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Perfect! Thanks guys. I could feel the larger hole for the pivot but wasn't exactly sure which direction the triangle pointed. 

I'm a bit embarrassed that it's been 16 months since my last post. A lot have happened since then, but not so much with the Mustang. But there is some progress. In October last year I became a father for the second time, so now I got two boys that keeps me away from the garage. It's how it goes.
With the Mustang, I've been chipping away at the ole' block that is the wireing harness. It's just that when I'm away from it a while, I kinda gotta start from scratch the next time to get the overview. Anyway, here's some pictures.


Programmed the instrument panel contact
 


Placed the Autocoolguy fan controller behind the drivers headlight splash shield.
 




Mounted the fenders and headlight buckets to get the placement of them for the headlight wireing.
 


Also did the blackout on the part of the headlight buckets which is behind the grille. 
I've done some more minor stuff too, bet not everything is photographed. I hope to move forward at a steadier pace than what I have been.

I'm a bit embarrassed that it's been 16 months since my last post. A lot have happened since then, but not so much with the Mustang. But there is some progress. In October last year I became a father for the second time, so now I got two boys that keeps me away from the garage. It's how it goes.
With the Mustang, I've been chipping away at the ole' block that is the wireing harness. It's just that when I'm away from it a while, I kinda gotta start from scratch the next time to get the overview. Anyway, here's some pictures.


Programmed the instrument panel contact
 


Placed the Autocoolguy fan controller behind the drivers headlight splash shield.
 




Mounted the fenders and headlight buckets to get the placement of them for the headlight wireing.
 


Also did the blackout on the part of the headlight buckets which is behind the grille. 
I've done some more minor stuff too, bet not everything is photographed. I hope to move forward at a steadier pace than what I have been.

I'm a bit embarrassed that it's been 16 months since my last post. A lot have happened since then, but not so much with the Mustang. But there is some progress. In October last year I became a father for the second time, so now I got two boys that keeps me away from the garage. It's how it goes.
With the Mustang, I've been chipping away at the ole' block that is the wireing harness. It's just that when I'm away from it a while, I kinda gotta start from scratch the next time to get the overview. Anyway, here's some pictures.


Programmed the instrument panel contact
 


Placed the Autocoolguy fan controller behind the drivers headlight splash shield.
 




Mounted the fenders and headlight buckets to get the placement of them for the headlight wireing.
 


Also did the blackout on the part of the headlight buckets which is behind the grille. 
I've done some more minor stuff too, bet not everything is photographed. I hope to move forward at a steadier pace than what I have been.

I'm a bit embarrassed that it's been 16 months since my last post. A lot have happened since then, but not so much with the Mustang. But there is some progress. In October last year I became a father for the second time, so now I got two boys that keeps me away from the garage. It's how it goes.
With the Mustang, I've been chipping away at the ole' block that is the wireing harness. It's just that when I'm away from it a while, I kinda gotta start from scratch the next time to get the overview. Anyway, here's some pictures.


Programmed the instrument panel contact
 


Placed the Autocoolguy fan controller behind the drivers headlight splash shield.
 




Mounted the fenders and headlight buckets to get the placement of them for the headlight wireing.
 


Also did the blackout on the part of the headlight buckets which is behind the grille. 
I've done some more minor stuff too, bet not everything is photographed. I hope to move forward at a steadier pace than what I have been.

I'm a bit back and forth on the things I work on, depending on what parts I need. I'm missing a few connectors to get the harness done, but I did get my new crank hub (for the pulley) on friday. I had to get a shorter one, because the radiator and fans took up more real estate than the previous setup. So Now I got all the pulleys moved back about .625 I think it was. I used to run  a spacer inside the water pump pulley, so luckily, I had room to work with. The PS pump and Alternator was as easy as to remove spacers. on the bolts to the cylinder heads. All this mean that I could install the radiator. The clearance to the alternator pulley isn't much, but enough.


I should paint those screws and clips on the fan shroud black.

The Upper radiator hose was a bit tricky, as the radiator is a lot bigger than stock. '69 351W upper hose wouldn't fit. Not the 24" rad hose or the 20" rad hose. But The '70 351C upper hose did fit - after a bit of trimming. I took off almost 1-1/2 inch at the rad end. Then a 1/2 inch at the termostat housing end to get it to clear under the TCP export brace.


 
I also need to post this picture of my Holley 750 Ultra XP, just because! 

I'm a bit embarrassed that it's been 16 months since my last post. A lot have happened since then, but not so much with the Mustang. But there is some progress. In October last year I became a father for the second time, so now I got two boys that keeps me away from the garage. It's how it goes.
With the Mustang, I've been chipping away at the ole' block that is the wireing harness. It's just that when I'm away from it a while, I kinda gotta start from scratch the next time to get the overview. Anyway, here's some pictures.


Programmed the instrument panel contact
 


Placed the Autocoolguy fan controller behind the drivers headlight splash shield.
 




Mounted the fenders and headlight buckets to get the placement of them for the headlight wireing.
 


Also did the blackout on the part of the headlight buckets which is behind the grille. 
I've done some more minor stuff too, bet not everything is photographed. I hope to move forward at a steadier pace than what I have been.

Decided to go the full Holley Sniper system with EFI throttle body and HyperSpark ignition.
The Sniper ECU now controls my air/fuel, idle speed, spark timing and cooling fans.
There are many ways to do this. Here is my way with pictures and part numbers.
(My thanks to Chris at https://www.efisystempro.com/ for the tech support).
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

I used Dynamat, with the 1/4" Dynaliner on top. Same for the roof. On the floors I'm using the 1/8" Dynaliner ontop the Dynamat. Not driven the car yet, but No doubt it's going to be a lot quieter inside.


 

Drain the oil and see. You'll need to do that anyway when breaking in a cam.

Sure enough, previous owner hadn't got both sides clipped into the upper 'hooks'. One side was just flapping around with the loop clacking against the hook. Disassembled and reassembled and now it's has tight as a tick. Thanks.
So now it's on to the next rattle.....

That is not what I was asking, I already have the harness installed with the fuse box mounted to the l/s of the firewall & all the wires reach where they need to go, so your comments do noting but side track my post.

Nice build btw, just been reading through now - very impressive!

Thanks fvike, they've made the crossmember already. The engine sits further back than the factory location and it incorporates a route for the exhaust as well.

It took me a bit to get it to the shop but the fellas have been getting some big bits done:
Tubs widened to the rail 

Chassis plated, anti roll bar tacked in. Springs moved inside the rails, rear crossmember and front crossmember with exhaust cutouts (tailshaft cutout to be done once we're back on the ground). Chassis connectors started as well. 



Engine and box fitted, angles set, mid and box mounts to be done. 



Next on the list is making the fuel tank, and mounting the dry sump tank and battery in the trunk. 

Great find, looks like a solid car. I look forward to follow you here and on insta! Greetings from across the border.

The silver is a '69, the other one is hard to identify by the pictures. Refrence: https://www.mustangsteve.com/msfaqbrakepedals.html

Good afternoon.  I just purchased my second 1969 Mustang.  This time I got the fastback that I always wanted.  The car is complete and everything is exactly the way that I would have built it myself, except the interior.  The interior seems to be all new Mach 1 style interior.  One thing that sticks out is the red stripe in the seat that doesn't match the car.  It just looks off to me.  Since my car is a full restomod mechanically, I would like to go restomod on the interior as well.  
I like the seats from TMI, Procar and Mustangs to Fear.  It seems you can get Katzkin leather with MTF which is a bonus.  I've also seen the TMI interiors at some shows and thought it was pretty good for the money.  
The problem that I am having is that I would really like to switch from an all black interior and go with something like a saddle color.  However, I have not seen anyone making aftermarket door panels with color options.  Anyone aware of something?  If I could do saddle dash, doors and seats and keep the rest black I think that would look good.  Has anyone used the factory black doors and gone with a different color seat.
At a minimum I would like to get rid of the woodgrain pieces in the interior.  Nothing against them, I just don't think they match the theme of the car.  Something sportier would do the trick.
I could go full custom on the interior, but I really don't want to be without the car for months at this point.  I want to drive it!!
I am attaching a few pics to give everyone an idea of what I have to start with.  Any ideas are appreciated.
 

found the problem and there were several. 
The plug gaps were all over the place, from 0.031 to 0.05.  This was from installing them straight out of the box.. 
Next, the 8th cyl. spark plug terminal connection was partially broken inside the boot.. 
Gapped everything at 0.040 and put a new wire on and the car fired up instantly.
Have to make new wires though, as the ones that were in there are black and the new one is red.  Can't have that.

You wanna open every tech section up to everyone offering something to sell?  It's a disservice to the other members of the board, the other "disciplined" suppliers who keep the "selling" where it belongs, and keeps a technical topic well........technical.

Built at Milpitas 12/26/68.

Hello
Have just installed the new Edelbrock pro flo 4 on my 351w and coulkd not be happier : First cranking = immediate start
The auto tune/learn function works very well and cold start and dieseling issues are gone. The engine is much smoother and even quieter.
I also installed the Aeromotive Stealth 2 fuel tank which is very well priced.
Tuning is done via an Android Tab connected by bluetooth.
for 1850 USD you get a real port injection mounted on a Victor intake - the dizzy is also a nice piece.
The only issue is the total height of the install, I needed to cut the hood to clear the air cleaner, I will put a hood scoop like a cougar eliminator or cervini B9 to close this hole.