5/5/09

Well, I'm still bogged down in fasteners right now. I have everything from all the bins separated out, including the fasteners from the first parts car. I'll need to finish disassembling the second coupe parts car to get another set of fasteners. Most of that car is already apart, just need to pull the motor/trans and then drop the suspension.

Have a few items to share... First is the shock caps in the engine bay. There are some puddle/run areas on them which would indicate they were possibly dipped in paint. Also, it is interesting to note that if you put one cap over the other, you can see that they were stacked on top of each other before they dried as there are rub marks on the bottom. Talk about opening up a can of worms on taking restoration work to a whole new level! Anyone want to do a study on how parts on a Mustang were packed and then transported to the assembly plant?! :-)





Next up is the fresh air vent on the driver side. Nothing much out of the ordinary here. The cable has a nice original part tag on it. Don't recall ever seeing one on a Dearborn or Metuchen car. There's a square piece of tape on the vent assembly. Not sure of the purpose, maybe padding for wiring that gets close. The shaft for the duct was a reddish plating. Fuse holder is some kind of blackish plating with a slight rainbow effect.







Last item to share is the rear axle fresh air vent fitting. Not much exciting here except the original crimp clamp is in nice condition. I was able to save it and spread it back out a little. Will get it re-plated and re-install it. The tooth washer is correct for the application.