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Not poll worthy - but I need input sorting out how to most efficiently progress from here on the falcon.
We're looking at moving in the coming month or two, and we all know what that does to any shop time.
There were a few things done during the thrash to try to make DW12 that will have to be un-done to move forward... but not many.
What I want to avoid are any other "one step forward, two steps back" sort of moves.
Given time restraints and the car as it sits now, I think having it in paint by DW13 is entirely out of the question, and is not really a priority.
Here's my feeble attempt at a plan trying to minimize re-work.... thoughts?
Body/paint:
1. repair window channel rust, fix dents in roof, prep interior painted surfaces.
2. paint roof, pillars, dash, interior metal surfaces white.
3. install glass and trim
4. install interior
Wiring:
1. remove start on wiring in engine compartment
2. paint engine compartment, chassis, trunk
3. resume wiring - loom runs, tie downs, trunk battery mount etc. once and for all.
chassis / plumbing:
1. install factory replacement fuel tank with drain plug, factory sending unit 3/8" feed - drain plug will become EFI return line port when the time comes - plan to leave factory vent alone (unless instructed otherwise)
2. run 3/8" steel hard lines for fuel from factory location up outside of sub frame rails, through wheel well and into engine compartment on driver side - allow for future rail mounted electric pump be it for carb or efi
3. run brake lines
Power train:
1. complete install of cal tracs, heim joints, u bolts, crown vic disc brakes - look into e-brake set ups (LS electric?)
2. confirm driveshaft length - have shaft modified / balanced as required
3. driveshaft loop fab and install
4. install engine, trans, shifter, tv cable, radiator, fan, shroud, etc.
And most importantly:
Drive in primer as much as possible to work bugs out before DW13!
UNKNOWNS:
Hoop? Cage?
Belts?
Tach and AFR gauge location?
Headliner?
Cut-outs?
Fuel filler in factory position or inside trunk with funnel / drain to outside?
Fill in factory reverse light holes in tail panel?
(run 63 fairlane talights with reverse lights in center)
Swap 4.10 gears for lower numerical given 2.8 first gear in AOD?
Not poll worthy - but I need input sorting out how to most efficiently progress from here on the falcon.
We're looking at moving in the coming month or two, and we all know what that does to any shop time.
There were a few things done during the thrash to try to make DW12 that will have to be un-done to move forward... but not many.
What I want to avoid are any other "one step forward, two steps back" sort of moves.
Given time restraints and the car as it sits now, I think having it in paint by DW13 is entirely out of the question, and is not really a priority.
Here's my feeble attempt at a plan trying to minimize re-work.... thoughts?
Body/paint:
1. repair window channel rust, fix dents in roof, prep interior painted surfaces.
2. paint roof, pillars, dash, interior metal surfaces white.
3. install glass and trim
4. install interior
Wiring:
1. remove start on wiring in engine compartment
2. paint engine compartment, chassis, trunk
3. resume wiring - loom runs, tie downs, trunk battery mount etc. once and for all.
chassis / plumbing:
1. install factory replacement fuel tank with drain plug, factory sending unit 3/8" feed - drain plug will become EFI return line port when the time comes - plan to leave factory vent alone (unless instructed otherwise)
2. run 3/8" steel hard lines for fuel from factory location up outside of sub frame rails, through wheel well and into engine compartment on driver side - allow for future rail mounted electric pump be it for carb or efi
3. run brake lines
Power train:
1. complete install of cal tracs, heim joints, u bolts, crown vic disc brakes - look into e-brake set ups (LS electric?)
2. confirm driveshaft length - have shaft modified / balanced as required
3. driveshaft loop fab and install
4. install engine, trans, shifter, tv cable, radiator, fan, shroud, etc.
And most importantly:
Drive in primer as much as possible to work bugs out before DW13!
UNKNOWNS:
Hoop? Cage?
Belts?
Tach and AFR gauge location?
Headliner?
Cut-outs?
Fuel filler in factory position or inside trunk with funnel / drain to outside?
Fill in factory reverse light holes in tail panel?
(run 63 fairlane talights with reverse lights in center)
Swap 4.10 gears for lower numerical given 2.8 first gear in AOD?
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