Disease please, I'll take two.

[427Fastback]

Well...that's how we learn.We try new things ..When I pulled the 427 car apart I found the clear coat cracked across on the drivers side windshield pillar,the clear was cracked for a foot above the drivers side roof rail and the 4" long bracket the connects the drivers side inner apron to the cowl/firewall ripped off.Granted it was a 45 year old body...It has since spent some time on the rotisserie.Car has never been on the track.Just a mild mannered happy little 427.Car is painted now..I am just waiting for them to fricken wet sand it and polish it..

Keep up the innovative work...

[turbohunter]

Kind of a fiddley day today.
Had to figure out how to mount a clutch mc. Not a lot of real estate left and what is there is different levels for the stock Mustang stuff. I want it by the brake mc so everything is nice and tidy. Also the sheet metal of the engine room isn't great for mounting stuff that gets stomped on over and over not to mention the action has to be lined up perfect.
After taking the brake pedal bridge and steering in and out of the car a couple times I had a hole I could make that lined up nicely with the clutch pedal hole. Still had the problem of mounting an mc to sheet metal so I called John over to pick his brain also. What we came up with is shown below. A good piece of flat stock welded to the edge of the stock indentation. Then I'll shape it a bit more to match the clutch mc then weld a sheet metal edge around it. Then I'll cut the back side of old sheet metal off the back/inside and in effect reshape the area.
I also bought a cheap set of fabbed valve covers off eBay because it looked like the shape would work well with the clearances I have. Perfect.

[Leny Mason]

Hi support it good there is a lot of strain on the fire wall at the clutch pedal,  I have seen the area around the MC brake out in the 80's Ford and Chebby trucks, it's coming along well better then mine. Leny Mason

[turbohunter]

Exactly Leny.
At first we thought about attaching to the brake bridge because we know that is a strong spot. However that would leave us with an unlevel mounting spot because of the way the firewall indents as the mc has to reposition upwards and out to line up with the pedal. So if we just move it to be flat with the firewall we get a good flat mount and can still take advantage of the reinforced area around the brake bridge. Not to mention the indent creates some strength. I think it's going to be good and strong. I'll include a pic of the finished area on Monday.
BTW I decided not to mess with the position of the brake mc because it's perfect positioning right from the factory. As you can see pentroofs prolly won't work but I'm cool with fabbed vc's.

[turbohunter]

Ok here is the almost finished clutch mc bracket.
So now you can see how I'm making it part of the car body.
Kinda' touchy welding in here but it's really really strong. I've got a bit of filling and grinding to do yet and maybe a few more beads on the inside of the box. Welding the heavy flat stock to the corner then making an 18 gauge side of the box worked well.
Only had time to do a little bit today as John had to close early to do some church playground work.
Experimented with some beads in the brake pump cover. I tried to somewhat match the stock contours. Didn't get it exactly right but pretty close.

[turbohunter]

Just a little update. This work thing lately really gets in my way.
Spent the day trying to pull things together so spent a lot of time driving around getting fasteners, stainless tubing, yada, yada, yada.
Fab work is pretty much done. So now it's all about trying to make everything work so plumbing and getting pedals to push correctly, etc.
Here's a couple picks to finish up the mc area. Both mc's fit nice and close. Getting the plumbing in there will be tight but there is plenty of room. The nice thing is is that the tubing will be pretty much hidden.
BTW once I'm done mocking up all the systems I'll blow it all apart and smooth all the welding and panels out before sending it to paint. So all those little pinholes and stuff will be gone.

[turbohunter]

Been mocking up the car for fuel and brake lines and getting everything together to see how it fits.
Going to have to do a little panhard bar bending.

[turbohunter]

Well I figure these threads are to inform as much as show cool stuff so I have a DS move to report.
When you are locating tabs for bulkhead fittings to go through for brake lines,,, DO NOT tack them in with the fitting still in the tab so that alignment is perfect (at least that was my thought process).
The spatter from the tack rendered one side useless. Moron.
Edit:
Cleaned up with a die run over it. But still.

[jayb]

Oops LOL!  Been there, done that, trashed the fitting...

[turbohunter]

Ok, major fab is done.
Now I've blown it all apart and all the pieces are in my garage (along with the Fairlane). It's crowded in there.
The car is now bare naked (picture was Monday) so tomorrow I start finish welding and grinding. Then it's off to the paint shop. The painter is going to undercoat it (red) and paint the interior then just do some blends on the outside to clean it up as I am going to keep working on the exterior sheet metal, like the front valence will be reworked a bunch.
Suspension (and rear end) will get black powder coat.

[turbohunter]

Ugh. Full day of welding and grinding. But it's just about ready for paint.
I walked in and Nancy just pointed to the shower.
I need a drink.

[turbohunter]

Asked John to do the roll bar for me.
I dig it.

[turbohunter]

OBTW learned how to straighten an axle housing the other day on mine.
I had never thought about the same thing (welding) that takes them out of square is what you use to pull them back.
John was telling me that the guys that are really good know exactly how long a bead to lay down to pull it back for any given measurement out.
Pretty darn neat stuff. Like watching magic.

[turbohunter]

Finished bar.
I went back and forth on whether to have him bend the top to match the roof and decided against it. I ended up liking it better. It came out clean looking but still nasty and I think the car will be plenty stiff.
I'm diggin' the x.
Ok NOW major fab is done.

[turbohunter]

Sorry guys but with Gods light shining on it this morning it just looked bad ass, so I had to share. I'm in love.
Did some more clean up today and am now waiting for the paint shop. They say two weeks.