just waiting on chrome trims then I’ll fit. Seatbelt brackets made and fitted, rear retractor mounts were challenging 

Ya, those center consoles can be a real pita. Sometimes wish I didn't have one. Just remember, no good deed goes unpunished.