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The Rebuild February 10th, 2008
Last Update: 02/20/08
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2/10/2008 - B-Quite Continues - Picked up a 5.0 Motor
The interior work continues.. and my back can feel it. I thought the interior would be much more fun and easier on my back that the rest of the car... ack.. not at all. Spending several days bent over inside a vehicle is NO FUN.

This is how it started.. a couple runs of B-Quite across the middle. It really lays down quite easy. Just roll out, cut, peel and stick. You can slit it where needed to make things fit the curves and fill in the blanks with pieces.
I had to stop to wait for floor pan plugs at one point but thanks to John's Mustang in Houston I had them before the week end. A bit of seam sealer and some drilling for the screws and they're done.
Shiny :-)

With most of the interior done I used foil tape to cover the seams and keep the sticky sealer part from getting on everything. Makes it look better as well.
View from the other side. I still have to pull the dash back out since I dropped it in to get the steering column mocked up so I could test fit and make sure the steering works with the rack and pinion setup.

I also cut a plywood filler for behind the back seat. There will be a couple sub woofers mounted here so I needed a thicker material. Although there will be a couple sub woofers hiding under the rear seat, I still may cut some thin sheet metal to cover the trunk side of the wood.
Also picked up a few other parts along the way. A rear tank to rear piece since mine is bent and rusted, a dome light, driveshaft loop, braided rear brake line, and the floor pan plugs used above
   
5.0 Motor added to the Mix


I came across the 5.0 motor that is really complete except for the top manifold and throttle body. It has ALL the wiring harness connectors, compressor, alternator, etc included.

It has all the little things that I need to round up still for the 347 EFI engine in the Stang.


For $300 it should be worth it for me in the long run. What I don't use on the Stang will get used in an '87 F150 that needs a motor. I will eventually pull this one down, check it out, re-ring it, some new bearings, and have a ready 5.0 for the truck.

I may use the serp setup off this engine to start out with and use the reduction pulleys I picked up.

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