1984 Mustang GT Convertible Build Thread

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I may be trading the mustang for a 79 mgb! If it for a through, it will be getting all sorts of low

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Here's my dad's 75 pinto, the car responsible for making me fall in love with pintos years ago. Bought it for 650$ in the condition you see here!

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So I think, after some long pondering that a fox body isn't necessarily what I want to start with as a platform for slammage. I love the car, don't get me wrong, but everybody has done it, and I have an attainable life goal within my grasp. I'm looking at a couple pinto wagons this thursday, if I manage to snag one I'm gonna swap the mustang's drivetrain into it, and slam that bitch. If I can find a hatchback I'd prefer to go that route, but a wagon would be equally as cool. Some 2200lb v8 action would be fun


Plus, I've always wanted to go out in a blaze of fiery glory, no better way to ensure that than getting rear-ended in a pinto

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Tough it out. I swapped my entire drivetrain/fuel system in a storage space on the other side of town over winter.

You could also look into a Watts link for the rear suspension, or dare I say an IRS.



Ah yes, I know that feel. Looks like mine when I started. Just go ahead and get yourself a 100' spool of 14g wire. A pack of multi colored electrical tape helps you keep track of what's what.

I've looked into watts links before, I'd definitely like to give it a shot, and Actually I might be in luck. My dad's friend rents the bay next to this shop for his scrapping business, and he's got a ton of good wiring harnesses that I could pull the correct color wires out of.

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I'm definitely trying to keep this a clean build. Nothing ghetto or redneck. In the spring I'll really get to cleaning the car up. Right now the only space I have to work on the car is either a 45 min drive away, or is freezing cold out in the driveway. In the spring I plan on lowering it, putting gears in it, cleaning up the engine bay and tucking what little wiring harness there is. I wanna take a shot at building that panhard bar this winter though.

Tough it out. I swapped my entire drivetrain/fuel system in a storage space on the other side of town over winter.

You could also look into a Watts link for the rear suspension, or dare I say an IRS.

Started cleaning up the complete clusterfuck of 28 years of quick cheap repairs on the wiring. Areas where broken connectors have been cut out and somebody has cobbled together something to fix it. There's a single flat spade terminal that has 7 wires all soldered to it, and 3 of them are 10g power wires. Such a headache, but I'm making some progress. Need to buy bigger black wire looms, some heat shrink tubing, electrical tape, about 50ft of 14g black wire and a few nice junctioning blocks.

Ah yes, I know that feel. Looks like mine when I started. Just go ahead and get yourself a 100' spool of 14g wire. A pack of multi colored electrical tape helps you keep track of what's what.

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Success! I should be registering the mustang today, hopefully. If not then tomorrow. But this means I can fix the rest of my wiring harness, do my right front strut, my intake gasket, install my battery cutoff and possibly relocate it to the trunk, find the source of the hard clunk in the rear end which I suspect is a u-joint or control arm bushing, install the springs (and cut them a little until I can afford the steeda bumpsteer kit, then cut them a lot, and 2" drop spindles) all within the next couple of weeks. Then I should be sitting pretty nice for now.

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Uh huh. Your Fire Marshal will tell you off once they have put down the flames.



Almost all my previous cars have had similar hackjob wirings with duct tape and binders. Fucking **** fixing those. I have actually had 2 of my cars lit on fire while driving b/c of those.

Yeah thankfully haven't really had any short issues so far. Most of the issues were just essential wires that were cut and hidden in the wiring harness

Some people's ability to fix cars terrifies me.

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Also, in putting the '71 bumpers on it, i'll also install a fuel cell waaaaay away from the rear bumper. I wouldn't want to cook myself on my first ride in it. My dad's got a lemon yellow 75 pinto, and i'm telling you this car is the balls man. It handles like crap, it's slow as hell, but there's just so much charisma in that car. Everywhere you go, people honk at you, wave at you, yell out the window that they used to have one. It's ridiculous. But with a 302 it'd be fast as hell, considering it'd weigh about 2200 lbs with the v8.

[herrakani]

Uh huh. Your Fire Marshal will tell you off once they have put down the flames.



Almost all my previous cars have had similar hackjob wirings with duct tape and binders. Fucking **** fixing those. I have actually had 2 of my cars lit on fire while driving b/c of those.

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Although someday, I'll probably buy a pinto, put the small '71 bumpers on it, put the drivetrain from this in it, and slam it on it's nuts with some nice stretch. It's kind of a dream goal of mine haha.

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So, here's some better pictures as it sits now. Needs door pins to fix the crooked door, desperately needs paint work, but surprisingly not much rot really. Windows don't line up at all on either side, which is pretty sweet.

Here's the fixed door latch. I didn't have time to grind the welds down, but that plate is 1/8" steel so it's not going anywhere. Door latches perfectly now. Just gotta make it pretty before spring.

I love the steering wheel, it's got an awful tilt wheel though. The tron grid dash is about as 80's as it gets. Amp gauge.. doesn't work. Temp gauge... doesn't work. Gas gauge... does work, but only half the time. Missing the entire lower dash panel, as well as the dash being cracked to hell. Seats are in remarkably good condition, as are the door panels and carpet.


Filthy engine, haven't had time to sit down and clean it yet. In the middle of running a new vacuum line to the distributor, so don't mind that. Rat's nest of wires currently, and leaks oil like a sieve but that's okay. You can see my wiring on the left, vs awful wiring on the right.




Intake manifold gaskets aren't very happy. I have them, just a tad bit cold out to be working on the car

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This car is a falling apart bucket of bolts. In technical terms, it's a pile of crap. The list of broken shit on this car is longer than the list of what's right. But I love it already, and the more I drive it the more I wanna drive it. Once some of this snow clears up I'm gonna do intake manifold gaskets, a right front strut, fix the hole in the exhaust, and put in The 8 missing header flange bolts. Seriously, whoever did the work to this car must have been several fries short of a happy meal.

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To clarify, under the grey tape on the left is the 7 wires all now on loop terminals, attached with a good sized bolt through the middle. Just a temporary until I get a junctioning block, but a lot better than a single super corroded terminal.

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Started cleaning up the complete clusterfuck of 28 years of quick cheap repairs on the wiring. Areas where broken connectors have been cut out and somebody has cobbled together something to fix it. There's a single flat spade terminal that has 7 wires all soldered to it, and 3 of them are 10g power wires. Such a headache, but I'm making some progress. Need to buy bigger black wire looms, some heat shrink tubing, electrical tape, about 50ft of 14g black wire and a few nice junctioning blocks.

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Got some awesome goodies for the mustang for chrismas! Got a line lock from my friend seth, got a nice battery cutoff switch from my brother, and intake manifold gaskets from my dad, plus 110$ in various autozone gift cards for when shit inevitably breaks.