I thought I’d take a minute and catch the readers up on #ProjectSportsRoof.
I wanted to touch up some of the engine bay components, horns, vacuum canister and battery tray. I didn’t want to alter some of these too much, I like having the numbers, logos and other info visible, not covered under a several layers of primer and paint. So these items were lightly sanded and then sprayed with primer and black engine paint.
Battery Tray – in the process of being sanded with dremel.
The horns were cleaned up with break cleaner then sanded by hand.
A lot of the paint just came off with the cleaning.
Horn in the process of being sanded.. Note the “LO” and other numbers. My goal is to keep them visible.
A coat of Eastwood Rust Encapsulator and then a primer coated applied – tried to keep the numbers, etc. visible.
A little more sanding and then some paint.
Vacuum Canister
Battery Tray and Horns
I think they came out O.K.
There is a quick video.
Coming up distributor install and transmission update.
If you look back at #ProjectSportsRoof post you’ll see the condition engine bay. During those videos I mentioned that I was going to clean it up and hit it with a rattle can. Again this isn’t going to be a concours restoration, it’s going to look nice and it’s going …
I’ve done all the clean up and all the adjustments necessary to get a good reading on the health of the ’72 351C engine in my 1973 Mustang. The next step is to check the compression. First up was to warm the car a bit and then pull the plugs. Here’s what the …
This is the wrap up on the compression testing for the 1973 Mustang w/ a 1972 351 Cleveland power plant. You’ll might have notices that I referred to the remote tester, which is my code for remote starter…yeah…that’s it!!! All of these tests were dry test and I should have done a …
I’m seeing more and more ‘average guys’ soda blast the components in the driveway. I’m amazed how clean the components come out after just a minute of soda blasting.
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You might want to do some electrolysis on the battery holder. It still looks pretty rough and I suspect the rust will come back.
I’ve always like Eastwood products.
I’m seeing more and more ‘average guys’ soda blast the components in the driveway. I’m amazed how clean the components come out after just a minute of soda blasting.