1978 Mustang II

[Robert Swartz]

Well spent today (Saturday) working on the Mustang II. After unbolting the R&P, that released the steering shaft. Once that was accomplished, the driver side header, pretty much slid into place. Only have them mocked up for now. Wanted to see if I had any clearance issues. Only current problem I see are the lines to the transmission cooler. John Pressing, if you read this, the headers fit great.

I've also measured out where the driveshaft loop needs to go. As well, I mocked up one of the universal traction bars. Looking at these, they just might work with minimal modifications. Originally, I had planned to cut the brackets off and weld them to another set of spring pads. I may be able to weld a couple of bars onto the bottom of these to make them adhere to the present spring pads. In addition use Billy Nees suggestion to clamp the springs. Just might have a workable combination here.

I have a laundry list of things to do to this car. I'd like to think I made some progress, in truth feel I've only created more work, LOL!