Some pics of the car outside of garage

Even though I drove the car outside, the doors didn't work. This required me to install new door rod clips. These are 50 cent plastic clips that attach the various door rods to the door latch. Installing them required the removal of the door latch (which had to be drilled out) and the painstaking process of pressing in the new clips. I finally did it and now have functioning doors. Woo hoo! Here are some pics of the car, finally polished and waxed - but not street worthy yet

Installing New Front Suspension

The old mustand is a weak, saggy, 1960's technology - p.o.s. with the turning prowess of a Winnebago. It is my goal to bring it up to today's standards. I took off the upper and lower control arms, the coil springs, shock towers, and strut rod. Steering replacement will have to wait for more $$$.

The removal was straightforward but I would highly recommend to do this with the engine out for ease of installing the new upper control arms. I used global west upper and lower arms, strut ruds, and coil springs. I used koni shocks and open-tracker roller coil spring perches. I also welded-in earlier the Pro-Motorsport Shock Tower Reinforcement kit (blogged at an earler post). I purchased the vario-eccentric lower control arm kit as well.

I drilled new holes for the upper control arms (with one of those $30 step down bits - worth the money, trust me). The strut rod required a monster 1.5" socket with a 3/4" adaptor to install!! Can't use a wrench because of clearnence isssues.

The lower control arm installation required an hour or two of machining the housing to fit the new arm. Further welding and machining with a die-grinder was required to fit the new Vario-Eccentric kit which allows you to set camber by adjusting the lower control arm pivot point. This was a pain in the ass, and once again, Pro-Motorsports expects too much of their shade-tree mechanics.

Nevertheless, I installed all the components, sans sway bar (not needed for test drive). The car is totally out of alignment, but I can still drive out of the house for once! Well, not really. As soon as I pulled out of the garage, my brakes failed. Doh! With the help of some neighbors, we pushed the car back in. A week later, I replaced the master cyliner, bled the brakes, and tada, drove the car out of the garage.

The alignment was really bad and I left tire marks (from the front tires) for the two blocks I had to drive the car to my fiance's house. I was renting out my house and moving into my fiance's house, so I had to move the car; not a minute too late - as my renters were moving in right when I drove her out!