1978 Mustang II

[Geerhead55]

Originally Posted by MAURICE BLENDHEIM

Danny...Not to continue the highjack. The project is still progressing, although slow, I'm too fussy. My glass and interior guy lost his right arm to cancer in early September, but his desire to continue is amazing. I'm dealing with my own medical condition, that leaves me tired at the end of the day. Plans are to be completed for the New Year. I will be posting some pictures soon in the Build section...MB.

Sorry to hear of all the misfortune with you guys,, as a cancer survivor myself, I know its hard for us to go out of here with all the parts we came in with. Get healthy first,, that's the main thing,,, the build can come later. I'll look forward to it next year,, take care.
Danny Durham

[Robert Swartz]

Spent Sunday tearing down a junkyard 302. Pretty much have a boat anchor, which didn't surprize me. All I really expected to yield from it was the intake anyway. That's the gamble with salvage stuff. Back to scrounging.

[Robert Swartz]

Originally Posted by MAURICE BLENDHEIM

Robert... When I seen this post,I thought the Mustang II was going to be a donor car for your Chevy II. Control arms, spindles, rack & pinion, carburetor and plug wires. How silly of me... MB.

Maurice,

Nope, my Chevy II bracket car already has the R&P under it. We did that 30 some years ago. Regarding the carb on the M II, not sure it's a donor for anything but the spare parts or core pile, lol! Think we've declared the 79 Firebird as a dead project. Move it out of the garage. Probably start a "For Sale" ad, try to move some of parts.

[MAURICE BLENDHEIM]

Originally Posted by Robert Swartz

Maurice,

Nope, my Chevy II bracket car already has the R&P under it. We did that 30 some years ago. Regarding the carb on the M II, not sure it's a donor for anything but the spare parts or core pile, lol! Think we've declared the 79 Firebird as a dead project. Move it out of the garage. Probably start a "For Sale" ad, try to move some of parts.

Robert... I just thought you might be favouring the Chevy II, now that it is a roller again...MB.

[Alex Denysenko]

Originally Posted by Robert Swartz

May be a change in direction for me. We purchased this car today. It's a 78 Mustang II with a 302 automatic. It runs, not real well at present. It has a crappy 650 Holley on it that wasn't set up very well. We did get the original stock intake and carbuerator that came off of the car. Plus a spare doghouse.

The body is really clean. The interior sure is ugly. Not real wild about the 4 lug wheels, that's a minor issue at present. Now to see how much of a headache it will be to get this thing to the Indy points meet in April?

Robert nothing wrong with the 4 lug wheels as long as you use quality parts we've run them for years on both Tony and Beths cars and in P, Beth's car is a tank.

[Robert Swartz]

Originally Posted by Alex Denysenko

Robert nothing wrong with the 4 lug wheels as long as you use quality parts we've run them for years on both Tony and Beths cars and in P, Beth's car is a tank.

Alex,

Nice to hear from you. Hope you are recovering well. My older brother has been through too many strokes and he won't listen to the doctors. Hope you take care of yourself, hopefully I get meet you and your family at one of these tracks someday.

As to the four lug wheels. Only considered them a problem in finding some. Found a good pair of 15x8's on Racing Junk. A pair of 15x3's surfaced in Cincinnati thru Craigslist. Just need to get some axles for the rear and long studs all around and I'm home with these.

Never thought I'd be taking another Ford to the racetrack. Other than the truck pulling the trailer.

Bob

[Alex Denysenko]

Originally Posted by Robert Swartz

Alex,

Nice to hear from you. Hope you are recovering well. My older brother has been through too many strokes and he won't listen to the doctors. Hope you take care of yourself, hopefully I get meet you and your family at one of these tracks someday.

As to the four lug wheels. Only considered them a problem in finding some. Found a good pair of 15x8's on Racing Junk. A pair of 15x3's surfaced in Cincinnati thru Craigslist. Just need to get some axles for the rear and long studs all around and I'm home with these.

Never thought I'd be taking another Ford to the racetrack. Other than the truck pulling the trailer.

Bob

Hey Robert I'm doing hours and hours of therapy weekly along with taking a truck load of meds. Damn insurance company is killing us though, new year brings on a new deductable all over again, so the co-pays are many and costly But I refuse to give up even if we have to go broke and sell everything off

we carry the long wheel studs in stock

[SBDART]

Hey Bob how the car coming have not talked to you at work or seen you at all I guess I will not be seeing you at all now .. I am goin to 3rd shift starting tonight. going to 3rd shift mach on I-6 heads 8.30 pm to 5.00 am.. need more money for that old mopar of mine LOL.

[Robert Swartz]

I'm jealous of those on here that have had time to get work done on their cars, LOL! This winter has been a rough one both weather wise and personally. Things have not gone as I'd hoped. That's life and we have to keep going.

I enjoy reading of others progress. Glad some of you guys are prepping to make it to the track. We spent a good part of the day prepping and rearranging the garage. The 79 Firebird which was slated to be an IHRA crate stocker has been tossed out for the time being. It has now taken up residence beside the garage with a car cover. At some point it will be restarted but other things are more pressing.

My old 66 Chevy II bracket car has now been moved to the 'birds old spot. As time permits we'll spend some time finishing the interior work, rewiring and plumbing the brake lines and fuel cell and it's lines. I know it's just a bracket car but I've had it so long, yeah, it's like an old dog, you get attached to it. I do look forward to the day we get to blast it back down the track as well.

I want to give a personal shout out and thank you to Alex Denysenko. He's gotten me a few odds and ends and taken the time to answer my questions. I can't express how much I appreciate that.

For now, the old Mustang II has returned to the garage. It is going to be the point of primary emphasis. We literally have piles of parts. Finally enough to get the project off the ground. We had hoped to get the car up on stands, get the 4:62 gear set in place, replace the wheel studs and remove the sway bar. Get the slicks bolted on. We ran out of day. We did get the slicks bolted on to check for clearance. The little 26x8.5 Hoosiers look funny. They fit and clear everything. One tiny step. Now I start with a clear plan and (hopefully) start to get this car assembled. At least to point we can take it to the track.

Oh, for anyone interested. We charged up the battery and fired the little Olds too. Want to get the header on it. Do a couple little other things. Maybe take it out later as well.