Langleylads 68 Cougar project

[langleylad]

look below ( problems on this site )

[langleylad]

I painted the body/cabin ? yesterday , three coats of color ( metallic silver ) and three coats of clear . The doors , front fenders , hood and trunk lid will have to wait till the spring. Helping out family burned up three weekends so I feel a little behind . I'm very happy with the outcome , this was my first attempt at spraying color .

[DanStokes]

Ya done good! And it wasn't all THAT hard, was it? People think it's automotive brain surgery when really it's a matter of keeping at it.

Dan

[74NovaMan]

Looks very nice!

[RideTech_Ryan]

Looks great to me!

[silver_bullet]

Wow! did you fill in the cowl as well?

[langleylad]

Wow! did you fill in the cowl as well?

Yes sir

[langleylad]

Ya done good! And it wasn't all THAT hard, was it? People think it's automotive brain surgery when really it's a matter of keeping at it.

Dan

Thank you gentlemen .

I've heard that painting the car is the reward for all the hard work getting the vehicle to the point where you can spray it . Prep , prep , prep .......

[langleylad]

I painted the taillight panel semi-gloss black and mounted the Holley Dominator ECU , plus ran the engine harnesses through the Earl's seals it grommets today . I'm sure most of you know about these releaseable cable ties , they're awesome when you're first running your wiring .

[langleylad]

Wiring has begun , I'm using a American Autowire Classic Update kit . I want to keep the engine bay clean and I'm trying to hide as much wiring as possible . I've run a piece of 3/4" steel tube in the driver side wheel well to run the frontend wiring through .

[DanStokes]

THAT looks great. Or is it that it DOESN'T look great, given that you can't see it? I'm befuddled (most of the time).

Dan

[langleylad]

THAT looks great. Or is it that it DOESN'T look great, given that you can't see it? I'm befuddled (most of the time).

Dan

Thanks Dan , I believe that this is the first time that someone has used the word "befuddled" on BS but then I could be wrong .

[Beagle]

although I know what it means, this picture pops into my head.

[langleylad]

I've pretty much taken the last 2 months off of working in the shop , it's cold in there. I've got a small ceramic heater to warm things up but it's still chilly. I have been collecting parts , I've spent many hours on this magic box looking for great deals and I've found many . Such as a Magnaflow 2.5 stainless hot rod kit that sells for $607 US at Summit/Jegs that I found on Amazon.ca for $336 CDN ! with free shipping which is just bananas . When buying out of the US we have to add a 33% , so $300 becomes $400 . Enough whining about that. I've also collected Autometer Ultra-Lite Carbon Fibre gauges in 5" & 2 5/8", Russell AN fittings , Russell ProClassic Hose , and other bits and pieces . I'm going to get out there today and hopefully get some work done .

[langleylad]

Well I managed to assemble the gauge panel and started to wire it up .