restoring a 1965 Mustang
Today’s goal was to get all window assembly and glass components out of the doors. I was not looking forward to this as access to the various components isn’t trivial and accidentally scratching the glass is all too easy at multiple steps along the way. The first step was to adjust the window to the […]
The first target of the day was the steering shaft and column. In the picture below the black “box” with the steel plate on top is the steering box. On the bottom it connects to the pitman arm in order to drive the control valve back and forth, on the other end a steel steering […]
With the rest of the interior exorcized it was time to start in on the dash. One of the challenges in working with the dash is that unlike modern cars where the dash typically consists of multiple removable plastic (or similar) sections mounted to metal braces, the entirety of the Mustang’s dash is a single […]
As I was removing miscellaneous components in the engine bay I came across another set of fiberglass patches underneath the battery tray, a common problem area on these cars due to damage from battery acid. These patches were much more solidly adhered than the ones in the trunk had been so I decided to leave […]