Saturday, February 26, 2005

The car is going to the body shop on Monday!

Before Body Work and Paint
1) Done! lock tite the wind wings and visors.
2) Done! final fit and trim exhaust hangers
3) Done! Fit the trunk, reinstall the trunk latch
4) Going to let the body shop do this. Finish Fitting the hood
5) Going to let the body shop do this. Fit and trim the doors
6) Done! Fit the door latches and strike plates.
7) Going to let the body shop do this. Take off the side pipes and either touch up the silver high temp paint, or repaint with a black or a semi gloss black (if I can find it)
8) Going to let the body shop do this. Open up the exhaust cut outs in the body so that they don't rub the pipes when I step on the gas.
9) Done! Rivit the transmission tunnel aluminum.

After Body Work and Paint
10) Install Painted Body(if painted off the car)
11) Final install windshield, mirrors, doors, hood, trunk, lights, fuse box, exhaust.
12) Rivit the front radiator aluminum
13) Rivit the 4 splash guards
14) Door check straps
15) Carpet
16) Install the trim rings and boots for the shifter, seat belts, and the e-brake handle.

After That
17) Alignment
18) Title, Registration, Insurance
19) Figure out what is wrong with the fuel level sender and or fuel guage
20) Figure out what to do about the oil temp sender (need to drill and tap a hole in the oil pan, will probably do this at 500 miles when I do an oil change)

Saturday, February 19, 2005

Reorganized the list:

Before Body Work and Paint
1) lock tite the wind wings and visors.
2) final fit and trim exhaust hangers
3) Fit the trunk, reinstall the trunk latch
4) Finish Fitting the hood
5) Fit and trim the doors
6) Fit the door latches and strike plates.
7) Take off the side pipes and either touch up the silver high temp paint, or repaint with a black or a semi gloss black (if I can find it)
8) Open up the exhaust cut outs in the body so that they don't rub the pipes when I step on the gas.
9) Rivit the transmission tunnel aluminum.

After Body Work and Paint
10) Install Painted Body(if painted off the car)
11) Final install windshield, mirrors, doors, hood, trunk, lights, fuse box, exhaust.
12) Rivit the front radiator aluminum
13) Rivit the 4 splash guards
14) Door check straps
15) Carpet
16) Install the trim rings and boots for the shifter, seat belts, and the e-brake handle.

After That
17) Alignment
18) Title, Registration, Insurance
19) Figure out what is wrong with the fuel level sender and or fuel guage
20) Figure out what to do about the oil temp sender (need to drill and tap a hole in the oil pan, will probably do this at 500 miles when I do an oil change)
A couple new things to add to the list and a couple of things got finished.

1) Body work, paint, chrome and ceramic coating.
2) Fit the trunk, reinstall the trunk latch
3) Finish Fitting the hood
4) Fit and trim the doors
5) Fit the door latches and strike plates.
6) Tighten down a bunch of stuff, like the exhaust hanger bolts (need to trim first), fuse box mounting bolts, lock tite the wind wings and visors.
7) Install the side view mirror
8) Door check straps
9) Carpet
10) Title, Registration, Insurance
11) Properly install the trim rings on the front headlights. There is a screw that mounts underneath, that I can't find and I can't get the trim ring to line up. Done!
12) Order the side emblems ("Powered by ford"), maybe the oil cooler vent screens, definately the license plate bracket. Maybe hood hood and trunk emblems maybe seat belt bezels.
13) Intall the tranny speedo cable clamp thing. Need to look at this more closely to see where it is.
14) Install the trim rings and boots for the shifter, seat belts, and the e-brake handle. (after the carpet is installed)
15) Alignment
16) Windshield trim ring
17) Install a spacer on the front lower control arm bolt that is too long and hitting the frame
18) Figure out what is wrong with the fuel level sender and or fuel guage
19) Figure out what to do about the oil temp sender (need to drill and tap a hole in the oil pan)
20) New Take off the side pipes and either touch up the silver high temp paint, or repaint with a black or a semi gloss black (if I can find it)
21) New Open up the exhaust cut outs in the body so that they don't rub the pipes when I step on the gas.
22) New Rivit and tighten down the radiator lower mounting bracket that I made Done!
23) New Rivit the transmission tunnel aluminum.
24) New Rivit the front radiator aluminum (after final painted body is install)
25) New Rivit the 4 splash guards (after final painted body is installed)

Tuesday, February 15, 2005

Here is an old list of things I had left to do with a few things crossed off, and a few things added:

1) Body work, paint, chrome done! and ceramic coating. Not going to ceramic coat the pipes at this time
2) Fit the trunk, reinstall the trunk latch
3) Finish Fitting the hood
4) Fit and trim the doors
5) Fit the door latches and strike plates.
6) Tighten down a bunch of stuff, like the exhaust hanger bolts (need to trim first), fuse box mounting bolts, lock tite the wind wings and visors.
7) Install the side view mirror done!
8) Door check straps
9) Carpet
10) Title, Registration, Insurance
11) Properly install the trim rings on the front headlights. There is a screw that mounts underneath, that I can't find and I can't get the trim ring to line up.
12) Order the side emblems ("Powered by ford"), maybe the oil cooler vent screens, definately the license plate bracket. Maybe hood hood and trunk emblems Going to hold off on these until the car is done, maybe seat belt bezels. done!
13) Intall the tranny speedo cable clamp thing. Need to look at this more closely to see where it is. done!
14) Install the trim rings and boots for the shifter and the e-brake handle.
15) Alignment
16) Windshield trim ring done!
17) Install a spacer on the front lower control arm bolt that is too long and hitting the frame done!
18) New Figure out what is wrong with the fuel level sender and or fuel guage
19) New Figure out what to do about the oil temp sender (need to drill and tap a hole in the oil pan)