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Todd I love following this build. Your craftsman ship is awesome!
I had a roadster and three dragsters. There primitive compared to
what your doing to that chassis. I never knew there was that much
involved with a fast door car chassis.
Keep up the great work and best of luck.
Jimmy :)

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Thanks Jimmy for the kind words. I was sharing the build as often times people don’t realize how much work is entailed in a full build start to finish.

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Not to mention the time it takes to stop and post the pics and explanations of your progress!

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That’s the easiest part of the whole process. Lol

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I wish I had been following this thread long ago. What an outstanding job on a huge project. The Malibu was really nice but the Mustang is beautiful.
Having just completed refurbishing an old Pro Stock car I have a new perspective on how much work goes into a complete build like yours, especially when you do it solo.

See you at the races,
Wayne Kerr

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Gonna do some photo dumps of some of the recent work.

brake light pressure switch setup.

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New tail light housings and lenses assembled. Had a terrible time with getting the tail lights to fit without hitting the bumper, but that's a whole story in itself.

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Couple small pieces back from powder coating and the replacement delay box came in. New shift solenoid & mount.

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Wiring underway, starting in the back working my way forward.

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Took a short break to mockup the transmission to measure for the new driveshaft.

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So this Saturday I wanted to start on the battery cables and quickly found the rear housing was blocking access, so...

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More wiring under way, plenty more that needs done. lol


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