Mustang Upholstery Part II

By Tim Sweet | June 26, 2011 - 9:31 PM |June 26, 2011 Auto Body Work, Auto Cross, Auto Restoration, Auto Technology, Automatic Transmission, C4, C6, Car Art, Car Contest., Car Girls, Car Models, Car Parts, Car Restoration, Car Shows, Carbs, Cars, Chevy, Chrysler, Classic Cars, Corvette, Corvette C6, Dirt racing, Dodge, Dodge, Drag Racing, Engine Mods, Ford, low riders, MOPAR, Muscle Cars, Mustang, Plymouth, Pontiac, Restro-Mods, Stock Car Racing, Street Racing, Suspension Mods, Tires, Transmission, ZR1

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The next step is to remove the seat from the car.

For the Mustang the studs pass through the track and the nuts are under the car so a little space is need. Since most average guy’s don’t have a lift in their home garage, so I pull out the trusty 2 ton floor jack and a jack stand.

As most Mustang owners know, they were built with subframes. When jacking up the car with a floor jack place it on the frame, or use the standard scissor jack that attached to the seam at the rocker panel. Either way once it’s in the air, DO NOT FORGET to put the jack stand under the car. Yes it actually takes longer to do the set up then to remove the bolts…but take the time to be save.

2 Ton Floor Jack

Floor pan plug that protect the bolts and studs.

These plugs pry out very easily. I was able to get them out with just my fingers. Once they are removed you’ll have access to the nut. The distance between the opening and the nut requires an extension and the length of the stud requires a deep socket. These were 1/2″. The Mustang was raised in Arizona (get it? First reader to drop a comment explaining “get it” wins a DVD.) and all the plugs are in place. This kept all the road grime and what not off the studs and nuts, they separated easily.

When you are done you should have this many parts.

When I purchased the Mustang I was told that the upholstery was replaced at some point. (Keep that in mind for later as well.)

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As you can see in the video I wasn’t able to get the seat out of the car. I initially I figured it was because I couldn’t pull out level enough for the studs to clear the holes due to the fact that I was holding the camera. However, after putting it down I still shouldn’t get the seat out. So I climbed back under the car and found that there was a second nut on the right rear stud. I’m guess it was doubled up, when the last installer wasn’t sure whether they already but one on? And of course you can see by the previous picture that those two nuts not the same as the others.

Part III will be coming up in a day or so.
Thanks for reading.
Tim

ParkingLot Spotlight 6/07/2011

By Tim Sweet | June 8, 2011 - 7:07 AM |June 8, 2011 Auto Body Work, Auto Cross, Auto Restoration, Auto Technology, Automatic Transmission, C4, C6, Car Art, Car Contest., Car Girls, Car Models, Car Parts, Car Restoration, Car Shows, Carbs, Cars, Chevy, Chrysler, Classic Cars, Corvette, Corvette C6, Dirt racing, Dodge, Dodge, Drag Racing, Engine Mods, Ford, low riders, MOPAR, Muscle Cars, Mustang, Plymouth, Pontiac, Restro-Mods, Stock Car Racing, Street Racing, Suspension Mods, Tires, Transmission, Uncategorized, ZR1

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So you are out at the mall or grabbing some groceries at the store and you are headed back to your car in the parking lot and you catch something out of the corner of your eye. It’s out of the ordinary, it really shouldn’t be there, especially parked between that 1998 Honda with almost no paint and the huge Cummings Diesel pick up with a bench car seat bungy corded to the tie downs in the bed, but there it is, glowing and out-of-place.

That is what these segments will be about. Sometime there will be comments from the owner and sometimes I won’t have a chance to chat with them. There is a fine line between loving cars and stalking. (Standing around while your milk getting warm and your ice cream is leaking out of the hole in the plastic bag, waiting for the owner is on the line. Hey..it only happened once!!!…Come on now!!!..You’ve done it!!!)

Wandering around Southern Arizona wine country, we pulled into the one of the winery’s parking lots and I spied this beauty.

1964 Lincoln Continental Love the shape of the grill.

Yes! Convertible with suicide doors.

I’m on the fence with these wheels, but it’s still great looking.

Some 1964 Lincoln Continental facts:

Sales for that year was 32,969 roughly and approximately only 3,328 convertibles were sold. The other option was a 4 door sedan (no two door coupe? I’ll have to check on that). The vert was sold for $6,938 and the sedan was about $700 less.

Only one engine was available for the Lincoln and that was the 430 with 320 hp. Which was good because the car weighted 5,000 lbs. It was paired up with a 3 speed auto transmission which helped it reach the top speed of 110 m/h.

Longer wheel base was about 2 inches longer then the previous years at 126 inches.

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Tim

Wrenchin’ Tips – Masking

By Tim Sweet | June 1, 2011 - 8:16 PM |June 1, 2011 Auto Body Work, Auto Cross, Auto Restoration, Auto Technology, Automatic Transmission, C4, C6, Car Art, Car Contest., Car Girls, Car Models, Car Parts, Car Restoration, Car Shows, Carbs, Cars, Chevy, Chrysler, Classic Cars, Corvette, Corvette C6, Dirt racing, Dodge, Dodge, Drag Racing, Engine Mods, Ford, low riders, MOPAR, Muscle Cars, Mustang, Plymouth, Pontiac, Restro-Mods, Stock Car Racing, Street Racing, Suspension Mods, Tires, Transmission, Uncategorized, ZR1

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Having grown up working in my Dad’s body shops, was often given the honorable task of taping (masking) off the areas that weren’t going to get sprayed and areas, like windows and mirrors where you don’t want over-spray landing. I learned a few tricks that help speed up the process, but more importantly help ensure a good clean paint job. Removing over-spray is not a fun process.

I’ve tried the machines that merge the paper and the tape, great for straight lines, like the Coca Cola trucks we painted but for tight corners it just doesn’t work.

To save time, which equals a money saver and to get sharp clean lines, outline the areas with thinner tape, 1/4 inch works best. After that use the tape and paper machine and run that along the previously laid tape.

Here’s one more.

I can’t possibly tell you how much a pain it can be to tape off emblems and name plates and it’s never clean. Do yourself a big favor, figure out how they are attached to the sheet metal and purchase replacement them. You know where I’m going… remove the badges and emblems. That is the only way to do it right.

Clips for my 70 Mustang badges

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Tim

NCM – Swap out in Main Gallery

By Tim Sweet | May 17, 2011 - 7:33 PM |May 17, 2011 Auto Body Work, Auto Cross, Auto Restoration, Auto Technology, Automatic Transmission, C4, C6, Car Art, Car Contest., Car Girls, Car Models, Car Parts, Car Restoration, Car Shows, Carbs, Cars, Chevy, Chrysler, Corvette, Corvette C6, Dirt racing, Dodge, Dodge, Drag Racing, Engine Mods, Ford, low riders, MOPAR, Muscle Cars, Mustang, Plymouth, Pontiac, Restro-Mods, Stock Car Racing, Street Racing, Suspension Mods, Tires, Transmission, ZR1

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This is a great show of the main gallery. In this clip they have just placed the AJ Foyt #8 Corvette on display and are setting up a C6 Grand Sport next to it.

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Chevy’s 283 – OH WOW – 300 HP in a What?

By Tim Sweet | May 10, 2011 - 9:28 PM |May 10, 2011 Auto Body Work, Auto Cross, Auto Restoration, Auto Technology, Automatic Transmission, C4, C6, Car Art, Car Contest., Car Girls, Car Models, Car Parts, Car Restoration, Car Shows, Carbs, Cars, Chevy, Chrysler, Corvette, Corvette C6, Dirt racing, Dodge, Dodge, Drag Racing, Engine Mods, Ford, low riders, MOPAR, Muscle Cars, Mustang, Plymouth, Pontiac, Restro-Mods, Stock Car Racing, Street Racing, Suspension Mods, Tires, Transmission, Uncategorized, ZR1

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So I just can’t let the 283 go. I will find one, restore it and hang it from my garage ceiling, umm…yeah..I don’ t think the misses will have a problem with that….ok maybe just store it a corner of the garage..or turn it to a coffee table..yeah……um…no.

Check out his 1966 Corvair with 300 hp 283.

Link is here: http://www.automobilemag.com/reviews/driven/1012_1966_corvair_corsa/index.html

1966 Corvair Corsa Front Three Quarters In Motion

REVIEWS:

First Drive: 1966 Corvair Corsa

From the December, 2010 issue of Automobile Magazine

By Don Sherman

Photography by A. J. Mueller

The Chevy Corvair’s swing axles and heavy tail are implements of the devil, at least according to Ralph Nader’s Unsafe at Any Speed diatribe. Paul Siano, the creator of the mid-engine Siano Special, doesn’t buy any of that. He has owned, modified, and drag-raced Corvairs for more than half of his seventy years without suffering a single unintended spinout.

Siano bought — brand-new — what began life as a 1966 Corvair Corsa after supercharging a Volkswagen Beetle and owning a ’64 Corvair Monza Spyder convertible. He drove the coupe 50,000 miles before ripping out the stock 180-hp turbo engine.

A vintage Crown Manufacturing kit provided the means of upping the cylinder count and moving the engine from the back porch to the rear seat. That package included a tubular-steel subframe, an engine-to-transaxle adapter plate, a new transmission input gear, cooling-system pipes, a new shift linkage, and two new antiroll bars.

Siano’s prize possession is a rare, experimental, 283-cubic-inch aluminum engine block that General Motors pitched out as scrap. Engine builder Bryce Flinn added a roller cam, aluminum heads, and the induction overkill. Siano fabricated the necessary bits and brackets with an emphasis on minimal weight. He also added four-wheel disc brakes, Minilite wheels, radial tires, and a Ron Davis aluminum radiator.

Siano didn’t partition off his eight-pack of Weber intake trumpets, because he’s a patron of the rolling, reverberating, internal-combustion arts. Living with Webers is not for the meek of heart. When cold, they spit and stumble. When they’re up to operating temperature, they fill the interior with a combustible cloud of reversion gases. Smoking is discouraged.

Headphones are available for those rides when hearing preservation takes precedence over the din of a barely muffled Chevy V-8. Only two things keep the whirring water-pump pulley from biting the occupants’ elbows: the flush bolts that Siano installed in place of hex-head screws and every human’s natural preservation instincts

REVIEWS:

First Drive: 1966 Corvair Corsa

When we drove to the test track, Siano’s homebuilt special revealed evil streaks: quick but heavy steering, vague shift linkage, and a throttle pedal that offers yes and no but very little maybe. However, a few miles were enough to establish an amicable working relationship.

Offered the opportunity to redeem itself, the Siano Special settled into stride to post a reasonably impressive performance report: 0 to 60 mph in 5.2 seconds, the quarter mile in 13.9 seconds at 104 mph, and a top speed of 130 mph. More amazing, the handling balance is excellent, offering just under 0.90 g at the limit of adhesion and only a touch of easily controlled oversteer when the fourteen-inch BFGoodrich Radial T/As finally let go. The cobbled-together chassis held firm over bumps, and the dampers kept body motions nicely controlled throughout the testing gauntlet.

Back in the Corvair’s day, GM fiddled with various mid-engine sports cars, only one of which (the Pontiac Fiero) ever made it to a production line. Leave it to a motivated Corvair enthusiast to demonstrate what can be achieved by adding a couple of cylinders and relocating the engine to a more productive location.

The Specs
Engine: 4.6-liter (283 cu in) OHV V-8, 300 hp (est.)
Weight: 2600 lb
Weight distribution f/r: 44.0/56.0%
Drive: Rear-wheel

Name That Car – 2A

By Tim Sweet | April 20, 2011 - 9:00 PM |April 20, 2011 Auto Body Work, Auto Cross, Auto Restoration, Auto Technology, Automatic Transmission, C4, C6, Car Art, Car Contest., Car Girls, Car Models, Car Parts, Car Restoration, Car Shows, Carbs, Cars, Chevy, Chrysler, Corvette, Corvette C6, Dirt racing, Dodge, Dodge, Drag Racing, Engine Mods, Ford, low riders, MOPAR, Muscle Cars, Mustang, Plymouth, Pontiac, Restro-Mods, Stock Car Racing, Street Racing, Suspension Mods, Tires, Transmission, Uncategorized, ZR1

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Here this one is going to be a tough one.

Jump in the ‘way back’ machine and guess this early turn of the 20th Century car.

Name That Car

Good luck.

Remember you need 5 correct answers to win. If you are reading this on Facebook you need to chase the link and post on the blog.

Thanks for playing.

Tim

Name That Car – #1A

By Tim Sweet | April 19, 2011 - 8:59 PM |April 19, 2011 Auto Body Work, Auto Cross, Auto Restoration, Auto Technology, Automatic Transmission, C4, C6, Car Art, Car Contest., Car Girls, Car Models, Car Parts, Car Restoration, Car Shows, Carbs, Cars, Chevy, Chrysler, Corvette, Corvette C6, Dirt racing, Dodge, Dodge, Drag Racing, Engine Mods, Ford, low riders, MOPAR, Muscle Cars, Mustang, Plymouth, Pontiac, Restro-Mods, Stock Car Racing, Street Racing, Suspension Mods, Tires, Transmission, Uncategorized, ZR1

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Ok.. Steve Sear won the last round.

This round the rules are the same. You have to be the first to get 5 correct answers.

If you see this on Facebook you have to chase the link and post your answer on the Blog.

You’ll have to provide a mailing address to receive the prize.

So here is the first car in the next round.

This car was once it’s own company.

This particular car is 1950’s era.

Name that Car #1A

Good luck and thanks for playing.

Tim

Chevy’s 283 Follow up Site

By Tim Sweet | April 19, 2011 - 8:17 PM |April 19, 2011 Auto Body Work, Auto Cross, Auto Restoration, Auto Technology, Automatic Transmission, C4, C6, Car Art, Car Contest., Car Girls, Car Models, Car Parts, Car Restoration, Car Shows, Carbs, Cars, Chevy, Chrysler, Corvette, Corvette C6, Dirt racing, Dodge, Dodge, Drag Racing, Engine Mods, Ford, low riders, MOPAR, Muscle Cars, Mustang, Plymouth, Pontiac, Stock Car Racing, Street Racing, Suspension Mods, Tires, Transmission, Uncategorized, ZR1

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A while back I did an engine mini series on Chevy’s 283. Since then I found a great site for more information on the 283.

Links – http://wp.me/pKHNM-nu
http://wp.me/pKHNM-nB
http://wp.me/pKHNM-nT

http://chevroletphotosblog.com/?p=23046
Chevy 283 Motor | ChevroletPhotosBlog.com
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‎1965 chevy 283 motor complete runs good 500.00 cash call 205-792-4699. Location: Tuscaloosa. State: Alabama City: Tuscaloosa tuscaloosa.americanlisted.com

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Tim

Name that Car – #7Sup

By Tim Sweet | April 18, 2011 - 8:18 PM |April 18, 2011 Auto Body Work, Auto Cross, Auto Restoration, Auto Technology, Automatic Transmission, C4, C6, Car Art, Car Contest., Car Girls, Car Models, Car Parts, Car Restoration, Car Shows, Carbs, Cars, Chevy, Chrysler, Corvette, Corvette C6, Dirt racing, Dodge, Dodge, Drag Racing, Engine Mods, Ford, low riders, MOPAR, Muscle Cars, Mustang, Plymouth, Pontiac, Restro-Mods, Stock Car Racing, Street Racing, Suspension Mods, Tires, Transmission, ZR1

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Ok…this one is older than what I’ve been serving up.

Again, this is not one of the top 3. This car was also very prone to rust because of the body structure.

Good luck.

Name That Car #7sup

Thanks for playing.

Tim

Name that Car – #5 Answer

By Tim Sweet | April 14, 2011 - 9:17 PM |April 14, 2011 Auto Body Work, Auto Cross, Auto Restoration, Auto Technology, Automatic Transmission, C4, C6, Car Art, Car Contest., Car Girls, Car Models, Car Parts, Car Restoration, Car Shows, Carbs, Cars, Chevy, Chrysler, Corvette, Corvette C6, Dirt racing, Dodge, Dodge, Drag Racing, Engine Mods, Ford, low riders, MOPAR, Muscle Cars, Mustang, Plymouth, Pontiac, Restro-Mods, Stock Car Racing, Street Racing, Suspension Mods, Tires, Transmission, ZR1

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Too easy?

Maybe.

Good guess Jeff G.

My 1970 Mustang.

1970 Mustang

Thanks for playing.

Tim

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