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.

It has been a while since I have had any information to update. A lot has happened since my last post, just not with the car. I wanted to share a link to a photo album I created for the car.

There are a few things I will focus on working on first. Now that it is running, I want to rebuild the carburetor. I noticed a small leak, and would rather nip it in the bud. Also need new belts.

The next thing I will work on is brakes, mainly wheel cylinders, rubber hoses for now.

My main goal has been to do the minimal amount of work to get things to function. Now I am planning on replacing things that could stop functioning on the first trip.

How it looks as of September 2012.

Feeding the Flathead

Since I got the car running, I've been using a new piece of 3/8 fuel hose and gas in a glass Ragu jar sitting up on the cowl. I had no idea what was in store for the gas tank and what might be lurking inside. My parents were down this weekend so I had an extra set of hands (and advice) from my Dad. We jacked it up and drained the tank, and dropped it. With the help of a flashlight we were able to see how clean the bottom actually looked. To our surprise there wasn't a ton of gunk built up. We cleaned it out, blew out the hard fuel line with the compressor, and put the tank back on. With only two shots of gas in the carb to prime it we were able to get it running off the new gas in the tank. No more driving with the hood open.