1967 Mustang Coupe Build (Electra)

[JRANGER]

Well the good news is i finally finished welding in the floor panels. The bad news is she wont start anymore. I suspect the battery to be near dead as the corrosion to the alternator is BAD!!!!! The wire was almost breaking by barely touching it. Either way I have a new Concour headlight wiring harness, headlight switch, and dimmer switch here waiting to be installed. I also ordered a new alternator wiring harness so i could get rid of all the crazy rigged up tap and bad wires. Just to be on the safe side I ordered a new solenoid as well. So soon ill be re-wiring all that junk and probably charging the battery.

[Rusbuilt]

Cool bro!

[InitialBoss]

Looks like it's coming together man. While my '78 C10 is in the shop trying to get healed from it's hard shifting and odd speedometer issue, I'm looking for a '69 fastback to work on. I'm still learning about cars but I figure with a Chevy in the garage and a Ford, I'll eventually learn a thing or two! Ha ha.

[JRANGER]

Originally Posted by InitialBoss

Looks like it's coming together man. While my '78 C10 is in the shop trying to get healed from it's hard shifting and odd speedometer issue, I'm looking for a '69 fastback to work on. I'm still learning about cars but I figure with a Chevy in the garage and a Ford, I'll eventually learn a thing or two! Ha ha.

Very nice...The vehicles definitely keep me busy

[67ChevyRedneck]

Originally Posted by InitialBoss

Looks like it's coming together man. While my '78 C10 is in the shop trying to get healed from it's hard shifting and odd speedometer issue, I'm looking for a '69 fastback to work on. I'm still learning about cars but I figure with a Chevy in the garage and a Ford, I'll eventually learn a thing or two! Ha ha.

I'm not gonna lie... at least to me, the GM stuff is a lot easier to work on.

[JRANGER]

Originally Posted by 67ChevyRedneck

I'm not gonna lie... at least to me, the GM stuff is a lot easier to work on.

Yeah, from my experience the fords are a little more complicated. Especially the wiring

[67ChevyRedneck]

Changing a timing chain on a 289/302 is one of the biggest pain in the ass things I've ever done. Everything has a specific order it has to come apart and go back together and almost every part fits over another part... etc...

[InitialBoss]

Originally Posted by 67ChevyRedneck

Changing a timing chain on a 289/302 is one of the biggest pain in the ass things I've ever done. Everything has a specific order it has to come apart and go back together and almost every part fits over another part... etc...

Well I know I have two resources on this board to hit up when I get my mustang. Ha ha. It seems like GM made a lot of the parts easy to swap out between cars whereas ford just made the engines a little easier to swap out. Or am I completely off on that?
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[JRANGER]

Well ordered some used CONTINENTAL CONTIPRO CONTACT tires. 225/45/17 for the front and 245/45/17 for the rear. I plan to try to work on the wiring this weekend and get her back up and running. Well hopefully....You never know and it may take longer then i expect

[67ChevyRedneck]

Originally Posted by JRANGER

Well ordered some used CONTINENTAL CONTIPRO CONTACT tires. 225/45/17 for the front and 245/45/17 for the rear. I plan to try to work on the wiring this weekend and get her back up and running. Well hopefully....You never know and it may take longer then i expect

No, that never happens!

Been on vacation (FINALLY) for the past couple weekends, spent a full 8 days in Destin, FL. After I finish the paint and trim on the bonus room above the garage the 65 is getting new suspension stuff.

[JRANGER]

Originally Posted by 67ChevyRedneck

No, that never happens!

Been on vacation (FINALLY) for the past couple weekends, spent a full 8 days in Destin, FL. After I finish the paint and trim on the bonus room above the garage the 65 is getting new suspension stuff.

Now that sounds nice! The vacation too! lol

[67ChevyRedneck]

Is your car a ***** to start? My C10 sat just as long as the Mustang, and she fired right up yesterday after two pumps. I had to pump the crap out of the mustang, then it started, died, then started up again. I also have to hold the pedal down 1/4 of the way to start it when it's hot (it's actually a ford procedure, it will not start unless I do that). I guess it's the manual choke carb vs the electric choke edelbrock on my truck. Carb is rebuilt and works great, timing is good, car runs great, just doesn't like to start. If I drive it everyday, it will start right up when cold, but sitting 3, 4 or more days and it takes a good bit of cranking/pumping.

[InitialBoss]

Originally Posted by 67ChevyRedneck

Is your car a ***** to start? My C10 sat just as long as the Mustang, and she fired right up yesterday after two pumps. I had to pump the crap out of the mustang, then it started, died, then started up again. I also have to hold the pedal down 1/4 of the way to start it when it's hot (it's actually a ford procedure, it will not start unless I do that). I guess it's the manual choke carb vs the electric choke edelbrock on my truck. Carb is rebuilt and works great, timing is good, car runs great, just doesn't like to start. If I drive it everyday, it will start right up when cold, but sitting 3, 4 or more days and it takes a good bit of cranking/pumping.

Sorry guys, I'm new to the car/truck world but is there a benefit to install an electric carb rather than keep the original manual carb? My 78 c10 had to get its carb rebuilt since too much fuel was getting dumped into the engine and the garage always smelled like gas. There was none leaking on the floor of my garage but mechanic said the carb needed to get fixed. I wonder if I should've just bought a new carb. I have an inline6 so I don't know if it would've been worth it. What do you guys think? Sorry to steal the thread!
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[JRANGER]

Originally Posted by InitialBoss

Sorry guys, I'm new to the car/truck world but is there a benefit to install an electric carb rather than keep the original manual carb? My 78 c10 had to get its carb rebuilt since too much fuel was getting dumped into the engine and the garage always smelled like gas. There was none leaking on the floor of my garage but mechanic said the carb needed to get fixed. I wonder if I should've just bought a new carb. I have an inline6 so I don't know if it would've been worth it. What do you guys think? Sorry to steal the thread!
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Im not the engine expert but your probably better off just having the current carb fixed

[InitialBoss]

Originally Posted by JRANGER

Im not the engine expert but your probably better off just having the current carb fixed

Yeah I don't want to buy a new one if I don't have to, since its not my daily driver. I just hope this rebuilt job works for a while.

On the mustang side, I found this but it's still expensive. http://phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/cto/4103898663.html. I wish the fastbacks weren't so much.
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[JRANGER]

The mustang has always been really easy to start. 3 pumps and it fires right up. My truck can be a problem though so yeah... Now if i can fix the wires and charge the battery it will start again

[67ChevyRedneck]

Do you know if you have a "modern" carb w/ electric choke (like edelbrock/holley, etc) or if it's the original Ford autolite?

[JRANGER]

Its an older holley with electric choke...Atleast I think, I havent looked at it in awhile but i know its electric choke

[cubber]

New tires are good!

[JRANGER]

awww yeah

[Rusbuilt]

Ha! it even has 67 on it! lol

[cubber]

Originally Posted by Rusbuilt

Ha! it even has 67 on it! lol

Yeah, and a "V", too, you know, for any part of your body that may start with that letter!! Congratulations, though. Always a big step with all the crazy rules about registering something from out of state.

[JRANGER]

Originally Posted by cubber

Yeah, and a "V", too, you know, for any part of your body that may start with that letter!! Congratulations, though. Always a big step with all the crazy rules about registering something from out of state.

V for VROOM!!!!

[77ChevySharkBite]

Niiiiiiiice!!!!! man you have been doing crazy work on this thing glad it's finally registered! so when's the burnouts going to happen to get rid of the old tires jk man!

[JRANGER]

And the parts stash shall continue...Just ordered new shocks and struts. 65-70 KYB EXCEL-G SHOCK KIT to be exact.....Tires are supposed to be delivered today and with any luck ill get the car headlight harness and alt harness installed this weekend