1978 Ford Courier Build

[c72c]

Thanks again. By the looks of it, I will definitely be needing to use the v-box. I'll look through the rest of that thread in a few.

First thing I had to do today was cut the right engine mount tabs off and lower them. The right side was about 5/8" higher than the left side. It's level now.
Set the cab back on today to see if everything clears, marked the floor where I need to cut for the shifter.
It looked like the engine set low enough to fit the carb and air cleaner under the hood without modification so I grabbed the hood and set it on. Fuck yea! Clears by at least 1.5".

I can't seem to get the pictures to work in thumbnail. I keep getting errors.
Here's the link to the pics on my facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...7621198&type=1

[4cylinders]

hey, check your PM inbox.

[c72c]

Replied. Sorry, didn't catch the notification.

[camoit]

We got the picture thing fixed. It was a server side problem. We were moved to a new server thats mega fast with a hole bunch of RAM. We are the Guinea pig of the new server. We have found one strange issue that starts to pop up after about 2 weeks or so. But Our ISP is working out the kinks. It's nice to be able to send them a Txt and get things fixed 24-7

[MaxinOut]

That is a nice beast you have there sir

[4cylinders]

hey, headers for anything?
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/su...make/chevrolet

[c72c]

Parts update.



Short water pump, 160 thermostat, hv oil pump, oil pickup, hardened drive and header weld up kit (thanks 4cylinders).

All that's left is a carb, distributor and random small pieces (hoses, brackets...)



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[Fordubishi]

Careful of the HV oil pumps unless you have a 7-12 quart oil pan you can starve the crank for oil as it pushes all the oil up top and takes a few sec to drain back into the pan. I've had this happen on a few engines with stock 5-6 quart pans and after regrinding the crank installing new bearings and a stock pump it didn't happen again.One 350 we thought it was the line bore and had it machined after it took out the crank 3 times till the machinist asked if we were using a HV Pump.

[c72c]

Good to know, I'll keep that in mind.

[4cylinders]

hey, happy birthday haha
more local stuff coach's chassis 505-299-8564
9812-b cochiti s.e., couple blocks off ubank, west
http://www.koenigsonline.com/
steel place on zuni

[ikeepzitclean]

nice lookin rig. and good job w/ the build

[c72c]

Pulled the front suspension off and started cutting off all the old bits.

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I could really go for a cutting torch right about now. Took 4 hours to cut the one side off with a cutting wheel. Not looking forward to the other side.
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[4cylinders]

hey, harbour freight sawsall $29.95

[c72c]

I think that's what I'm going to do. I was headed their today for some cutting wheels and to stop by that steel place to get some material to make the cross members, but the Lexus sprung a coolant leak so I had to turn around. Won't be doing any work on it until this weekend now.

[ikeepzitclean]

hey, harbour freight sawsall $29.95

this.

[c72c]

Sawsall didn't quite do it, but with the cutting wheels and the saw, finally got around to cutting the other tower off last weekend. Had to set the engine back on so I could loan someone my hoist. In return, I'm getting a 15 circuit(iirc) harness for the truck. One less thing not to have to worry about later.
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Still waiting on the control arms to come in, but I got the 2" drop spindles and the parallel 4 link.

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[ikeepzitclean]

^^ not a bad deal for loaning someone da hoist.. btw, how much ur pair of spindles run 4?

[c72c]

The spindles were around $150 iirc.

The latest news, I received the billet single v-belt pulleys, mustang II upper and lower arms, and steering rack. I also went down to Choice Steel and picked up 10' of 2x2x1/8" square tube and 10' of 2x1/8" flat stalk. The cross member is done, now I need to make the mounts for the upper arms and shocks.

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[4cylinders]

hey, looks great!
may have to call you " MR" fab!!

[camoit]

Just think 2 more years and your done. Mabe...

[c72c]

Haha, I hope it doesn't take that long. Then again, I am now the legal guardian of two youngins, so it may take longer.

[c72c]

Got the steering rack mounted today.
Both my grinders died on me today, so I didn't get to finish making the brackets for the upper control arms. Going to run to HF tomorrow so I can hopefully get the arms mounted before I get back to work monday.

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[c72c]

Today, went to harbor freight and bought a cheap grinder so I could finish.
Got the arms mocked up. Still a bit of welding to do, but it's great to finally see everything in place.

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[ikeepzitclean]

^ good progress so far man.. keep it up. what yr./model PS rack is that from?

[c72c]

It's a typical OE style mustang II rack.