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    Posted: January-24-2016 at 3:32pm
I have finally finished up the stringer and floor replacement job in my '78 Mustang. Not ready to do another one of these for a while. Will be building seat frames next. Re-gel top and bottom and then it will be on to updating and freshening the engine. Last pic is of the other "Mustang" I work on a 1979.
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Front seat frame is fabricated all but the aluminum sheets for the upholstery to go onto. I will weld them into place and then clean up the weldment. Used 1 X 1 X 1/8 wall aluminum tubing. Hope to have rear seat frame done Friday and then deliver to upholstery guy Saturday. MUCH lighter than the original. Opted for a full front seat instead of 3/4 because it will fit our needs better. More pics to come. Duane
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Nice fab job. keep the pictures coming.


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Seeing this makes me want to get my dad and I to redo the floor on our mustang.
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Heading to upholstery shop with the front seat. Pics show frame only and frame with rigid backup foam. Original foam to go back in..
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Was busy today punching holes in the rear seat back. Punched over 200   1 5/16 dia. holes Trying to keep everything as light as possible without compromising strength. Will try to do the seat bottom tomorrow. The back seat bottom will hinge forward so as to access rear bilge area. The seat back "keyholes" in on some pins. Ordered upholstery material yesterday. Blue.
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Been busy since dropping stuff off to the upholstery shop. Fabbed up an engine cradle. The original setup was nothing more that a chunk of 2 X 4 cut on a 15 degree angle and lag screwed to the stringers. This set up will get cross bolted and lagged to the stringers. I will bed the cradle to the stringers with thickened epoxy prior to bolting down. Going to glass bead my mounts also. Should be a lot stronger and will spread the load out.
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I like the cradle. Why not fab it up to brace the pylon too, wouldn't be much more effort?
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Originally posted by Orlando76 Orlando76 wrote:

I like the cradle. Why not fab it up to brace the pylon too, wouldn't be much more effort?

Pylon mount already in place under floor. Bedded in and bolted down and in socket in hull
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Finished shot of pylon
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Wish I could weld like that.

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Been busy making wood shavings instead of metal for a change. Made my new dash panel from some Poplar that I've had in the loft to 25+ years. Planed it down and then put it on the mill. Stain, acrylic urethane, sand and buff. Glove box cover is not sanded or buffed yet. Wiring will start soon.
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Very nice fab work.
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That is some nice craftsmanship!!

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Thanks for the compliments.
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That's some sweet aluminum welding partner. I'd be more specific but I know what happens when I use language like filet weld and butt weld.... Quinner has some sort of alarm system that goes off and, well.... You know what I mean.
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Nice work. Both the metal and dare I say it? Wood.....works!
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Great looking work Duane.


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DAYAM!!!!! That's some nice work. Very sweet.
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Very impressive! When we gonna have her in the water? Summer is approaching!!
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Looks like maybe I shoulda took another couple of years of woodshop back in High School. Beeeeeeeeeeeautiful! Nice Persian rug too!



On a second note.....I was looking at the stern pictures a little closer at the top of this thread and noticed the OEM air ducts back there. I replaced mine with flexible RV waste line I got at Walmart. It's basically the same stuff that's in there just black. Copper wire reinforced and TOUGH Vinyl.. It was a chore getting it on the scoops but I won the battle. Mine was mildewed real bad and dry rotted just as bad.
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Originally posted by Morfoot Morfoot wrote:

Looks like maybe I shoulda took another couple of years of woodshop back in High School.

Yes but one think they wouldn't have taught is how to use a insert fly cutter in a vertical mill (Bridgeport) on wood!!


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Originally posted by 8122pbrainard 8122pbrainard wrote:

Originally posted by Morfoot Morfoot wrote:

Looks like maybe I shoulda took another couple of years of woodshop back in High School.

Yes but one think they wouldn't have taught is how to use a insert fly cutter in a vertical mill (Bridgeport) on wood!!


Pete, You have a clever eye. Also when we were in wood shop they had not invented the insert carbide cutter yet!! As I had told you in a PM, that I also built that insert cutter years ago. Bridgeports and wood don't really go together, do they? LOL
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Originally posted by Morfoot Morfoot wrote:

Looks like maybe I shoulda took another couple of years of woodshop back in High School. Beeeeeeeeeeeautiful! Nice Persian rug too!



On a second note.....I was looking at the stern pictures a little closer at the top of this thread and noticed the OEM air ducts back there. I replaced mine with flexible RV waste line I got at Walmart. It's basically the same stuff that's in there just black. Copper wire reinforced and TOUGH Vinyl.. It was a chore getting it on the scoops but I won the battle. Mine was mildewed real bad and dry rotted just as bad.


I made a note of your suggestion on RV hose at Walmart when you first posted it and even went there to check it out. Found two thicknesses of hose. Thanks for the suggestion and big thanks to you and all others for compliments.
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Originally posted by Duane in Indy Duane in Indy wrote:

Pete, You have a clever eye. Also when we were in wood shop they had not invented the insert carbide cutter yet!!   

You must be a couple years older than I since I remember the inserts were just coming out. Back then, we would have had to been creative at the tool grinder and use one of these:



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When I was doing the Chris Craft Wenfound some ducting the local race teams (nascar) use to cool the breaks - if I recall it was 3" black and pretty stout (yet flexible). Spendy though when it is sold by the foot

Originally posted by Morfoot Morfoot wrote:

Looks like maybe I shoulda took another couple of years of woodshop back in High School. Beeeeeeeeeeeautiful! Nice Persian rug too!



On a second note.....I was looking at the stern pictures a little closer at the top of this thread and noticed the OEM air ducts back there. I replaced mine with flexible RV waste line I got at Walmart. It's basically the same stuff that's in there just black. Copper wire reinforced and TOUGH Vinyl.. It was a chore getting it on the scoops but I won the battle. Mine was mildewed real bad and dry rotted just as bad.
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Interior is all at the upholstery shop so I started working on the engine some. Went with FLOTEK heads. They are a really nice piece. Very little core shift. I have port matched them and did a mild port and polish job. For the money they are hard to beat plus you save about 40 pounds over stock heads. They can even be painted blue to suit the original folks..
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Port matched and opened up the exhaust manifolds/heat exchangers. The ports were really restricted. Have to be careful not to thin the walls too much. First pic shows how small the port really is. Second pic is opened up considerably, the shadow in the rear makes it look like a big restriction in there but is only a shadow
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