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Well, I almost beat the rain home.
But only got caught in the light stuff.
I sat down to watch the UFC Fight Night and clean up and polish those parts.
But I only got thru 3 or 4 of the fights before I was falling asleep.
At least I managed to get two pieces done.
Paint should be dry by morning, and I can reassemble everything.
Just need to clean the latch and polish the chrome button.
I had to order most of the hardware, but all the trim and the glove box door was in the parts that came with the car.
It's supposed to be body color, but most of the interior is black, and I have no want to match that ugly orange. lol
Here is how it should look all back together, not much is visible.
Last edited by Phil48315; Jul 24, 2022 at 05:10 AM.
Well, I almost beat the rain home. But only got caught in the light stuff....
I had the Mustang out yesterday with the top down, of course , and on the way home noticed the skies were pretty dark that direction. This was the radar image I saw.
By the time I got home I'd had only a few dozen splats and one short bit of light stuff. Whew!
Oh, and FWIW, I agree with the decision to use black for that trim. It will work well. I love the attention to detail. Nice project!
"If you're an Aussie, the Falcon needs no introduction.'
I recall when Ford sold the Falcon dies to Aussieland. They have a wise protectionist rule. Cars must be left hand drive, and 90% Aussie-made, or import duties are like 100%. Falcons were simple and simple makes resilient! They were GREAT! Still see one or two in Calif. Always give them a big 👍👍! Good call, good buy, Aussies!!!
I picked up a new-to-me, 1990's air compressor at the local pawn shop yesterday. The guy said it ran and pumped up, and held air. He was only partly lying. It *couldn't* pump up because the water separator had no plug in the bottom. The cutout was set for 90 PSI shutoff with a 115-PSI blow-off, so it had been run fairly easy. (I'm betting it was plumbed up for shop air.) The oil looked brand new, and a peak inside through the big bung in the end showed only surface rust. It had obviously lived outside for a long time, though, as the paint was faded to flat orange with a fair amount of surface rust. It was noisy when running, but I found out that was because the belt tensioner was way loose.
Anywho, I thought I took before pics, but must not have. Here it is after a good cleanup and a fair paint job. No idea why but there are enough fisheyes in this thing to fill the New England Aquarium! Not bad, though for $125, a can of Rustoleum, and other paint and prep stuff I already had.
I will be reminded for awhile though, that I need to spread a tarp in addition to using my big piece of cardboard when painting in the garage.
I'll run it hard for a bit before cleaning up the 1970's 20-gallon unit I've been using for a couple of decades now, and dumping it on Craigslist.
Last edited by OhioLariat; Jul 24, 2022 at 09:11 PM.
