T-Bird Resto/Mod UPDATE 3-16-18

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T-Bird Resto/Mod UPDATE 3-16-18

Reply #15 – December 01, 2011, 04:13:58 PM

Quote from: RoyLPita;374323

Are those the staggered Mitsu wheels?

Ya they are. It has 16X9s and 16X8s. I tried to find another good pair of 16X9s but now it don't matter.

Quote from: t3skidoo;374321

1BadBird, what did you do use for removing the welding slag?
As I look at your K-member, the thought keeps occurring, how much weight could be removed from the factory piece w/out affecting structural integrity. Anybody know?

I just used 2" 3M roto locks, 40 grit then followed by surface-prep pads. I had thought about cutting 2" holes through-out with a hole saw, but who knows, I might get a MM tubular one in the future.

Update: More progress Pics

Reply #16 – December 03, 2011, 05:25:48 PM

Ok, now that I have retrieved my camera from the bosses p/u at work, I can post pics the of little bit of progress I've made.

Yet more Pics

Reply #17 – December 03, 2011, 05:30:16 PM

Here's a few of the blasted spots

Granted, those aren't near as bad as some.

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Reply #18 – December 03, 2011, 05:37:30 PM

Quote from: t3skidoo;374321

As I look at your K-member, the thought keeps occurring, how much weight could be removed from the factory piece w/out affecting structural integrity. Anybody know?

Here is the original k-member. As you can see, there's a lot of holes. I might need to do that cutting I mentioned earlier after-all.

I still need to strip it down completely. The entire front LSC brake setup is up for grabs as well as the K-member, otherwise it's off to the s yard.

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Reply #19 – December 05, 2011, 08:07:11 PM

I got a little more done today but nothing pic worthy. I'm raising the car up so I can paint & raptorize the bottom side. While I have the IRS out, my plans are to tear it all down and paint it all and install those 4:30s.

A little progress

Reply #20 – December 06, 2011, 08:13:20 PM

Pretty much stripped out now. Just the dash and wiring harness.

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Reply #21 – December 06, 2011, 08:55:24 PM

Nice!!! I want IRS. Is it out of a Cobra or a newer bird.

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Reply #22 – December 06, 2011, 09:03:07 PM

03" Cobra. The newer birds (mn12s) mount differently, same center section but everything else is different.

Todays progress pics

Reply #23 – December 07, 2011, 06:01:00 PM

Well I got more things done today. Almost ready to start the actual repair work.

After

During

The rats nest

Engine bay progress/ Temporary wheels

Reply #24 – December 09, 2011, 08:15:45 PM

Here's the progress of the engine bay, would've got more done but I ran out of welding gas

Still need to make the filler pieces on the front frames

A guy came into the shop yesterday and saw my old wheels, he asked me if I'd be interested in some 17X8 tri bars off a 97 cobra, What do you all think?? He brought them over today to let me see them.

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Reply #25 – December 10, 2011, 01:50:52 AM

i always thought they were the ugliest mustang wheels ever, but that's just my opinion.. lol

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Reply #26 – December 10, 2011, 09:31:47 AM

Yeah I'm not a fan of the tri-bars, but its your car. Nice work on everything so far!

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Reply #27 – December 10, 2011, 09:43:44 AM

I don't particularly like them, but they will work to roll around on after I get the front brakes back on.

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Reply #28 – December 10, 2011, 11:40:39 AM

hell if the price is right just use em to roll the car around on. that way you dont mess up the good wheeles when you prime and paint it.

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Reply #29 – December 10, 2011, 02:42:37 PM

Oh ok, I thought those were the wheels you were going with on the finished product. They will work fine for rollers, lol.