Ryan and Randy thanks for the complements it's nice to have my work appreciated.
Finally I can make some progress now that the car will stay on the ground and not have to be flipped up on its side any more (picture 1). Well I think I can make progress. How can it be progress if all I continue to do is take thing apart (picture 2). I am at the point that I have taken everything off the car at one point or another so now the only thing I can do is make forward progress. I ordered a Borgeson steering box so that should be in next week. Now there is a little work that has to be done on the shock towers (picture 3) then onto getting into the stock pile of parts I have collected over the years for the Granada disk conversion.
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FFR MKIII - 1999 GT 4.6 SOHC Full Donor build - Licensed and on the road
Jeff, just gotta hand it to you. You should be setting up to publish your "HOW TO" book soon. The step by step is very well documented with pics to boot. WELL DONE. Let me know when you need a publisher. Got a couple available..... IF you are interested.
On another note: Aluminum slots that you are currently using, or are they steel chrome?... NEED info. CALLING DIBS for when you upgrade.
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Marshall
"Conmech"
Retired U.S. NAVY SEABEE CONSTRUCTION MECHANIC
10+ years GATOR (AMPHIBIOUS) SEABEES
Thanks for the complement. I enjoy working on the car and talking about it on these forums although I don’t think my writing skills are up to the task of creating a book.
I’m not sure what you mean by “Aluminum Slots” but I can tell you there is no aluminum on this car just lots and lots of steel and less and less rust.
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You know you learn something every day … slots. The slots I got with the car are steel but I only got 2. The others are standard steel wheels. They are not in very good shape but they are not bent just rusty.
Marshall when I am done with them you can have them. I’m just not sure when that will be.
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You know you learn something every day … slots. The slots I got with the car are steel but I only got 2. The others are standard steel wheels. They are not in very good shape but they are not bent just rusty.
Marshall when I am done with them you can have them. I’m just not sure when that will be.
LOL, you are ALOT farther along than I am...... I'll take 'em.
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Marshall
"Conmech"
Retired U.S. NAVY SEABEE CONSTRUCTION MECHANIC
10+ years GATOR (AMPHIBIOUS) SEABEES
Got a lot done this weekend. I made the template and drilled the holes for the Shelby drop and cut a coil out of the front springs (pictures 1 and 2). I rebuilt the shock towers making room for the air conditioning compressor (pictures 2, 3 and 4). I love it when you can at least set new parts in place (picture 5) and my daughter is working on detailing the engine (picture 6). We are moving forward no more cutting out rust and disassembling the car (I hope).
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I got a lot done but not much to show for it if that makes sense. I welded up all the 60 to 70 holes in the engine bay and ground them flat. I primed, seam sealed and undercoated front wheel wells. I undercoated the rear passenger side wheel well and the inside of the font fenders. Sunday was a momentous day it was father’s day and I bolted the first parts ON the car as opposed to cutting things off and disassembling.
Picture 1: my fancy paint booth.
Picture 2: Fenders undercoated.
Picture 3: The beginning of the Granada disk brake conversion. YES these are parts that being put ON the car. This includes the Shelby drop and the coil cut out of the spring.
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Jeff,
FYI, You can get cross drilled, slotted+ vented rotors with zinc coating through rotorpros.net. Got 'em for my '04 Taurus, my wifes Honda Odessey & getting them for my wagon.
I have heard several comments about the Rims I have called slots and I should take care of them so I thought I would take an hour and clean them up. There is definitely rust damage to the chrome so they would need to be re-chromed but they have no scars and no bends. They are nice rims.
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FFR MKIII - 1999 GT 4.6 SOHC Full Donor build - Licensed and on the road
I didn’t have a lot of time this weekend but I did get some things done. I started out by cutting out the bracing I put in the car to keep it rigid during the sand blasting and all the welding I did under the car. Basically the door were welded shut so it’s a big day I can open the doors again (Picture 1). I worked on the mods to the steering column tube and shaft to fit it to the Borgeson steering box but nothing to show in a picture. I installed the Granada parts for the front disk brakes conversion and set the car back down on the ground (pictures 2 and 3). I’m still waiting for the new center link and sway bar so I can finish up the front suspension.
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FFR MKIII - 1999 GT 4.6 SOHC Full Donor build - Licensed and on the road
I spent some time in Colorado for a softball tournament and we had a great time. I did get some work done on the 4th . I removed the 8 inch and installed the 8.8 pictures 1,2,3 and 4. Then I started to figure out what look my daughter wanted for the car. Picture 5 is the look she thought she wanted but wants to go more traditional. The rest of the pictures are some different looks. We need to make these decisions now otherwise down the line changes can get expensive.
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FFR MKIII - 1999 GT 4.6 SOHC Full Donor build - Licensed and on the road
Stefan: Thanks I'm glad you are enjoying he pictures.
My daughter is out of town so I am on my own this weekend. I started on the rust damage on the rear and the problems with the right rear fender that was replace sometime in its life. I fixed the rusted out section and with that fix it allows the trunk to be sealed. No more holes. I fixed the gas filler flap that was miss aligned because to the fender fix. All cutting and welding (pictures 1 and 2). I then moved to the front and took out the rusting fresh air grate and filled it in (pictures 3 and 4). I then worked on the windows and got 3 out of 4 to work by replacing the plastic rollers and lubrication. I found that with the car I received a left hand window register for the right door so I have to get right one before I can make the right door window work but I think I have everything else. I also thought I would clean the windows. Two hours later I was finished. What a mess! I use cleaner, solvents and scrapers to get everything off. Like everything else on this car they are not perfect but they are usable.
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FFR MKIII - 1999 GT 4.6 SOHC Full Donor build - Licensed and on the road
I was out of town last weekend so nothing got done but I got some things done this week and weekend. I worked on installing the Borgeson power steering box. I bought the box and the rag joint from Borgeson and made the rest myself from what I had. I spent about a day and a half worth of time making what is basically a bracket (first picture). It holds the end of the steering column and seals it from the outside. I also made a seal for the end of the steering column that seals the shaft inside the column (picture 2). I cut the column to leave enough room to install the rag joint and then cut the shaft off the old Comet box and had my brother mill a double D on the end of it for the rag joint. Picture 3 is my daughter installing the new sway bar and picture 4 is the difference between the old and the new WOW. My daughter finished painting the engine bay and we started to install stuff like front suspension, steering box, sway bar, master cylinder, steering column …
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It’s great to hear from you. I hope business is going good. Sometimes the hardest part of a project is getting the good deal on the initial buy. You did that with the wagon and it will be there when you get to it. At this point I’m not sure what I got was a good deal but it was an ok deal. The funny thing is I would take on another project like this in this condition again but for less money. I guess I just like the abuse. Actually it’s very satisfying taking something that is rusting in half and bringing it back to life.
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FFR MKIII - 1999 GT 4.6 SOHC Full Donor build - Licensed and on the road
I haven’t had a lot of time to work on the Comet for the last 2 weeks and my daughter has been out of town but I did get some stuff done. I did an initial alignment on the front end, plumbed the brake lines, torqued the front suspension, finished fabricating the EGR tube, worked on the locks and had some rekeyed and keys made, finished detailing the engine, replaced the Mountaineer oil filter setup with a standard mount and finished installing the pedal box. Because there is now a rag joint on the steering column I was able to pull the steering wheel out about ½ an inch so I put a collar in place to limit that. I installed the engine again to find out that the air conditioning compressor doesn’t clear the shock tower so it will be coming out again so I can cut up the shock tower one more time. Below are a few pictures.
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FFR MKIII - 1999 GT 4.6 SOHC Full Donor build - Licensed and on the road
I have not posted in two weeks. I have worked hard but don’t have a lot to show for it. I fixed the clearance problem I had with the engine and the driver side shock tower (first picture).The second picture show the gap between the engine and shock tower which works fine. I installed the engine and transmission and it is the first time there are not jack stands involved. The engine mounts and transmission mount fit great. The next 2 pictures are of what I have spent most my time on the engine bay cross bracing since the stock braces were cut out before I got the car but the stock ones would not have fit with the engine anyway so that was work already done. Thanks to Mike51Merc who noticed I had a miss match in the brake lines in the proportioning valve I fixed that and luckily didn’t have to make any more brake lines just a couple of hours of disassembly, re-bending and reassembly. The last picture is of the ground clearance which is a little lower then I wanted. There looks to be a problem with the transmission pan. There is 6 inches of clearance at the front of the engine oil pan and 5.5 inches at the oil filler bolt but the trans pan is below that and I think that might hit speed bumps. Have to try and figure something out there.
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FFR MKIII - 1999 GT 4.6 SOHC Full Donor build - Licensed and on the road
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