January 7, 2006 - Final disposal of the donor and Back to work on the Pinto

Chris and I  took care of the rest of the Mustang the Friday after Thanksgiving.  The start of the day, the car was how we left it.  Sice we had unbolted all that we could last time, the only tools to use were a Sazall (with 10 blades) and a hammer. 

Fitst we started with removing the bolts from the front axle assembly.  Unfortunately th

Even then, they fought, so we worked around that by cutting the frame connections around the bolts.

This allowed the front section to drop out of the way.  But that created other problems for us.

The car was now unballenced on the jackstands and if we were not careful, it would lift off them. 

Despite the unballance, we felt it was OK to remove the rest of the front frame at the fire wall. 

Now we decided to cut the rear axle down by going thru the  bars for the 4 point connection to the rear axle.

Now to pull it from under the car

Removing the axle helped ballance the car (what was left of it), but we still needed to remove the rear section.

Now that the rear section is gone, we could now remove the sides to the floor pan.  We decided to remove them in on piece from the front of the door opening all the way back.  This gave us a fairly flat piece that was easily loaded onto a truck for disposal.

Now with both sides gone, we could now remove the fire wall

With the fire wall gone, all that was left was to cut down the middle and this would be the final cut for the car.  Not only does this remove the car, it is a great way to eliminate stress. 

WORKING ON THE PINTO.....

Now for a little garage cleaning. so I can better fit my toys back into the garage.  First I cleaned the Seats off removing any dirt, dust or metal shavings that may have collected on them from work going on it the garage.   This is in preperation for seat covers that are to go onto the car. 

Here, one of the seat covers is installed onto the seat  and is ready for installation

I decided that it would be best to cover the seats in plastic in an effort to keep them clean as we continued to work on the car. I will most likely need to remove them one more time to allow us to paint the interior of the car at any area that needs touch up. 

We decided that it would be best to install the tripple gauges in a location that would be highly visible as the car is driven.  We were going to install them where the radio is, but come on, the Radio is too important to not install. 

This is the spare radio out of my wifes old car that we traded in for her Mazda 3.  It should be powerful enough to make the speakers loud enough for us to hear over the engine.

Last, you can see the routing of the wires and hoses necessary for the installation of the distributer and tripple gauges.  When we install the other set of valve covers, we will use holders to properly hold the wires and hoses so they do not rub. 

What is needed to start the car?

There is other work needed, but with the items listed, we will be able to start the beast and hear it run for a few minutes. 

What is needed to get it on the street?