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The front suspension had conversion
to disk for the Mustang II setup. The Rack and Pinion was SHOT and
sloppy! |
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New Rack & Pinion teering and slotted 4 cup Baer
Brakes |
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Finished it off with machined aluminum
center hubs... still
in process of polish and fit. |
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I have had this set of 1963+ plates
that I had refinished black years ago...
just needed to do the letters.
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Installed on the back with the DMV
approved stickers - good to go! |
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Guess I could mount the front (shown
for evaluation)....NAW!
Cobras didn't have the room, and
still don't... just don't look right. So far, I have not had any
stops for anything. |
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By this picture, the air cleaner had been
fit to the carbs with machined adaptors so as to actually
give filtered air. The filter and
hardware still needed tweeks to fit under the bonnet.
Note the coil wasn't mounted solid,
and a bunch of poor electrical work begged fixes. |
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Most notable here is the bogus fitment
of the radiator, fan/shroud and hoses.
The reserve tank was under the
pressure cap and unserviceable. The radiator was too low and had hit
something causing loose and broken parts.
The lower radiator hose was routed
under the frame and was that ugly
flexible type. |
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Much better with new hoses, new
fitment, cleanup, and some polish, The carb linkage has been replaced
due to poorly welded threaded rods and sloppy adjustments. |
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The linkage as it came to me.
Distortions from welding the rods looked bogus as well as operating
rather "sticky".
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Fixes included new linkage components
and machining the circular (adaptors) to lift the air cleaner base to be
tight with the carbs and high enough to clear the distributor wires
under the front.
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Finally, the air cleaner parts had to
be modified to allow clearance when the bonnet is closed. The element
was custom shaped, and the top plate was ground and polished to fit.
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Out of concern for vapor lock, I
decided to switch to an electric fuel pump. This eliminated the
hose routing in the front of the engine where the heat is EXTREME! |
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This pump matches the Edlebrock
carb pressure needs of 6.5 pounds max. |
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With the gas feed coming from the
rear, it was an easy switch to have the carb lines reversed from the
front to back of the engine. This is a shorter and cooler feed. Not
shown is the added pressure gauge in the line behind the carbs. |
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This Snake had a racing fuel cell
which must have been installed used. I see no indication in the whole
car that suggests it was ever driven to sort it out much less race it!
The tank bladder was sagging until one tried to fill it...causing it to
expand...then when the pump shut off, it would collapse and spit the
fuel back up the filler. The whole thing had loose gas hose fittings and
it would spit up into the trunk! A ticking time bomb! Good thing I
had already decided to trailer it home. |
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Since the tank was only about 10 Gal.
and had a filler hose with a crocked "sump" that would hold fuel to
slosh around, it became obvious that serious redesign was in order. Here
is shown the "2 tank" system to increase the capacity to 22 Gal. as well
as route the filler hose directly down into the tank (fitting I machined
was shown waiting to be welded directly under the Gas Cap .(further to
the right). |
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The trunk close to being ready to
install carpeting (See main page for that PIC)
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