Introducing........RAT’S NEST

[R68GTO]

I've been slowed by some incorrect parts and other issues but have made a little progress. Heater box and cover, kick panels, ZL2 relay, & wire gutter mounted up - all original parts from the car. Included a shot of the underside of the VIN plate just for documentation sake.

[R68GTO]

Shout out to Mike Gibbons @ Brake Restoration for re-plating my original caliper brackets and dust shields. I had these parts plated by a local plater and they just didn't turn out very good. Local plater said it was "the best he could do". I went ahead and purchased reproductions so I could continue with my assembly process.
Sent my original parts out to Mike to re-plate my re-plated parts. I just got them back and am very pleased with how they turned out! I'm excited to get these original parts back on the car!

[R68GTO]

Made some good progress with my brother's help in the last couple of weeks. Installed my original disc brake parts and buttoned that back up. Engine/trans are in now so it's starting to look like it could be a car again some day

[Copo_Cartel]

Well done Jim. Looking great !!!

[NorCam]

Loving the look of those headers in there. What do you have planned for exhaust and muffler style? This car is gonna be wicked!

[R68GTO]

Originally Posted by NorCam

Loving the look of those headers in there. What do you have planned for exhaust and muffler style? This car is gonna be wicked!

Exhaust, muffler style? I was thinking I was done?

I'll try to stick with open headers, if I need to tone it down (but why would I?), I got a set of these off another member.

[R68GTO]

When Graeme over on the Air Force Brat thread mentioned he forgot to install the Y-duct before the heater box, I realized I had made the same mistake. So here's some pics of that component installed. The foam seals are the originals, they were still flexible, I just had to apply some adhesive to keep them in place. I think my car was assembled on a Friday, so that might help explain this The front defroster "Y-duct" had the fastener on the passenger side miss it's mark. Screwed adjacent to the correct hole creating a corresponding extra hole in the dash structure. This car also had the driver rear quarter window adjustments assembled without the adjustment nut. Guess the guys were ready for Beer-thirty

[Too Many Projects]

I worked at the Ford plant in St Paul for the '73 model year. On Friday, we got handed our pay checks in the morning. There were 4 bars across the street from the plant that cashed our checks and had our preferred beverages arranged at seats along the bar and at tables. 2 for 1 of course, many had 4 bottles/glasses. The line stopped for exactly 30 minutes, so with the time it took to run over, get your cash and run back, that left about 10 minutes to "quench" your thirst... The afternoon production was much worse than the morning's...

[R68GTO]

Little milestone in the project reached today. Hopefully the link works...

https://www.facebook.com/10002447067...9660461526302/

[enio45]

Impressive - great detail !