Dave's 68 Coupe (Update)

jbb · Post by **jbb** » Mon Aug 25, 2014 11:21 pm

well done Dave

told you you would find the right one in time.

john

tim_morrison82 · Post by **tim_morrison82** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 1:43 am

Looking at that DSO it seems to be a rainbow of colours car. i have found the 2 previous order number colours to this one, 0777 and 0778, and both are rainbow cars.

Marti should give you the colour code.

more info here:
http://mustangattitude.com/mustang/68ra ... lors.shtml

http://mustangattitude.com/cgi-bin/special_order.cgi

chopmgw · Post by **chopmgw** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 3:07 am

Hey urs could be Flower Power Red like mine !!!
Welcome to the 68 Club

Ronin187 · Post by **Ronin187** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 7:32 am

ooh and your parked out the front of my favourite shop in Sydney!!!

DavesStang · Post by **DavesStang** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 2:49 am

All ,

Its been 12 months since I added to this one so here is a current status .

I have been slowly tiding up my car while hoping to eventually reach a point where
its road worthy enough to get registered. I have been fixing countless little
bodgey mechanical and electric bits that and although it may not be obvious from my pictures
there has been quite a few fixes / changes .

A few examples - Alternator wired with a dead short (yes it was toast) - Replaced
Transmission cooling lines cut then joined back together with rubber hoses ,Replaced
Cheap aftermarket gauges for oil and temp - new wiring and senders added to
restore the originals to working order.
New fuel Tank and sender
New dash Facia's and dash pad
Missing bolts in the engine mounts - Replaced

Best upgrade was adjusting the rockers , When I got the car the engine was rough , noisy and sometimes back fired when you hit the go pedal . We found on inspection it had very badly adjusted
rockers with solid lifters some were very loose , some too tight . Now that's been corrected it starts good and revs fast and smooth , Got be happy with that

Also as a bonus we found it has a Mexican Block 302 , which so far specs wise
I have noticed Hooker headers , Edelbrock 4 Bll , double row timing chain , comp cams roller rockers and guides.
so who knows what other goodies have been added within ?

All still a work in progress but see below for a couple of more recent pics

Next job is brakes

Post by **hybrid** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 5:43 am

Nice one... it's all those fiddly bits that take all the time.

nassi · Post by **nassi** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 6:57 am

Yes that last 10 percent takes 50 percent of the build time, and it is still a nice looking coupe.

DavesStang · Post by **DavesStang** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 8:10 am

hybrid wrote:Nice one... it's all those fiddly bits that take all the time.

You said it , and as fast as I fix something I find another little job that needs doing . e.g spent a few hours just tracing wiring to work out why the drivers door interior light switch didn't work.

Current remaining jobs are :

C4 Selector shaft oil leak
Brakes are just so so , found the reservor empty last time I checked so probably a leaky
wheel cylinder somewhere. If the front drums are no good I will be look at doing the Disc conversion
sooner.
Install some new door interior panels
Swap to Aussie style Headlights

Reco and install the Heater ( In progress )

Then maybe off to the pits ??

Ausjacko · Post by **Ausjacko** » Wed Sep 19, 2018 10:20 am

Dave
Did you ever sort the engine issue out we discussed? Interested to learn what, if anything it was.
Hope you are still persevering with the thing.
Cheers
Jacko

DavesStang · Post by **DavesStang** » Sat Sep 22, 2018 1:10 am

Hi Jacko ,

Yes all sorted and then some - tried to sort it myself for a good while but just got worse .eventually it was
either send it to the classifieds or my local Mechanic . Went with the latter... Carb was apparently
over fueling the motor to the point where it had fouled all the plugs & contaminated engine oil as well...

There were a lot of other things wrong but this was the biggest problem.

Ausjacko · Post by **Ausjacko** » Sat Sep 22, 2018 1:16 am

Excellent as you had done a lot (97%) to get it where it was. And the timing mark/indicator what was the go there. So are you driving it now?

DavesStang · Post by **DavesStang** » Sat Sep 22, 2018 1:27 am

Checked the timing mark from scratch , did the whole, Put it on TDC on number one and it lined up
so that excessive advance we found was probably real as well ? Not driving it yet ..Still with the mechanic , figured since it was already out there I would get some other stuff fixed . It just came back from getting
the C4 serviced and a bad leak on the selector shaft fixed.

DavesStang · Post by **DavesStang** » Wed Sep 26, 2018 5:14 pm

Hi All , quick update to any interested , Its official ...Another Mustang finally Registered and going !

Realised when I presented my purchase receipt to the ACT shopfront its been hiding in my garage for 4 years ?,where does the time go ?

Nuts · Post by **Nuts** » Wed Sep 26, 2018 5:45 pm

Well done Dave!

jbb · Post by **jbb** » Wed Sep 26, 2018 9:47 pm

well done Dave. It will have been worth the wait!!!

now enjoy it and don't tinker with it.

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