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I have been working on my 69 coupe for the past four years. Ya i'm slow. You are doing much more than what I have had to do. I did replace my rear tail panel. It was a good feeling after getting it welded in. One thing, Make sure the export brace fits in before dropping in the engine. I ended up needing a hydraulic spreader to get mine in and it still doesn't fit right. Previous owner drove it without one.
Vehicle: 1969 Mustang Grande (modified) Winter Blue Metallic
Location: Santa Monica, Calif.
Posts: 894
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Originally Posted by photocliff
...One thing, Make sure the export brace fits in before dropping in the engine. I ended up needing a hydraulic spreader to get mine in and it still doesn't fit right. Previous owner drove it without one.
Mine was way off too but the motor was in. I bolted the middle of the brace to the firewall, then jacked up different corners of the car until it was tweaked enough to line up the holes at the towers. A real pain, but less than 30 min to install.
more progress.
got all my goodies for my 408w build, eagle forged 4340 stroker crank, forged H beam rods, forged aluminum mahle pistons.
Spent my cam and intake money on something else. it was a great impulse buy
started stripping the car down to go get alkaline dipped and e-coated. it sucks having a small garage
front end completely stripped
old suspension and steering
thats all the progress so far. If anybody wants a stock suspension and steering set up shoot me a pm otherwise its goin in the garbage. i got a few other stock parts that im not gonna use as well.
It's cool to see these 69 and 70 coupes getting some respect, sometimes it seems like the fastbacks get all the attention. Nice job and thanks for saving some great American iron.
heres some more progress from today. i started off by buying a set of mickey thompson drag radials. 28x10.5 for a 15" rim. Looks like they should fit up under there i might be able to squeeze in 11s but it will be close. $80 for both
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