My 1963 Ford Econoline 4.8/6L80E build
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Got the ignition switch mounted and a few minor floor finish items done. Started working on the passenger seat mounts. It’s comical how much of a pain it is to mock up a seat in midair while trying to match it to the other seat height and keep it square, level, and plumb with the car. String lines and a plumb bob help since I don’t have a lot of good spots to measure off of.
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Pretty sick.
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Finished mounting the passenger seat and also made the seat belt mounts for the drivers side. This is a 3-point belt out of the rear of an F150 crew cab and has the adjustable shoulder height.
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kpeters59 (03-17-2020)
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Seats and seat belts are finished. Finally tackling the rear end. Installed new leaf springs and reinstalled the rear end. I had to set the rear pinion angle and weld the new leaf spring saddles from when I flipped the rear axle. I am also laying out the upper and lower rear shock mounts. Once I line those up and tack weld them, I will remove the rear end to finish the welding and clean/paint everything.
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I also hit the local LKQ and found a factory shift cable from an early 2000’s Silverado. It is almost 12 feet long. It worked perfect and snaps right on to the shifter and trans. I cut the under dash bracket out of the Silverado and welded it to my dash.
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Disassembled everything up front so I could get some primer on all the bare metal. I figure I may as well shoot some paint on it so I don’t have to take it apart again. I will seam seal tomorrow then paint on Saturday.
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Still have some work to do with the rear end, but in the meantime I started working on the bodywork on the drivers side. I had this thing sand blasted 9 years ago and I put down some epoxy primer at the time. Although it’s only spent one day outside of the garage in 9 years, it did rain that night and numerous surface rust areas popped up. I decided to strip it back down to bare metal and start over. I need to clean up the welds on the body seams and then I can start the bodywork and re-prime. I also have one last rust patch to do down low behind the front wheel.
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Still hitting it hard on the van. Been doing some wiring; bodywork on the drivers side; fabbed up a little pocket for the drivers door contacts and welded that in.
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Finished the bodywork on the drivers side and sprayed some primer. Also primed one of my Honda CT70 dirt bikes that I am restoring.
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What is that, a motorcycle frame?
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Working on the drivers door. Finishing off the bottom of the door since I shortened it about 4”. Redoing the shaved door handle since I warped the heck out of the door the first time. Also working on the door gaps, added a bit of welding to most of the door edge to tighten the gaps. I picked out VW bus mirrors and a sweet 1965 Corvette ‘Fuel Injection’ emblem.