In April of 2022, I finally got the Customline hauled to our house. I temporarily parked it at my parents house seven years ago. Sorry Mom!

A huge thank you to our Niece and her husband for making this happen for us! 

Now I will have more opportunities to tinker with it at my house. 

My 11yo son helping steer it onto the trailer.

My 8yo son supervising.

 Finally in our driveway!

Update

Welcome! The year is 2020. We've been through Tiger King, Covid-19, murder hornets, you name it we've seen it. 

Once again, it's been forever since I have posted any updates. I have accumulated a few parts the last couple years. I need more wire but still plan on replacing piece by piece and leaving it 6-volt positive ground. We have moved once again, but this time across town. I need to get the car drug home so I can begin tinkering on it. 

I have started a side gig for auto detailing around the area. Feel free to follow along by using the links below.

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Back at it

It's hard to believe it's been five years since my last post. We moved back home in 2015 and the car has been overlooked ever since. I recently sold an extra vehicle I had and I'm going to use some of that cash to try to get the Customline going. The number one item on the agenda is wiring. The plan is to keep it 6 volt positive ground. The bad wiring was the main reason I stopped working on it to start with. After that, I'll replace the wheel cylinders and rubber brake hoses and tires. Hopefully more to come here soon.

Master Cylinder Project: Complete

As of July 2, I have completed the master cylinder upgrade. The car is now fitted with a '67 Mustang dual bowl MC and I have finished getting it plumbed in. The last piece to the puzzle was getting the tail light switch inline. 

Now that I have this step complete, I will replace the wheel cylinders and brake hoses next. That will finish up the brake overhaul to get it road ready.

The next major project will be rewiring it. The 61 year old cloth covered wire in the car has seen better days.  The plan for now is to replace each piece one at a time.

Carburetor - Ford 94 rebuild

While in the middle of the master cylinder project, I went ahead and started the carburetor rebuild. The carburetor only seemed to have one issue, a leak. But, I feel better knowing that everything internal is new.

Here is a before and after shot.

I am getting close to finishing up the master cylinder project. More to come on that soon.

Master Cylinders can be the pits...

Unfortunately, my attempt to have the master cylinder rebuilt did not go as planned. There was just too much pitting to get it to hold fluid.

On to plan B. Which in my case, should be better than the original plan.

We'll have to wait and see what happens next.

Brakes

Since the car likes to drink the brake fluid, and there are no puddles, the first step will be to rebuild the master cylinder. Here are a couple pictures of how it looks. It should look better when it's time to put it back on as well.

Next will be any brake parts that could fail, which will be new wheel cylinders and brake hoses.