Whew! Winter is over. Sort of. We've had a run of great weather so I dove in and started working. But first... Over the course of the winter I've picked up a few parts- new master cylinder and underfloor pedal assembly, new rear end (3.11 POSI!) and other smaller parts and pieces. The winter was spent planning, dreaming and scheming.
Last weekend, I found the time to pull the steering column out. That was a good start.
So- with the good weather today, I finally tore into the front end of the Chevy - and nobody was more surprised than I, when 2 and 1/2 hours later the entire front end was out of the car.
You'll notice that I did not pull the fenders or front end to do this work. Instead, I cut 4 inches out of the inner fenderwells which allowed me to access the bolts. I had some funky stuff happening (a weirdly and crudely fabricated battery box, holes and a bit of rust bolts frozen solid, that sort of thing).
I decided it would be easier (for now) to leave the fenders and front end in place. It will eventually come out, but I need to get the beast rolling again quickly. I don't like leaving it in the driveway wheelless anyway- so within the next couple of weeks the Mustang II front end will be seated, and hopefully I can set the motor and transmission in so I can fabricate the transmission mount.
While I was in there (literally!) I started grinding down the firewall ribs and cleaning things up. I must have been tired though, I kept shredding cutting disks. I'll continue tomorrow. Yes, there will be more pictures as I progress further!
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