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ok last picture of the car taken when my dad had it sent in 1981 to get a new paint job for it.

that will make one good lookin streetrod! i love 40 chevy

What a great project, JC. !!! Keep us updated on your plans and progress.

Nice Coupe JC, it is hard to miss when your starting with a car in that good of shape. Looking forward to seeing more in the future.

ya its gunna be a fun project. Right now i'm stripping the frame and getting ready for suspention and new motor and tranny mounts. I just got the new front mustang II crossmember put in last thursday. I can't wait to finish up this rolling chasis.
here's some frame pics. Also you can check out more of my progress on my thread- Engine swap and more.

front cross member

wow where is evrybody??

We're under our cars.

JC, SWEET RIDE!!!!!!!!!!

My big news is I fractured my finger last weekend;a chain slipped on the hoist and I dropped the #$%&^*ing motor on my hand. I've got that finger "buddy-taped" to its neighbor in a Cub Scout salute for a couple of weeks. Doc says it's a "stable" hairline fracture, useable as long as I don't put too much stress on it.

Got the engine and the tranny together at long last; swapping the 302 accessories and timing cover onto the 5.0 turned into an 8-hour job. Nothing fit; locator pins had to be wriggled out and the entire timing cover had to be hollowed out with a grinder and a cutting wheel. Then there was the discovery (too late, of course) that 5.0L H.O. heads are not ambidextrous, as are the 289 heads. Whoops. Gee, do I spend another $50 on head gaskets and another morning taking it back down, or do I fabricate block-off plates for the EGR intakes?

I have a machine shop at my work (I'm a maintenance / facilities tech), so I'm fabricating this week.

Sheesh, the distributor gear had to be swapped, the flexplate rebalanced (and the machinist didn't leave room for the eccentric nuts -- I had a GREAT time working around that one!) -- it goes on and on. Amazing how "the same engine" (302 vs. 5.0) can have so many differences!

But it's all together, now; Saturday I'll drop it in. Yay team.

wow man. hope the finger gets better soon. I'm about to take a short trip out of town i finally found a bone yard about an hour away that has mustang II's and pinto's that i can get the front end off of for parts for my front suspension. here's the part about this summer i don't like. next friday i leave for college so the car get's put away in storage until i can find some time to come up and finish it. I hope to have a painted rolling chasis by that time. lots of work not too much time. I'll see you guyz around.

I have put the car on hold and started working on the garage, soon the 94deg days will give away to 4 deg days The garage is getting finished after 18yrs, insulation, drywall, car lift, DirectTV and HEAT you know, all the things that a guy can not do without

Charles

Originally posted by jcdean86
wow where is evrybody??

I have been in bed since my last thread , on account of my sugery . I had a disk replaced in my back, not a fun process but at least in about 8 weeks or so I can get back to work on my 59 Impala wooo hoooo!!!!!! lol. I got hurt two yrs ago in a bad car accident and havent done anything with it since then. Im getting really excited to get my hands dirty again

hey guys i have a very important question. I have a full mustang II suspension less the calipers and rotors. I need to know what car to pull those off of?? money is slim so i can't buy new ones i have to go with bone yard parts. please help...

jcdean, any ford granda rotor and caliper will work with a little spacer ring and they are 5 lug. They are also bigger than stock MusII. I wanted to go with chevy bolt pattern so I bought a set of after market rotors from speedway(5 lug) and a got some stock MusII calipers at O'Reillys.

Glad to see that you are starting to get around HotRod59, I know personally that back pain is bad news. Best for you and this will just give you time to make plans for you car!

CE, I am already envious of your garage! That is going to be very sweet.

Was_II, I didn't know that they wern't the same engine, but I am not a avid ford fan.

We are heading off to our first really big show in Branson Mo. this weekend. Needless to say I am very nervous, double and triple checking bolts and all that stuff. I hope she does ok, it will be her first out of towner and about 250 miles round trip. We'll see, I have the interior all done except for the headliner and bolting everything down. Maybe I will see some of you there, it's going to be a great weekend.

Have fun on your first road trip Brickman, hope everything goes well. Have fun at Branson.