Got the 66 in her spot for the Winter....Body Drop and Air Ride Woody Panels

Looking Good Brother!  

very nice... that mustang II will like that motor back a bit like you have it.

Army of Six wrote:very nice... that mustang II will like that motor back a bit like you have it.

Thanks Army, I am feeling good about that. I think she is gonna work.

Took a few days off the 66 to get the 62 together so I can sell it. We did make some small trim rings to go around the exhaust tips to clean up where it comes out of the body. Welded some studs on the inside to make it look smooth from the outside.

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Love the look you have going there on the exhaust

That trims it out real nice!

Man! Between you and Kev with his Dormobile, Jesse James is a novice!

Thats slick lookin.. i like it!

I saw one other one similar to that, I like it a lot, thats looking killer!

Here is a shot of what the air ride switches will look like. I took a regular momentary toggle switch, very very lightly ground down the end of it, ran a 1/4 20 die over it to give it some threads. Then I drilled out a knob and tapped it to the same 1/4 20 and screwed it on the switch. Then I used a heater bezel for the background. Now the air ride switch looks like a heater knob.

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Nice!

You've got great attention to detail in your work. You have a knack for fabricating things that are neat, functional and Freakin cool all at the same time. I tip my hat to you, sir!!!  

looking good. are you going to secure the bottom of the outer steering column to the floor board? it might be moving and clanking around on the shaft inside when you are steering/ parallel parking.

Army of Six wrote:looking good. are you going to secure the bottom of the outer steering column to the floor board?  it might be moving and clanking around on the shaft inside when you are steering/ parallel parking.

Sorry I missed the post, yes sir, I am gonna attach it with a little bracket that can come out just in case I ever need to remove the steering column. I have taken a few weeks off the van to try and make some money, but we will be back in action soon.

I think that looks great....

Bad Ass! Great work

So, it has been a year, and I think we have made some great progress in that time. I thought I would be driving it by now, but not yet. Although I have done way more than first thought when I started this project. Today is a big day. We got it cranking and I think it may come to life. If she does, I will post a video. Lots of parts coming this week, and there is a chance that it could move under its own power within another couple weeks. I will post some catch up photos of the past few weeks.

Shooting for the van nationals in New York this summer.

Congrats 3! Looking forward to seeing it moving under it's own power! You've put your own mark on her and then some!!!

She is alive. Fine tuning needed now, but she did come to life.

Started getting rid of all the body lines.

Took an original driveshaft from and 93 Mustang and only had to shorten it about 5 feet to make it work in the Econoline. Cute little guy.

We got all the holes in the dash filled, I got the air ride gauges mounted and plumbed, and the switches all wired. I'm putting original Econoline heater bezels and knobs on the switches to make them look like factory.

Used a bead roller and an old metal roller to build little caps to fill in the parking light holes on the front corners. I'm also going to shave the rain gutters and build new hinges for all the doors so nothing is sticking out.

Spending time filling in all the small gaps after the body channel and some holes in the floor that were cut there by the previous owner. Filled in both sides of the gas doors.

Built a brake pedal using a mixture of the arm on the assembly that bolted to the frame and the original arm so I could use an original Econoline brake pad.