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1974 Mustang II Build
I guess deep down I’ve been waiting for this day for about 14 years…….Cade and I are starting on his first car.
The car were doing is a 74 Mustang II I bought for $100 close to 20 years ago. The car had been abandoned and hauled into a local wrecking yard that I did a lot of business with. I got it home and got it running and had intentions of dropping a SB Ford into it, until I figured out that I’d need to do more work than I wanted in order to get a 351 AND AC in it (the 75s and up had a revised front fascia and core support that made a V8 AC swap a lot easier). Anyway it was a Basic Mustang II; 2300 4 Banger and 4 speed. Somewhere along the way a previous owner had already added the optional 8” rear end.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4433/...48c64dcf_z.jpg74 Mustang 1 by M Patterson, on Flickr
The car ran OK for what it was so I kept it stock and would occasionally use it as a loaner for customers if I needed to borrow a car. Cade’s Mom even used it for about a year or so. I built a 77 Cobra II that my wife Donna claimed for about 5 years and when we sold it she decided she would like the 74 (figuring the 4 banger would be a bit more friendly on gas). She did have a couple of little requests for the 74 though……. convert to an automatic, add power steering, add Air conditioning and of course paint and upholstery all of which I agreed to (ain’t love grand :LOL: ).
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4437/...8d6a6bb5_z.jpg74 Mustang 2 by M Patterson, on Flickr
Donna drove the 74 for a few years then we parked it about 5 years ago and she started driving my old 77 Mustang.
A several months ago Cade mentioned getting the 74 back on the road for his first car. After talking it over with his mom we decided that it was doable.
Of course Cade's day didn’t start out with the car. It’s going to need a few parts; battery, tires etc over the next year and a half, and Cade will be paying for them. Right now we worked out a deal where he works for me and I credit all or part (depending on how he wants to split it out) towards the things the car will need. Cade’s day started out weed eating and cutting some small trees down and adding a bit of money to his credit towards the car.
Then it was drag the car out of the back shed and let Cade clean the 5 years of crud off of it.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4352/...835afdd0_z.jpgcleanup 1 by M Patterson, on Flickr
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4408/...9a4b74e5_z.jpgcleanup 2 by M Patterson, on Flickr
Donna managed to put a couple of dings and scratches in it over the years she drove it, but it's still presentable and the interior I put in has held up well. I think I've still even got some touch up paint left over for it.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4332/...1a675fd6_z.jpgwashed by M Patterson, on Flickr
After Cade washed it we did manage to get the old trunk lock drilled out and a new one installed. We spent the rest of the time looking over the car and building a list of the parts we would need to get to get it going and putting together a TO DO list. Then it was get it back in the shed until the next time he comes over.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4346/...fef031e2_z.jpgBack to the shed by M Patterson, on Flickr
Next time he's over we'll try to get the gas tank drained and new fuel in it and see if we can it moving under its own power.
Besides getting the car safe and going again, plans are to reinstall the 4 speed back in it (yup I kept all the parts) :3dSMILE:
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I think I see another episode of "Super Grandpa" developing here!!
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A young guy washing "his" car for the first time...... priceless!:cool:
I just realized we don't have a jealous emoticon... ;)
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That's going to be a great time for you guys! Your lucky to live where you do, your cars are in such great shape to start with. If you lived around here the Mustang ii's are usually in powder form and your grandson would maybe not have as much fun.
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Yeah I think this is .going to be at least as much fun for me as it will be for Cade. As I realized once today already I need to "supervise" more rather than just doing it myself with Cade watching.
Seth you're right about being me living in the right place for solid cars. I grew up a bit east of you in Illinois and still go back there at least once a year. Every time I see a car or truck back there rusted up to the tops of the fenders and holes you could put your fist thru it reminds me of part of the reason I live here.
After working with Cade this morning I also got to spend some quality time with my other Grandson Austin this afternoon when he and his mom came over to pick Cade up. I had picked up a wood model car kit at the local lumber yard a while back. Just some simple wood blocks with pre drilled holes and a hand full of nails top put it together with. Austin and I had painted a while back so this afternoon he got to assemble it.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4394/...c1bf7110_z.jpg20170820_153456 by M Patterson, on Flickr
He even got a hand from his older brother........watching those 2 work together always brings a smile to this old mans face.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4434/...7c8e997a_z.jpg20170820_153734 by M Patterson, on Flickr
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4342/...b507bddb_z.jpg20170820_154343 by M Patterson, on Flickr
The car has one of those little spring motors in where you drag it backwards and let it go and it takes off across the floor.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4437/...1337566a_z.jpg20170820_155038 by M Patterson, on Flickr
As Austin explained it to his Sister......."you pull it back and then let it go and it runs till it crashes"
I love Austin, but for some reason I see a lot of broken parts in his future :LOL:
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Mike, Kinda strange after seeing your pics, I head to alot of car events, and the cars I use to really never look at years ago or maybe even despised now look good since they had been overlooked, and the ol' Mustang II's are in that category, they have taken the back seat to te early stang's and the fox bodies and its really good to see one once in a while, just like the late 70s Monte's, Vegas and even the Mavericks! Though I wasn't a fan, I applaud you for getting him hooked and its really good to see one again! Young guys probably never knew they existed
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I too applaud you for the fun and smiles you enjoy with your grand children and yes, I wish we did have an envious emotion to use as I haven't had the pleasure of producing children. I'm glad you have decided to leave it a 4 banger as I personally believe Cade will enjoy the stick shift and be able to build his driving skills and abilities safely with a car not so powerful as a V8 powered one. I can imagine the Stang getting parked up again later for when young Austin is ready for his first ride.
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Mike, the stang sure did survive well for sure! I like the way you are letting him work it off too. That's how I got my first car, and truck. I really believe this will help him through life just because it will set a value to him and he will have something to be proud of too. Nice job, and enjoy that project. A friend of mine had a 76 Mustang Cobra with a 302 and a 4 speed. It was white with blue stripes. I never liked the looks of those cars, but his was cool looking. It was a death trap with that 302 so you're decision to leave it a 4 cylinder is a good one IMO. :LOL:
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Matt I totally agree. I've always kind of tended towards the orphans that people generally...myself included.....laughed at /despised. The Mustang IIs, 57 Dodge and Plymouth, 58 Chevy Biscayne etc that I've built over the years kind of attest to that :LOL: When they aren't around everywhere anymore they do tend to get a second (fresher) look. A big plus is they are usually dirt cheap when you do find them.
Mark and Ryan leaving the 4 banger in it was a pretty easy decision (although a V6 of some flavor did cross my mind :rolleyes: ), All I had to do was remember what I was like at 16 with a freshly printed license in my billfold.
I did a 77 Cobra II about 15 years ago (it was a good way to package some of the parts I had left over from my V8 Pinto days and make a few bucks). The car was a looker and ran pretty well with a 302, C4 and 9" rear.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4404/...5e2162e9_z.jpg77 Cobra II by M Patterson, on Flickr
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4433/...8394687c_z.jpgcobra back by M Patterson, on Flickr
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4365/...d8b3f0c1_z.jpgCobra Engine by M Patterson, on Flickr
Turning a 16 year old loose in something like that is just all kinds of a bad idea. A big plus with the 4 cylinder Mustang II is that insurance and plates will be just about the cheapest you can get (and a lot more affordable for a kid with his first job) ;) .
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I don't think there's a neater thread on the board than this one right now................making smiles across the world there bud.
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Very nice Mike! Just don't let him find any info on the turbo 2.3. Those can make decent power. We used to have one in a lawn mower pulling tractor. It was pretty wild. We put it in a fox body and raced it when pulling season wasn't in. That was the SBC of 4 cylinders if I remember correctly.
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The 2.3L SVO Mustang was faster than the V8 GT counterpart as I recall. About 1986?. That was just a 'little warmer version' than the Turbo Coupe as I recall.
The Mustang II is probably one of my favorite Mustangs. It pays homage to the original while still fitting in with what the mid 70's brought to the car scene. Cade's pretty lucky to have a grandfather like you.
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Another Sunday :3dSMILE:.
In order to get an early start Cade stayed over with us again last night. His day started around 6 AM when I woke him up. It's funny, his mom says on school days she usually has to wake him 2 or 3 times before he gets around and starts getting ready for school. He was up had breakfast and was out in the shop by 6:30 :LOL:
The voltage regulator cost a few bucks more than the credit he had built up so first thing on the agenda was doing more yard work (I've got some painting lined up for later on this fall). Once he got done with the we hooked up the lawn mower to the 74 and moved it out of the back shed again and the first order of business was getting the regulator on.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4375/...d1c529b7_z.jpgvoltage regulator by M Patterson, on Flickr
Several years ago when the car would sit for extended periods of time I had added an electric fuel pump back by the fuel tank so the fuel lines and carburetor could be filled and the car started without cranking and cranking on the engine. with that in place it was pretty simple to disconnect the fuel line at the mechanical pump, put a battery in it and drain the 5 gallons or so of stale gas out of the tank.
Cade checked all the fluids, changed the fuel filter and then I had him put in a few gallons of fresh gas.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4385/...20e8e939_z.jpgfresh gas by M Patterson, on Flickr
I had to chuckle when I took this picture as I'm pretty sure it will be recreated at least a couple of times in the future when Cade gets his license. Even though the gas gauge in the Mustang works and reads correctly, Cade's pretty much a typical teenager and I'm sure he will see how far he will be able to squeeze the last mile out of a few bucks of gas. :rolleyes:
It took a fair amount of coaxing to get the old engine to fire off after its 5 year hibernation but it finally popped off. I had Cade in the drivers' seat running the key and when the engine finally caught I happened to glance over and saw one of the biggest smiles I've seen on his face in a while.
We let it run for a bit keeping an eye on the oil pressure and temperature and checking for leaks. We shut it down and rechecked the fluids and decided to call it a day. There were a few things added to the to do list....the brakes are a bit mushy, and a few electrical things aren't working (probably grounds and corroded contacts in a couple of switches).
The last thing on the list for the day was Cade cleaning the chrome air cleaner lid. :LOL:
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4423/...60771612_z.jpgAir Cleaner by M Patterson, on Flickr
I'm not quite ready (and neither is the car) to let him take a couple of laps around the arena yet so I drove the car back to the shed and Cade got the consolation prize and drove the lawnmower back.
All in all it was another good Sunday for both of us.
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Neat car and a good story. I didn't particularly care for the MII back in the day, but the body style has grown on me over the years.
Nice that you are letting him do the work. No better way to learn. That old 70's car will allow him to learn the basics before jumping into all the complicated systems in newer cars.
+1 on getting him started on a standard.
Subscribing to this one.
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Very cool! At least he'll be used to using those garbage no vent mandated gas cans. It sure is a hard learning curve going from the old school ones to these new take for ever to empty ones. :LOL:
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“…….At least he'll be used to using those garbage no vent mandated gas cans. It sure is a hard learning curve……”
That’s coming I’m sure but not something he has to worry about as long as he is using Grandpa’s cans. :LOL:
I fortunately have enough of the old non-leakmaster spouts to use on the gas cans I keep fueled for the Generator. I’ve drilled an 1/8” vent hole in the top of the handles on the cans and just thread a short drywall screw in the hole when the cans are in storage.
One of the nice things about the 74 Mustang IIs was they don’t have the unleaded restrictor/flapper valve in the tank neck which makes filling from a gas can a bit nicer too……but again, not my problem (I’m not the one likely to run out of gas in it). :LOL::LOL:
Not that I haven't had the experience of having to put gas in this one along side the road.......remember I said it used to be the wife's car:rolleyes:
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Spent some more time on the 74 on Sunday. I had Cade pull the valve cover so we could take a look at the valve train. Everything looked like it would live for a while so I had him bolt the cover back on. I really didn’t think we’d find anything but it was a good opportunity to show him the little things like how to pull the plug wires without ripping the boots in half or over tightening the valve cover bolts.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4336/...8850a7fb_z.jpgvalve cover by M Patterson, on Flickr
Then I let him play with the electrical. He got all the lights working except the brake lights which turned out to be a bad brake light switch……..He sure fits under the dash a lot better than I do :LOL:
In his mind the big accomplishment was getting the radio to work :rolleyes:
One of the comments he made was whether I thought it was a good idea to buy a parts car if we could find one(I had to inwardly grin thinking his moms going to love this :D ) so we spent a bit of time discussing the pros and cons of buying one…..not that there are any currently available right now.
It was another pretty good day. He has other plans for next Sunday so it will be a couple of weeks before we get back to it.
I did bring up that there was a Swap Meet in Tucson on Sat the 11th of Nov that I normally try to sell some parts at and that he was welcome to go with me (I’d already cleared it with his mom). He seemed pretty excited about it so we’ll see how that goes.
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Nice! Always liked that body style.
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Teaching takes so much time but worth it in the end. I know what you mean by having a youngster do something that you know doesn't really need to be done, but they learn several things in the process. It always takes a lot of self control to let them to some mechanic work cause I want to jump in and do it for them. It's fun to watch this thread.
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Cade stayed over last night and after helping me put the flag up started his day building up a bit more credit for the Mustang II fund by doing some painting. I'm pretty proud of him he did a good job, painted the whole thing including trim, didn't complain or rush thru it so we could start on the car. So one shed down and two to go.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4363/...e12072c1_z.jpg20170917_080031 by M Patterson, on Flickr
After he got cleaned up we went out to the shed and collected some of the 4 speed stuff so it be cleaned up when we hit a slow time......the transmission itself is kind of buried so we'll dig that out next time he's over.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4427/...289700d9_z.jpgbellhousing by M Patterson, on Flickr
Then we pulled the 74 back in to the shop and put it up on jack stands (along with the lecture about always using stands when he's working under a car). We did an under car inspection and he got his first whiff of 90W when I had him check the differential. The only real surprise was that the PS rack is leaking out the ends so we may be looking into a rebuilt rack. Then we took a peek at the front brakes (which looked good). By the time that was done it was about time to pack it in so the rear brakes will wait till another time.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4369/...8b1206a0_z.jpg20170917_104207 by M Patterson, on Flickr
So that was pretty much it for today the Mustang is back in the shed till he makes it over again.
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It was a busy day today but I think Cade had a good time. It was a paint day for him, starting by getting the second of the 3 sheds painted (and acquiring some more money to put towards parts).
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4383/...3def09b7_z.jpgpaint 1 by M Patterson, on Flickr
The it was on to getting the 4 speed out of the shed and into the shop.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4347/...f2481ded_z.jpg4 spd by M Patterson, on Flickr
It's funny Cade used to cringe when he had to touch a greasy part and couldn't wait to wash his hands when he got a bit of dirt or oil on them. At least as far as working on the Mustang goes getting his hands dirty doesn't seem to faze him now and while I kind of pity him a bit for having to clean this one up, it's part of that paying your dues where we all started.
Before we went ahead and got the Mustang out I asked him if he wanted to give me a hand with the 37 Dodge for a minute. I needed someone to ride with me and monitor the speed on the speed controller so I could compare it to the speedometer. After we got that done I drove over on the road that runs by the back of my place and opened it up a little. After going thru the 3 gears I ask Cade what he thought. His eyes were wide, he was grinning from ear to ear and said COOOOL :LOL:
Cades' Uncle had come down from Phoenix today so while he and I talked Cade spent the rest of the morning touching up the paint chips the car had accumulated over the years.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4391/...88bbf955_z.jpgpaint 2 by M Patterson, on Flickr
And that's pretty much how the Sunday was spent.
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Yep, that says it all! COOOOOL!!!
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Awesome. That will be a great memory for him! Make sure you bring that on your next trip up to Illinois. :LOL:
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Good on ya mate.
You're pointing the boy in the right direction.
Our two boys had the run of my workshop.
They grew up to be practical men.
Our younger son TJ (Tony John) had his fuel pump pack up at 2:00 am on a rural road fifteen miles from home.
He syphoned fuel from his tank into an empty 2 litre Coke bottle, ripped his windscreen washer hoses off, used them to connect to the fuel line through the firewall, put that line into the bottle, plus another shorter line, sealed the neck of the bottle with rags, blew into the shorter line to force the petrol out, and managed to get himself home.
Those are the skills and thinking abilities you're going to be instilling in Cade.
Yep; good on ya mate.
I wish you'd been my granddad!
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As it was a holiday Cade was over this today instead of yesterday. It was kind of iffy if he would be allowed to as his grades have slipped a bit (right on the border line of putting the mustang on hold until he brings them back up). We had a talk before he started today and we'll see how he does. I had him start off the day by painting the last shed. Then it was on to cleaning up the 4 speed for the Mustang.
Nothing better than a boy and his greasy 4 speed. :LOL:
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4480/...b79e0441_z.jpg4 spd 1 by M Patterson, on Flickr
It's not show quality but after 2 1/2 hours it's good enough to put under a driver.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4463/...5e37370d_z.jpg4 spd 2 by M Patterson, on Flickr
Cade was starting to look a bit like a raccoon by the time it was clean, but really didn't seem to mind.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4452/...8b93d24d_z.jpg4 spd 4 by M Patterson, on Flickr
I've got to admit throughout painting the sheds and doing the grunge work on the Mustang his attitude and work have both been great and I'm really proud of him.
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This is a great thread. Thanks
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It doesn't have to be show quality, the show comes when you're banging gears. :LOL:
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That last photo is priceless. His face covered in dirt/grease "gazing" on the fruits of his labor... way cool.
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It's another Sunday in Mustang land. :D
Cade's day started at 6AM again. I've run out of sheds to paint so today he started making some money by washing windows. I usually wash them in the spring and fall so they were due. That whole sitting there and being able to say "you missed a spot" is alllll right (the wife usually reserves that job for herself when I wash them :LOL:
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4497/...8ec3f2cf_z.jpgWW by M Patterson, on Flickr
He got about 1/2 of them done, so I've got a job for him to do the next time he comes over.
Then it was out to the car. When I originally built the 74 for my wife she was adamant that she had to have power steering in it. Some things you just say "yes dear" to so I changed out the manual rack, installed a PS pump etc etc. Fast forward to now and after sitting the last several years the rack is leaking like a sieve.
I figured it was a good morning for Cade to start figuring out how to look up parts and look at options for stretching his money. We looked up rebuilt racks and he pretty quickly figured out he would have to work a lot of hours to pay for a decent rebuilt R&P. He noticed that the manual racks were considerably cheaper and ask about those (as I'd hoped he would). I explained that it would be a bolt in and the only thing besides the rack he would need would be a shorter belt for the alternator once the PS pump was eliminated. His big concern was how much harder it would make the car to steer. When I told him the car was originally a manual steering car and his mom had driven it that way for a couple of years with no problems that pretty much sealed the deal. He was even more convinced when I told him I still had the original rack out in the shed. We brought it in the shop and the inner tie rods are still tight, and the boots good....it needs new mounting bushings but I think I may have a set of those.
After we ate up the time figuring out what to do about the rack, we still needed to actually do something on the car. The valve cover was leaking a bit......we had pulled the VC to check the cam a while back and re-used the old gasket. I had come across a new one out in the shed a few days ago, so I donated that to the cause. Cade got the VC off and I introduced him to the joys of gasket scraping :LOL:
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4505/...4025ab9a_z.jpgGS by M Patterson, on Flickr
He managed to get the cover back on and the car buttoned up again with no problems, although I watched pretty close on how tight he got with the valve cover bolts. I KNOW at some point I will have to teach him about drilling out broken bolts and thread repair......I'm just glad it wasn't today :3dSMILE:
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4450/...a415dd48_z.jpgvc by M Patterson, on Flickr
With that done, he asked me where the VIN was on the car. I showed him and asked why. He reminded me that when he cleaned up the 4 speed he had come across some stamped numbers on it. I had explained that that was a partial VIN used to identify what car the transmission had come in. He had decided to see if the transmission was "numbers matching" to the car. It was and he was tickled pink. No offence to anyone, but the thought that went thru my mind was "dear god please don't let him become one of those guys :LOL:
We needed to go to town to pick up a brake light switch so we have that when we put the 4 speed pedals in next time he's over. We called it quits a little early today and decided to put the 74 back in the shed till next time. I got the car turned around and drove it into the arena where the shed is and shut it off while Cade shut the gate. I asked him if he wanted to take it for a lap or 2 around the arena. I didn't have to ask twice. He was grinning and nervous the whole time but for his first time did pretty good (even though we barely got above an idle) :LOL:. I do know that was a drive he will never forget (and will likely recall when he teaches his kids for the first time). Anyway that was pretty much it for today. It's always a good day when be both come in the house smiling.
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Sunday again and the old Mustang has 3 pedals once more......of course only 2 are currently functional. Were not quite to the point of changing out the transmission but Cade decided he wanted to get the stick pedal set up back in.
He grumbled a bit getting the pivot bolt thru the clutch pedal, bracket, brake pedal, and other side of the bracket, but he managed to get it done without using any of the "magic words" . I don't know if I ever fit under a dash as well as he does :LOL: . At least I know now who's going to be changing fuses and flashers in Grandmas' and Grandpas' vehicles from now on!!!!
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4505/...84934c38_z.jpgclutch by M Patterson, on Flickr
We will probably get the manual rack on next weekend so for now we bypassed the PS pump with a shorter belt due to the rack leak. He had some issues getting a couple of the bolts grandpa had tightened loose and needed a longer ratchet and swivel socket on a couple. I had told him when we started on the Mustang that he could work out of the far right tool box for hand tools he needed that he didn't have in his own box (until the first time any of those tools ends up walking away!!!!) I keep the ratchets in the very top of the box and I wish I had a picture of him standing on his tip toes and streching so he could see into the very top to get a ratchet out :D I figure by this time next year that won;t be an issue.
The bottom box had been my Dads and the top two boxes and all the hand tools in the boxes were my first tool set. When I'm gone I want both grandsons to have one of the roller chests and side boxes (they'll have to fight over the center box (which had been part of my original tool set). I'm kind of hope Cade wants the box he's using now, but who knows.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4447/...034cd31b_z.jpgtool boxes by M Patterson, on Flickr
Anyway when we finished up for the day, I let Cade do a few more laps around the arena......he had been a little worried about being able drive it without power steering . He did fine, but a couple of times I had to remind myself there is no brake pedal on the passenger side :eek:
Anyway another good day and a couple of little things checked off the to do list.
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Very nice! That is pretty awesome of you to have stuff set aside for you're grand kids when you're gone. We had to buy our grandpa's stuff at the auction. My Dad loaned me the money and I had to pay him back. I wished now I would have gotten more. My grandma needed the money and the stuff went for pennies on the dollar. Nice to see the Mustang getting closer weekend by weekend.
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Today was pretty much eaten up changing the power steering rack back to the original manual steering rack. We got an early start and Cade did pretty good. Mostly I got to sit and point at the parts that had to be taken off. There were a couple bolts he had problems getting to break loose that I had to help him with but overall he pretty much did everything getting the rack out.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4533/...bea26ff1_z.jpgRack 1 by M Patterson, on Flickr
Once he got the rack out we changed out the tie rod ends and installed a new pair of mounting bushings. Then he was back underneath it to get the manual rack back in it.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4519/...01f3b726_z.jpgRack 2 by M Patterson, on Flickr
Of course once it was buttoned up again he had to do a few more circles around the arena. :LOL: I seem to notice he making the laps a bit quicker than when he first started......wonder where he gets that from :confused:
Anyway, no work on the car next weekend, Cade and I will be out of here early Saturday morning to head to Tucson to go to the Swap Meet.
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Manual trans and manual steering; that's the right way to start a young man on his driving career!
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"....Manual trans and manual steering; that's the right way to start a young man on his driving career!....."
That's kind of my thoughts. Back when I was growing up almost everybody going thru Drivers Ed in high school could drive a stick and back then it was as common to see manual steering cars as it was PS cars.
Cade has driven the 74 around a couple of times with the PS working, and then after we pulled the belt on the pump. The manual gear steers a lot easier than it did with a dead PS rack and Cade actually said he likes the way it drives with the manual gear. He also figured out when he was taking stuff off that "Gee there's a lot less stuff to go wrong now"
Yesterday was probably the first really hard, dirty day for him but he pulled thru it. He knows the transmission swap will be worse, but he's still looking forward to having it in (although not necessarily the work to do it. :LOL: )
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hey mike,a re you talking about the swap meet on palo verde road next to the holiday inn?
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It's the Tucson Street Rod Association one. They've changed venues a few times but this year it's going to be at Tucson Speedway on Harrison Road.
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ok, i will see if i can make it out there saturday. dialysis takes a lot out of me, so no guarantees.
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if i make it out there, i will be wearing a black band on my left wrist to cover the bandages over my access point.
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With luck I'll be driving the burgundy and white 83 El Camino with the Monte Carlo nose on it.......if not I'll be in the faded blue Dodge Ram 50 Pickup.
The big pieces that should be easy to spot will be several intake manifolds and a few bellhousings.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4446/...f92879b1_o.jpgintakes by M Patterson, on Flickr
Unless I sell them all before you get there :LOL::LOL::LOL:
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