ascCapri
10-29-2007, 10:53 PM
I could kick myself right now. I started work on my 86 Notch last Monday and so far progress has been good. I got the front suspension torn down awaiting parts. The rear end swapped, awaiting parts but in position. And so I move to the floors......someone installed box tubing between the rear seat hump and the bracing for the front 2 bolts on the front seat. I had 2 problems that started to fester ever since I got the car.
1. The carpet won't lay flat-I am building this as an ultimate nice day driver. Nice exterior and interior. It will truly be the nicest Mustang I have ever owned even though it's not perfect. Anyways, I would like the ability to carry passengers, plus I oftentimes set stuff right behind the driver seat, and the 3 inch protrusion down the middle of the car was cramping my style. MM full length subs are in store for the car anyway.
2. As soon as I took the carpet out, I realized these beams were a little off. The driver was within 1 inch from front to rear with the edge of the car. The Passenger side, is off quite a bit more. Again, it affects how the carpet lays.
Back to the story at hand. I cut a notch in these two beams starting from the rear seat to the rear of the front seat, and then at a slow angle up under the seat. The overall height of this beam was now going to be 1 inch tall and I figure I can pad the carpet to either side to make it perfect.
Well to make a long story even longer, I went to town cutting and grinding for the past 3 days, welding, grinding some more.....finish up, start vacuuming and realize I made the dumbest, most absent-minded mistake I have made in a while......I didn't cover the windows. The front, side 1/4's and rear (defrost) from this low mileage car are now shot. :mad:
I was admiring this fact alone while sitting on the floor of that car before I started work. I specifically noticed how smooth and not chipped the glass was. The whole car has proven to be the cleanest Fox I have ever had. I have never spent more than 2k on a car, and since this was a roller, I got a hell of a deal from a fellow member. I have waited a long time to be able to put together a truly nice car, and I found it. It has grown in just the past week from a fun winter project into visions of major corner-carving and major power. Just writing this, I am slowly calming down, but I serious said Mother f*cker about 100 times in the garage this evening, and I am not proud in the slightest. What a freaking dumbass move!!!!
Is glass reasonable for these cars. I have always just bought junkyard windows as long as they weren't chipped, but damn there is a big difference between the scratched up, pitted, hazy glass that I am used to looking through and new stuff.
1. The carpet won't lay flat-I am building this as an ultimate nice day driver. Nice exterior and interior. It will truly be the nicest Mustang I have ever owned even though it's not perfect. Anyways, I would like the ability to carry passengers, plus I oftentimes set stuff right behind the driver seat, and the 3 inch protrusion down the middle of the car was cramping my style. MM full length subs are in store for the car anyway.
2. As soon as I took the carpet out, I realized these beams were a little off. The driver was within 1 inch from front to rear with the edge of the car. The Passenger side, is off quite a bit more. Again, it affects how the carpet lays.
Back to the story at hand. I cut a notch in these two beams starting from the rear seat to the rear of the front seat, and then at a slow angle up under the seat. The overall height of this beam was now going to be 1 inch tall and I figure I can pad the carpet to either side to make it perfect.
Well to make a long story even longer, I went to town cutting and grinding for the past 3 days, welding, grinding some more.....finish up, start vacuuming and realize I made the dumbest, most absent-minded mistake I have made in a while......I didn't cover the windows. The front, side 1/4's and rear (defrost) from this low mileage car are now shot. :mad:
I was admiring this fact alone while sitting on the floor of that car before I started work. I specifically noticed how smooth and not chipped the glass was. The whole car has proven to be the cleanest Fox I have ever had. I have never spent more than 2k on a car, and since this was a roller, I got a hell of a deal from a fellow member. I have waited a long time to be able to put together a truly nice car, and I found it. It has grown in just the past week from a fun winter project into visions of major corner-carving and major power. Just writing this, I am slowly calming down, but I serious said Mother f*cker about 100 times in the garage this evening, and I am not proud in the slightest. What a freaking dumbass move!!!!
Is glass reasonable for these cars. I have always just bought junkyard windows as long as they weren't chipped, but damn there is a big difference between the scratched up, pitted, hazy glass that I am used to looking through and new stuff.