Details 114.....

A bit more headway today.... finished installing the core support to grill/header brace...

attached the vacuum line from the engine to the firewall vacuum block and ran the vacuum line on over to the power brake booster...

and increased the idle speed about an 1/8th of a turn to get the RPM's up and some heat in the engine to open the thermostat so I could finish topping off the radiator. Had a little leak on the thermostat housing and the upper radiator hose to housing clamp which I tightened up and stopped the flow.

While I was under the car wiping up the coolant, I noticed I had a little light show going on under the car...

Think I need to check the timing next weekend and perhaps get a carb guru to come adjust the holley a little.... I think she's running a bit rich and a tad outta time. Also need to check the plug wires (Ford Racing 9mm) to make sure I don't have a crossfire happening on the driver's bank. She starts instantly and the throttle response couldn't be any better, so I really hate to mess with her but gotta get the problem resolved.......

More to come next Saturday.

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More progress this weekend. I got the hood hinges mounted...

the AC condenser mounting brackets installed...

a temporary fuel tank set in place (many need a slightly smaller one to get the hood to close)...

and the nose sheetmetal assembled and hung.

Starting to look like an actual car again! More playtime on Monday.

STAY TUNED

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A wee bit of progress this weekend... got everything remounted after pulling things apart last weekend to tighten the clamp on the lower water pump to radiator hose and fired the engine. She ran about three minutes and sputtered and died.... out of gas. Well the distributor for real gas is closed on weekends so I unhooked the battery and went on to other things. My brutha Jim is gonna stop by the distributor this week and get me a can of fuel so I can refire the engine and verify everything is leak free.

Found the ac condenser mounting brackets and hardware....

and got them blasted...

and painted, dug out my restored hood hinges in preparation for getting those remounted next weekend and then spent the rest of the afternoon combing out the fins on both my ac condensers.

Next up will be to flush them both out, get them cleaned up and repainted and ready for service. The spare will be capped of and put away for use in the future.

Until next time....

ZEBRA 3 OUT

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Productive weekend. I installed the vacuum sensors into the water passages...

checked all hose connections were tight (or so I thought) then filled the cooling system with the Evans Waterless Coolant...

then lit off the engine and let her run!

While she was running, I dug out my AC condensers to see which one I wanted to use.

Need to clean them up and comb out the fins before making my decision. Now I need to find the mounting clips to mount it to the core support!!

Once she got hot, I had a couple leaks in the cooling system to chase down... hopefully got everything snugged up and sealed off! We'll know more next weekend....

Don't touch that dial!

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More progress this weekend. Got the fan reinstalled...

the fan shroud cleaned up

(as removed from the car)

(after a good soaking in Mean Green Super Solution
and then scrubbed with a nylon bristle brush)

(after gingerly scraping off the decals and then the
entire shroud scrubbed with a burgundy scotch
brite pad and WD40. Wiped down and again
coated with WD40 and allowed to soak in and dry)

and set in place, then the drain petcock installed...

radiator mounted and everything reconnected to it.

Next week check all clamps are tight and add coolant!!

Until next installment.....

ZEBRA 3 OUT