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Doors hung after the window frame and quarter window openings were blacked out.

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Hatch mounted.

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Airbrush painter came by yesterday to paint the fender/side marker lights.

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A little more mild sanding & buffing to make the paint surface perfect.

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Body/chassis came home today. Time to get to work, but I'm almost afraid to touch it. lol

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Pretty productive weekend given I only worked about 8 to 10 hours on the car. Doing a full mockup on everything before powder coat and paint definitely speeds up the final assembly process.

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Getting some of of the electrical/electronics back in the car.

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Last thing for the weekend was getting some of the brake lines put back in.

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One thing nice about tube floor structure with removable carbon floor panels is the room to get in there to work. The down side is there is no place to lay tools or hardware, wiring or supplies. Came up with this idea. Some large baking sheets and some soft drawer liner foam and some spray glue. The drawer liner material should keep from scratching the powder coating on the chassis.

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Assembly continues...

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Maybe I'll take some time to wire up the steering wheel button so I can use the practice tree again. ;) :D

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Took time to get some of the wiring connectors & tools organized. Still need to sit down and order some tefzel wire and heat shrink.

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Yesterday I picked up the bulk of the rest of the parts that were painted.

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Wow that's beautiful Todd!!!!

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Car looks fantastic. That’d be a dream bracket car.

Rick

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working in the back.

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Looking great! Question, what is the quick pin in the parachute mount for?? Will you be ready for the first outlaw race in April? I can’t wait to see it. Hope you don’t mind if I come over and ask you a billion questions. I do plan on running up to Pennsylvania and use the same powder coat place that you did. thanks for the pictures and all the info

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Beautiful build Todd as was your former car. Really hate the prick got you to leave DRR. I'm glad I found it over here. Good luck with the car.

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Dang Todd, that thing is too "purdy" to race......

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Thanks Curtis, I no longer have patience to deal with people like that.

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Hey Keith, the quick pin is for a push bar attachment. I also have a tow loop under the front, depending on how I choose to move the car.

No, the car won’t be ready for the April race. Summer at the soonest now. The next big project is to wire the car and I need to give it 2 to 3 months. I’ve done a fair amount of wiring, but haven’t tried a from scratch EFI harness, so I wanna take my time to try and avoid any mistakes.

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Safe place to store the front end so I can work on the car.

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Been putting it off being a PITA, but got the fire system 90% plumbed...all 1/4" stainless hard line. Just have to mount the nozzles once a couple more fittings come in.

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Last weekend I spent some time building a new wishbone, delay box mount and some other small brackets so I could deliver them to powder coating and anodizing.

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Beautiful!!

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Some more progress this week. Powder coating and anodizing came back.

Inside fire nozzle centered above the transmission.

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Switzter Dynamics fuel rails anodized very nicely.

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Custom switch mount, MAC valve mount and delay box mount on the shifter.

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Custom pinion sensor mount, Davis Technologies sensor & ring.

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Wishbone mounted.

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Upper fender mounts anodized.

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Hatch hinge/roof supports.

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Tim McAmis light weight fuel cell cap anodized.

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Preparing to start wiring here soon. The plan is to start in the back and work my way forward. Needed to mock up the shock sensors to wire them, but the shock simulator blocked them from bolting up forcing me to mock up the shocks temporarily. Simulator goes back on as soon as the rear wiring is complete.

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ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS AND FLAWLESS WORKMANSHIP--- I envy you---FED 387

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Small update on the most recent progress. First off was to prepare to bond the roof supports to the cage. This required stripping the powder coat off to bare metal, yet not damage the powder coat outside of the bond area. Alot harder than it should have been because like a dummy I put the tubs in the car and my access to reach the area was gone now. Had to reach from outside the car making it quite challenging.

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Next up was to finish up the parachute. The old chute bag was badly sun faded so I got a new replacement. The aluminum spring can was pretty beat up from the crash so I straightened it as best as I could then had it powder coated in an effort to save it. Lastly, a new chute cable installed.

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The last few things were to install new door lock cylinders then sandblasting the trunk latch & hardware then installing as well as the trunk lock cylinder.

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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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